"Or maybe you are that average person —roughly 1-2% of the population— and this formula (by luck) actually helps you."

The problem is, these generic supplements are merely take-offs based on RDA levels, and therefore have no direct connection to your specific needs. At best, your average gender-specific, age-related multivitamin is a slightly improved generic guess at what is predicted for your body needs. But without typing or testing your metabolism, it is still a "shot in the dark" in terms of fulfilling your actual nutrient needs.

You may still buy the female, over-40 multivitamin, but you really don't know if it's going to work or not. Perhaps it's so mismatched to your biochemically unique profile that it will actually create deficiencies or megadosing overload syndromes, or else liver, heart, or kidney stress. Or maybe so many other components of your diet are out of balance that this formula couldn't possibly make up for other dietary mistakes. Or perhaps the supplement is "dead" (i.e., lost its bioactivity) because it's been sitting on the shelf for so long. Or maybe you are that average person—roughiy 1-2% of the population—and this formula (by luck) actually helps you.

Without typing you really haven't a clue, unless of course you literally "gag" on this pill because you are so allergic to it and have to dump it immediateiy. Or maybe you continue forcing yourself to take it because it doesn't have to taste (or feel) good to be good for you, right? Or maybe your body just isn't ready yet for this pill . . . or the pill is not synergized— but how can you really know without typing?