Very nice... Just browsed out the site. Now, you seem to have a lot less vitamins, etc. in your selection compared to what is on most off the shelf products. Is that by design (or researched evidence) or just that you haven't found a way to print them into the pill yet?
The current list is based on extensive research that we have done. We can fit additional supplements in the pill and are continuing to research additional supplements. We welcome any additional recommendations from our early customers!
Multiply Labs (YC S16) Puts All Your Supplements into One 3D Printed Pill
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Re: Multiply Labs (YC S16) Puts All Your Supplements into One 3D Printed Pill
#12Hey guys! Co-Founder of Multiply Labs here. We want to make staying healthy and energized a lot easier with your own personalized supplement pill! Happy to answer any questions here!
First of all, this technology combined with the personalized manufacturing process is pretty incredible. Are there any plans to go beyond two stages of release? Or have the technology work for longer timeframes like 8 hours? Or an XR version, where a total amount is continuously released over a longer timeframe? These would all be desirable. Additionally are there plans to have other nootropics included on your suppl…
Re: Multiply Labs (YC S16) Puts All Your Supplements into One 3D Printed Pill
#13Hey guys! Co-Founder of Multiply Labs here. We want to make staying healthy and energized a lot easier with your own personalized supplement pill! Happy to answer any questions here!
As someone who has to take a LOT of supplements under supervision of a doctor, this would be great. Unfortunately, of the 7 supplements you offer that I actually take, you can't even get them in a high enough concentration to replace any supplement that I'm taking. I guess these are just for healthy people without any actual deficiencies? B12 for example, is basically impossible to overdose on but your 100mcg is usel…
Re: Multiply Labs (YC S16) Puts All Your Supplements into One 3D Printed Pill
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
As someone who has to take a LOT of supplements under supervision of a doctor, this would be great. Unfortunately, of the 7 supplements you offer that I actually take, you can't even get them in a high enough concentration to replace any supplement that I'm taking. I guess these are just for healthy people without any actual deficiencies? B12 for example, is basically impossible to overdose on but your 100mcg is usel…
Hello! Thanks for your detailed feedback! For all of the vitamins and minerals that we offer, we can put 100% of the recommended daily value in the Multiply Pills. These values are determined by the National Institutes of Health, and they can be expressed either in mg or in IU (there are equivalence tables).
Re: Multiply Labs (YC S16) Puts All Your Supplements into One 3D Printed Pill
#15Hey guys! Co-Founder of Multiply Labs here. We want to make staying healthy and energized a lot easier with your own personalized supplement pill! Happy to answer any questions here!
Hiring for data? Seems like the potential for massively distributed research is there especially since feedback is a natural part of the process.
Re: Multiply Labs (YC S16) Puts All Your Supplements into One 3D Printed Pill
#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
The current list is based on extensive research that we have done. We can fit additional supplements in the pill and are continuing to research additional supplements. We welcome any additional recommendations from our early customers!
I was surprised to not see Creatine available, given it's popularity among the bodybuilding/gym community!
Re: Multiply Labs (YC S16) Puts All Your Supplements into One 3D Printed Pill
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
As someone who has to take a LOT of supplements under supervision of a doctor, this would be great. Unfortunately, of the 7 supplements you offer that I actually take, you can't even get them in a high enough concentration to replace any supplement that I'm taking. I guess these are just for healthy people without any actual deficiencies? B12 for example, is basically impossible to overdose on but your 100mcg is usel…
Hello! Thanks for your detailed feedback! For all of the vitamins and minerals that we offer, we can put 100% of the recommended daily value in the Multiply Pills. These values are determined by the National Institutes of Health, and they can be expressed either in mg or in IU (there are equivalence tables).
Re: Multiply Labs (YC S16) Puts All Your Supplements into One 3D Printed Pill
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hello! Thanks for your detailed feedback! For all of the vitamins and minerals that we offer, we can put 100% of the recommended daily value in the Multiply Pills. These values are determined by the National Institutes of Health, and they can be expressed either in mg or in IU (there are equivalence tables).
About Vitamin B12, if you need to inject it for medical reasons you should definitely continue to use your medications. About Vitamin C, 2g/day is 2000% of the recommended value. We plan to include the possibility to increase the dosage beyond 100%, but we will not reach such extreme values as they are not recommended for the vast majority of the population. Finally, about the additional supplements that you mentione…
> meet our scientific standards (validation in the medical literature)
There is mounting evidence[1][2][3][4][5] that only people with known vitamin deficiencies and the supervision of a doctor should take vitamins. They're not even just a placebo -- in many cases they can be dangerous.
It seems as though you'll be capitalizing on what is increasingly revealing itself to be a shady, snake-oily industry. You actually have irresponsible, untrue, and potentially dangerous statements on the front page of your website, including the ideas that people should take vitamin D[6] or that Omega 3s boost brain function[7].
1. http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-and-supplements/news/20131216/...
2. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/dont-take-your-vitamins/
3. http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2014/01/13/the-to...
4. http://greatist.com/grow/why-you-dont-need-a-multivitamin
5. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/09/opinion/sunday/dont-take-y...
6. http://theconversation.com/the-sun-goes-down-on-vitamin-d-wh...
7. http://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/omega-3-fatty-ac...
Re: Multiply Labs (YC S16) Puts All Your Supplements into One 3D Printed Pill
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
About Vitamin B12, if you need to inject it for medical reasons you should definitely continue to use your medications. About Vitamin C, 2g/day is 2000% of the recommended value. We plan to include the possibility to increase the dosage beyond 100%, but we will not reach such extreme values as they are not recommended for the vast majority of the population. Finally, about the additional supplements that you mentione…
> they are not recommended for the vast majority of the population > meet our scientific standards (validation in the medical literature) There is mounting evidence[1][2][3][4][5] that only people with known vitamin deficiencies and the supervision of a doctor should take vitamins. They're not even just a placebo -- in many cases they can be dangerous. It seems as though you'll be capitalizing on what is increasingly…