Fill Your Own Capsules

Learn How to Save Big Money on Doctor’s Best High Absorption Magnesium Glycinate Lysinate 100 mg.

Doctor’s Best Magnesium supplement is the best selling magnesium supplement on the market today.  Customers boast about how effective it is. You can check out the reviews on Amazon and see for yourself.  The reviewers there are highly informed and provide an abundance of useful information about this supplement.  Conversely, many reviewers complain about the gigantic size of the Doctor’s Best Magnesium tablets.  I even saw the word ginormous used a few times.  Luckily, you’re going to learn how to solve this problem today.

Magnesium glycinate is commonly taken to help with osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease.  It’s a wonderful form of magnesium, but since it is best taken daily, the price can add up to $100 a year.  If that’s the only supplement you’re taking, that’s not so bad.  But if you’re like most people, you could be buying a dozen different supplements and these costs can really add up.

By filling your own capsules with magnesium glycinate lysinate, you can save a whole bunch of money and actually get a better quality product than Doctor’s Best.  Filling your own capsules is not complicated and you can learn everything you need to know about it here on this blog.

BETTER Formula and Cheaper!

I’ll show you how to get the same dosage of magnesium glycinate without all the fillers and for a fraction of the cost and a fraction of the size!

The main ingredient in Doctor’s Best Magnesium is magnesium glycinate, but there’s a lot of other stuff in there too.  I’m not saying that it’s bad stuff, but these are pills, not capsules.  Pill manufacturing requires these extra starches, fillers, and coatings in order to produce the product.  You can, however, skip all that extra stuff and just take pure magnesium glycinate in capsules that you fill yourself.

Another benefit worth mentioning is that without the fillers, these will be much easier to swallow!  The Doctor’s Best pills are large.

Let’s see what ingredients we will need…

Oh, this is going to be easy. To make our new and improved formula, we’re only going to need one ingredient, the magnesium.  I easily found it on Amazon here.

This is the same type of magnesium used in the Doctor’s Best formula.  This bag holds 500 mg, which is about a pound, and will be enough to make 1250 capsules. You’ll probably never need to make that many, so you’re going to have about 2/3 of the bag left.  See if any of your friends would like to share the bag with you.

Let’s Do Some Some Calculating

I had some choices with choosing a capsule size.  If I was to create a capsule with only 100 mg in it, similar to the Doctor’s Best pills, it would so tiny, (size 4 or 5) I wouldn’t be able to use a manual capsule filling machine.  Filling them by hand is NOT an option for me, I don’t have that kind of time or patience.

I made an executive decision and chose to do an entire daily dose in one simple capsule.  A size 1 capsule will do the job perfectly by holding approximately 400 mg.

Materials You Will Need

• 5 oz Magnesium glycinate powder      $20 on Amazon
• 500 empty capsules, size 1   $6 on Amazon

Total cost to make year’s worth of capsules: $26

I didn’t include the cost of a capsule filling machine because you might already have one.   You can pick one up for around $20 and use it for all the new supplements you’re going to make!

Not Too Much Time or Effort Needed

Many of the new generation capsule fillers that you can find on Amazon let you fill 100 capsules at a time.  When you’ve gotten comfortable with the machine, you will be able to do a batch 5 minutes.  In about a half an hour you could have all the capsule filling said and done.  A year’s supply!

The more manual filler types, like The Capsule Machine or the Cap M Quik, would take you about 45 minutes, but that’s if you wanted to do all 365 caps in one sitting.

Don’t Be Afraid

First time capsule filling can be messy and daunting, but don’t let that deter you.   You will get comfortable with it in no time.  Watch a YouTube video for guidance, there’s lots of them there.  Good luck & Enjoy!

Get a year’s supply of BioSchwartz Turmeric Curcumin with Bioperine for only $77.  That’s a 70% savings!

How to Save Big Money on Your Herbal Supplements

Did you know you can easily fill your own capsules?  Yes, you.  Even my mother does it and she’s 81 years old with arthritic fingers.

Filling your own capsules is not only easy, but very cost-efficient.  The first time you do it, it might get a little messy.  The second time, you’ll get the hang of it.  By the third round, you’ll be zipping through the process like a pro.

There are “machines” out there to help you get it done.  They hold all the capsules in place while you spread the powder, then cap them.    There are several types of filling machines you can choose from, each have their benefits and pitfalls. We’ll get into that a bit later.

Why BioSchwartz Turmeric Curcumin with Bioperine?

BioSchwartz (formerly known as Schwartz BioResearch) is one of the top names for quality supplements and it’s no surprise that their Turmeric Curcumin formula is the #1 best seller on Amazon.

If you browse this product’s 10,000+ Amazon reviews, you’ll see that this formula is the best for inflammation, aches & pains, sciatica, autoimmune diseases, and much, much more.  The price isn’t bad either, it’s around $19 a bottle for 90 caps (a month’s supply).  Customers have posted before & after photos of the almost miraculous results they’ve had with this herbal blend.

Same EXACT Formula, Just Cheaper!

I’ll show you how to make the same (or maybe better) formula with this copycat recipe.  All the ingredients and materials are readily available and I’ll guide you through it.  I’ve copied it milligram for milligram and you can easily reproduce this amazing formula.

After this, you might even get inspired to try new formulas and soon realize that you’ll never have to pay high prices for herbal capsules again!

Let’s analyze what’s in BioSchwartz Turmeric Curcumin 1500 mg.

The ingredients are simple, there’s only 3!  They use no fillers and they are packed in size 0 veggie caps.  There’s 90 capsules in a bottle and the recommended dose is 3 capsules per day.  For an average user, that’s a one-month supply.

The bottle label states the ingredients for 3 capsules as:

Turmeric (Curcuma Longa root) 1350 mg
Turmeric Extract 95% Standardized Curcuminoids 150 mg.
Black Pepper Fruit Extract (BioperineR) 10 mg

Divide by 3, and each capsule contains:

Turmeric  450 mg
Turmeric extract 50 mg
Bioperine 3 mg

Next, Gather Your Cost-Saving Ingredients

I was able to find all the ingredients on Amazon for reasonable prices.  You might be able to do better elsewhere.  For the turmeric, the price was for certified organic, so right there, that’s an improvement over BioSchwartz.

I’ve listed enough for a year’s supply or 1000 capsules.  If you feel inspired, you can make them all at one sitting and with the right machine, could take you an hour.  The capsules can be easily stored for that period of time, away from heat and light.

Materials You Will Need

• 1 lb. of Turmeric (Curcuma Longa root) Powder      $11 on Amazon
• 2 ounces of Turmeric Extract 95% Standardized Curcuminoids    $25 on Amazon
• 3 gr of Black Pepper Fruit Extract (Bioperine) (Bioperine is a brand, you can find other Piperine products that are of similar grade and quality)    $30 on Amazon
• 1000 empty capsules, size O   $11 on Amazon
• A large bag or container to mix your powders
  

Total cost to make year’s worth of capsules: $77

I didn’t include the cost of a capsule filling machine because you might already have one.   You can pick one up for around $20.

Not Too Much Time or Effort Needed

Many of the new generation capsule fillers that you can find on Amazon let you fill 100 capsules at a time.  When you’ve gotten comfortable with the machine, you will be able to do a batch 5 minutes.  In an hour you could have all the capsule filling said and done.  A year’s supply!

The more manual filler types, like The Capsule Machine or the Cap M Quik, would take you about 2 hours, but that’s if you wanted to do all 1000 caps in one sitting.

You will also have to set aside a few minutes to blend the powders.  That is best accomplished using a large ziplock bag.  Carefully seal the powders in the bag, leave air the bag when you zip it.  Then carefully roll the bag around until it the powder is blended.  Be sure to hold on to the zipper top while rolling to avoid it accidentally opening.  If you don’t have a big enough bag or container, you could mix it in a bowl, but it will be dusty and it’s probably best done outdoors.

The Savings

This copycat recipe is calculated for 1000 capsules.  A one-year supply of BioSchwartz, 3 caps a day, equals 1095 caps.  I’ve found Amazon’s price of $18.89 a bottle to be very good, with the average price being $23 a bottle on the web.

A year’s supply of BioSchwartz Turmeric Curcumin would cost you ($19 x 12 months) $228.00.  Filling your own caps, $77.  That’s a $151 in savings!

Don’t Be Afraid

First time capsule filling can be messy and daunting, but don’t let that deter you.   You will get comfortable with it in no time.  Watch a YouTube video for guidance, there’s lots of them there.  Good luck & Enjoy!