[Overpaid Slacker]

Whenever I stay over at Ron's I get the vitamin pack and protein sludge (er... shake) the next am, and it really does help recovery.

As a semi-professional drinker, I will attest to the necessity and efficacy of taking vitamins ... before you go to sleep ideally, and again once your day is going.

I think a multivitamin (and multimineral every day is a good idea, along with specific other nutritional supplements that you may want/need either on a persistent or ad hoc basis.

Then again, I work for the largest manufacturer of vitamins and nutritional supplements in the world, so I see/live this every day.

FWIW, "store" brands are typically what we call "private label" product where we use the same or very similar formulations as we do for "premium" brands and sell this custom product directly, in large quantities, to the retailers using their labels/trademarks/trade dress etc.

JP