I've started taking GNC's Mega Men Dietary Supplement as a multivitamin. The directions say to take two tablets daily with food. I've been taking one with breakfast and another with dinner. Is taking two tablets/day overkill? Just wondering...

Nope, not an overkill. The tablets are time-released. I have been taking two every morning for years and I feel fine. Gives you everything you need throughout the day. You only get 1/2 the goodies if you take one tablet alone. It's up to you but IMO I would take what it says on the bottle first thing in the a.m.

I've been thinking about this as well. The Mega Men vitamins are similar to other "time release" vitamins I've seen in that they indicate that their contents are released over about 4 hours or so. That's actually a fairly small part of your day if you think about it. Would it not be better to take the two tablets at different times of the day, thus maximizing the span of time where you have those vitamins being released into your system?

As it is I get the fun neon urine effect with them, indicating that I am definitely passing a fair amount through my body. I tried taking the two at different times for a few days, and I seemed to feel crappier, although that could easily have been coincidence.

Does anyone else have any experience with this? Even better, does anyone have any information/science that leans one way or the other?

I tried taking the two at different times for a few days, and I seemed to feel crappier, although that could easily have been coincidence.probably coincedence :) I've not looked into it, but if you were anal, I'd supposed that it's true that taking one twice a day would be better than two once/day, but I can't imagine the difference would be anything you'd ever actually notice; maybe on a double blind of a million people you'd notice some tiny difference, so I'd just go with what the instructions say.

Thanks for all the replies! I'll keep taking 2/day, one in the morning and one in the evening.