Why does Healthy Steps Bariatric and Metabolic Center encourage Metagenics supplements rather than other conventional products on the market?

Healthy Steps has chosen to recommend Metagenics for the quality and research that goes into their supplements and medical foods.  They are the only triple-certified GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) supplement company in the world.  This means that they must undergo audits by independent third-party organizations.

Metagenics states, “Doctors and patients have thousands of nutritional supplements to choose from—with a wide variation in quality and price. We focus on improving people’s health—not just selling pills. Our top priority is to make products that work. Because no matter how much you pay for a product, it’s too expensive if it doesn’t work. It’s rare for a professional nutritional product company to devote the scientific staff, labs, equipment, time, resources, and strict procedures necessary to achieve true quality status. We can’t imagine it any other way—people’s health may depend on it.”

Here is what they state about their quality standards:

Metagenics Measures Up to All 5 Quality Standards—and Beyond.

1. GMP[Good Manufacturing Practices]-certified manufacturing—the ultimate quality marker. If it’s on the label, it’s in the bottle—guaranteed.
2. Pure ingredients—identity tested on multiple levels. We accept nothing less than the best we can find. We quarantine each raw material then test each thoroughly to support quality, safety, and efficacy.
3. Safety-reviewed ingredients—we won’t create a formula without them. We don’t even think of using an ingredient in a formula without a thorough literature search on its predicted safety in use as a nutritional supplement.
4. Human clinical evaluations—the surest way to show effectiveness. The best way to test effectiveness and safety of a nutritional product is to see how it works with real patients.
5. Scientific staff and facilities—the best in our business. Not every professional nutrition company has its own staff of dedicated medical and technical professionals. We have one of the largest in-house scientific staffs—MDs, PhDs, and others—in our industry segment.

Here is what they state about their quality and value of their products:

Metagenics Added Measures to Maximize Effectiveness & Value

1. Appropriate ingredient form & dose—so you can be sure. Our goal is to use highly absorbable nutrient forms so the body has a greater chance of using it the way it should to promote health.
2. The right delivery form—to meet the demands of patients and appropriate to the ingredients. We don’t have a “one form fits all” policy. Not every ingredient should be made into a tablet or a capsule.
3. Tablets made for ultimate performance—for better results. Our tableting technology makes sure they disintegrate within a short time, to release ingredients for optimal absorption.
4. And we don’t stop testing even after we create the final formula. Every product batch is tested to make sure our high tablet standards are met.

http://www.metagenics.com/about/quality-difference