Trust, Efficacy, and Our Promise
We are the only brand in the supplement industry that can guarantee that every single ingredient in every one of our products is backed by human studies and delivered in doses consistent with clinical research
No exceptions, no compromises.
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Clinically validated
We know you are coming to us for help with a specific health issue that’s dragging you down. We take your trust in us to help you feel better seriously. That’s why we only use ingredients that have been proven effective in clinical research.
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Researched doses
It’s frustrating to buy a product that doesn’t work. Yet if you only take a fraction of the researched dose of an ingredient, you probably won’t get the results you’re looking for. That’s why we make sure every dose in our products is a researched dose.
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Certified pure & potent
It’s important that your supplement contains everything it should (like the listed ingredients, at the listed potencies) and nothing it shouldn’t (like contaminants and adulterants). That’s why we always subject our finished products to 7 quality assurance tests.
We source only the best.
We select the most bioavailable forms of vitamins, minerals, botanicals, peptides, amino acids, and coenzymes, so you absorb and utilize what you take. We opt for concentrated herbal extracts, standardized to contain precise amounts of herbal actives, to ensure consistency from batch to batch and bottle to bottle. We focus on ingredients that are released slowly over time, so your blood levels stay consistently elevated and you can reap more benefits.
We manufacture with care.
Most of our supplements are manufactured in a state-of-the-art 70,000-square foot manufacturing facility certified by NSF International, the world’s foremost quality control certifier for nutritional supplements. This facility is equipped with a pioneering laboratory, allowing for quality control testing at each stage of production. Our products are packaged in amber glass bottles with metal caps — which protects their contents against moisture, oxygen, and light — and sealed with a tamper proof band.
We test, test, and test again.
We test each of our raw materials and finished products for identity, purity, strength, and composition, ensuring that what’s on the label is what’s in the bottle. We also perform dissolution testing to ensure our capsules dissolve properly and release their contents into your gut. Finally, we subject our products to accelerated stability testing to make sure they remain potent not just at the time of manufacture but by the time they reach your door.
We make honest products that work
In the Hudson River Valley of New York, Quality of Life crafts the world’s finest nutritional supplements for a variety of health concerns. We don’t follow fads; we follow the science. We obsess over things like bioavailability, standardization, molecular weight, dissolution, permeability, and well-controlled human clinical trials. It’s because we believe that attention to science makes supplements that work.
Backed by the best.
- 30+ human studies conducted at top-tier universities
- 1,000+ clinics worldwide
- 100 pre-clinical trial
The Most Effective Medicinal Mushroom Product Available
What makes AHCC® so effective? First, it contains a special class of polysaccharides called alpha glucans, which are powerful immune-boosters.* Glucans are common in all medicinal mushrooms, but the alpha glucans in AHCC® are more potent than the beta-glucans found in most other mushrooms. Second, AHCC® solves the principal problem facing most medicinal mushroom supplements: poor absorption. While most medicinal mushroom extracts have a molecular weight of more than 200,000 daltons, AHCC® is manufactured through a patented process that reduces its molecular size to under 5,000 daltons — increasing absorption and enhancing efficacy.
Product Questions
Are your products vegetarian?
Are your products vegetarian?
Whenever possible, Quality of Life formulates our products to be vegetarian and provides them in vegetarian capsules made from vegetable cellulose. However, many of the most-researched nutritional ingredients are derived from animal products, such as vitamin D3, chondroitin, collagen, and Neptune krill oil. Because of our commitment to clinically efficacious products, when we have to choose between a vegetarian form of an ingredient (such as vitamin D2) or an animal-derived, yet more efficacious form (such as vitamin D3), we choose to prioritize the more scientifically validated form.
If I am allergic to mushrooms, can I take AHCC?
If I am allergic to mushrooms, can I take AHCC?
Allergies to mushrooms are most often associated with exposure to mushroom spores. These spores originate in the top of the mushroom, called the fruiting body. However, AHCC is derived from the mycelia, or root of the mushroom, which does not contain spores. In addition, as part of the manufacturing process, the raw material is subjected to a fermentation process that breaks down the high molecular weight molecules that are very tough to digest, into low molecular weight compounds. This process further lowers any allergenic potential. Many people who believe they are allergic to mushrooms take AHCC successfully. However, if you are concerned, please check with a healthcare professional that specializes in natural products or begin taking AHCC very slowly. This can be done by starting with a quarter of a capsule on the tip of your tongue and if you don’t experience itching in your mouth or other signs of allergy, work your way up to 2 to 6 capsules per day over a period of several days.
Are your products safe to use while pregnant/breastfeeding?
Are your products safe to use while pregnant/breastfeeding?
As with any nutritional supplement, you should always consult with a health care professional when assessing the safety of any Quality of Life product while pregnant or breastfeeding.
When is the best time to take your products?
When is the best time to take your products?
Some products are best taken on an empty stomach, while others are better taken with food. The label of each Quality of Life product will indicate the best time to take it under “Suggested Use” and we have also included directions for when and how to take our supplements on each of our product pages here on the site. That said, the very best time to take your supplements is when you remember to take them! When it comes to results, consistency is more important than timing.
Do your products contain any allergens?
Do your products contain any allergens?
Quality of Life complies with the the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research (FASTER) Act, which took effect April 23, 2021 and mandates that any product containing one of the nine major allergens — Milk, eggs, fish, Crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans, and sesame— be clearly labeled.