InVite Health

I’m a major Invite Health supporter and listener. It’s important to educate YOURSELF 1^st, prior to coming in and have a general idea of what possibly needed so you at least know the direction you’re going in and not be blindsided or bombarded with multiple suggestions, that will be good for you but you may not need all at once.
I listen to Jerry Hickey on 1190 am WLIB almost daily at 10am or Dr. Alan Pressman. I speak with their certified nutritionist and doctors, as well as others, in addition to other research, WHILE CONSULTING my own physician.
I’ve learned a lot & love them. I use a variety of supplements which I’ve found to really help.

This place might look like an upscale version «The Vitamin Shop» but don’t let the psudo-​medical trappings and posters fool you: it is just another rip off. I had stopped in to buy a supplement, one that retails in most other shops for around $ 15.00 in the dosage I wanted. I was immediately approached by a sales lady who first tried to sell me a bottle for $ 50+. Then she suggested that she could help me with my «other health issues» starting with another bottle of pills which she said would cure my hernia!
Pills to cure a hernia? Or rather: phony — and possibly dangerous! — «medical advice.»
I couldn’t get out of there fast enough.
Save your money and your health: shop someplace else!

I am not sure how invite health sets up their retail stores but this store in particular has the rudest people. They never have the DHA in pill form. Just the liquid. they can’t ever give a straight answer to why they don’t have it in stock EVER. I made a mistake buying the liquid form and returned a mere minute after purchasing. The lady in the store whoever she was decided to belittle me about why I was returning it. Mind you I was dealing with another salesperson the whole time, she was just roaming around the tiny store in the background. She didn’t want to hear a word I said regarding how this wasn’t for me but for my wife and that she can’t stomach the liquid and rather eat the pills. She decided to educate me about why fish oil was so good for you and that I should tell my wife. The salesperson even kindly told me to just don’t get into it with her. I left really pissed off and went to the 61^st Street and 3^rd Avenue. They were the original store I picked up DHA pills and they had them in stock. I asked the salesperson if this stuff is always low in stock and he mentioned no never and that store just must of had a fluke of some sort. He was surprised they never carried it. Don’t go to the Invite Store on 6^th Avenue.

Invite is a total ripoff. I usually buy probiotics at Whole Foods but not wanting to wait on the insane line I stopped in at Invite. The exact same probiotics that I buy at Whole Foods for $ 11 were $ 52 here, the only difference was this bottle had an Invite Health label on it. The ingredients and doses were all the exact same.
This store sells generic products under their own label to jack up the price.
If this wasn’t bad enough the staff will say anything to get you to buy their products. When I asked about whether a product was derived from dairy or soy the woman said she didn’t know and directed me to read the label. When I responded that there was no information on the bottle and that I was hoping for something non-​dairy she responded «oh, oh yeah, uh… there’s no dairy in any of our products so you should buy this one.» With that, any credibility she had went out the window. What if I was allergic to dairy, took their product, and had a reaction? Come on.
Stay away from this place.

Great products but the staff is downright rude.

Thank you, Jerry Hickey!
Come here and if you need free consultations, call ahead to make sure Jerry Hickey is there. Everything he recommended for my brother with leukemia has been a lifesaver! My brother is ten times more energetic and not getting sick as often as he used to. Anyone undergoing cancer treatment, no matter what age, should go here for Hickey’s advice! All InVite vitamins are made within their own labs and top notch quality. Plus, the people who work there are very nice and willing to help.

One of my hippie doctors recommended Invite Health for various concoctions that supposedly will give me super powers. Or something.
So, infinitely better than the GNCs and Vitamin Worlds around, but they mostly only have their own brand of supplements. Sometimes you want a particular thing (like Thorne products for example) — no luck here. Willner Chemists is way better for things like that.
(woot, 600^th Unilocal review)