[MonikaT]

I find I get very good prices on a variety of supplements from Puritan's Pride. They always have a sale of some sort, usually buy-1-get-2-free or buy-2-get-3-free. As one might expect, if they have different size bottles (which they don't for PABA), the bigger bottle is a little less expensive per pill than the smaller.

Looking at their current price, you can buy 3 bottles of 500 mg PABA with 100 capsules for $9.00, making it $3 per bottle of 100.

Another tip, I always google "Puritan coupon" before ordering as I almost always find a coupon for free shipping.

I've been buying from them for about 10 years without any problems. They ship fairly quickly and I've never been disappointed.

Enough of the financial aspects, what is PABA for? Googling seems to indicate that it doesn't do anything as the human body cannot convert it to useable form, but being acidic it can upset the stomach.

I tend to buy mostly from Swanson's Vitamins, but I do compare prices with Puritan's Pride and Vitacost and usually go with the lowest price.

PABA apparently has something to do with red blood cell formation. When applied topically, it at least used to be found in sunscreens up to about an SPF 15. It is an antioxidant and can act as something of a sunscreen when ingested. (Many years ago, I used to take quite a bit of it, and got a very nice tan one summer when I had to put up a metal shed. Normally, I would have burned.) I seem to remember (foggy memory) reading 25-30 years ago that it also plays a part in mopping up excess insulin so high doses could be a problem for diabetics, but I could also be wrong on that one. I don't dispute Flamesaber's claim wrt hormones, but I'd never heard that before.