PlainVitamins

Shield

by Redcon1 · capsule · 90 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • DSLD label 172184
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 30 servings

Shield by Redcon1 lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 500 mg of N-acetyl cysteine and 25 mg of androst-3,5-diene-7,17-dione. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on December 22, 2019.

What is in Shield?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 capsules. The capsule beside an amount places it among every product in the NIH database that lists the same ingredient: the bar is the middle half of their amounts, the line in it the median, the whiskers the 10th and 90th percentiles; the green tick is the FDA Daily Value and the red dashed tick the adult upper limit (IOM).

Shield: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 172184, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
N-Acetyl Cysteine500 mgN-Acetyl Cysteine in Shield against 1,259 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 55 mg to 500 mg, the median 150 mg.500 mg

Higher than 74% of 1,259 products listing N-acetyl cysteine (median 150 mg).

Androst-3,5-diene-7,17-dione25 mgArimistane in Shield against 52 products25 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 56.25 mg, the median 45 mg.25 mg

65% of 52 products listing arimistane give more (median 45 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 172184 (entered December 22, 2019), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD. Amounts are what the maker printed; DSLD does not test products. Daily Values: the FDA's Daily Value page.

Is that a lot?

Every amount on this label with a position sits within the middle 80% of the products that list the same ingredient.

The Tolerable Upper Intake Level is the most of a nutrient per day, from food, water and supplements together, that is likely to pose no risk for almost all adults (Institute of Medicine, 2011). It does not apply under medical supervision. This page compares labels; it is not medical advice.

Sources: amounts from the DSLD label; Daily Values from 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8)(iv); adult upper limits from the Institute of Medicine's DRI summary tables (2011). How positions are computed.

Which products have the closest formulas?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Shield's, rare ingredients counting for more.

Source: ingredient lists of every product's current label in DSLD (version 9.4.0); similarity weights each shared ingredient by how rare it is.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide, Titanium Dioxide.

How many labels does Shield have?

One label is on file, entered on December 22, 2019.

  1. Label 172184 (current) Entered December 22, 2019 · on the market · 90 capsules

Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).

Who makes it?

The label names Redcon1 (manufacturer). All Redcon1 products.

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