Don’t let the billion dollar supplement industry fool you!
If you are not already aware of the information below, it might shock and even anger you—like it did me. But after coming to terms with the facts, I realized that choosing the “right” products was going to be fairly easy. This is what I’ve learned—and what you should know:
Most nutritional supplements contain genetically modified ingredients.
If you are taking any supplement (even an expensive, health food store brand), you are almost certainly ingesting genetically modified organisms GMOs).
Vitamins E (tocopherols) and C are among the most suspect since E is derived from soy and C from corn. Approximately 98% of non-organic soy crops and 87% of corn are grown from genetically-modified seeds produced by Monsanto—the chemical turned “food” company that brought us PCB, DDT, agent orange, bovine growth hormone (rBGH) and a selection of toxic, glyphosate herbicides.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_15261.cfm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto#Former_products
Most nutritional supplements are made from synthetic chemicals.
Although it may be difficult to believe, most vitamins ingredients are derived from petroleum extracts, coal tars, chemically-processed sugars, and industrially-processed fish oils; they are further processed with hexanes, acids, and aldehyes.
You can find out what else might be lurking in your current multi-vitamin formula here: http://www.doctorsresearch.com/articles4.html
Many nutritional supplements contain more fillers, preservatives and artificial colors than “vitamins.”
Here’s a list of those found in one of America’s best-selling supplements:
Microcrystalline cellulose, pregelatinized corn starch. fd&c red no. 40 aluminum lake, fd&c yellow no. 6 aluminum lake, hydrogenated palm oil, hypromelose, soy lecithin, magnesium stearate, modified food starch, sodium benzoate, sodium citrate, maltodextrin, sodium aluminosilicate, sunflower oil, tribasic calcium phosphate.
Read the label and you’ll find that even the most expensive supplements contain cheap fillers that deliver absolutely no benefit and a number of other random ingredients (such as magnesium stearate) that are potentially unsafe.
Most nutritional supplements are made in China.
Although it’s a little known fact, China is actually one of the largest exporters of drugs and vitamins. In fact, about 90 percent of all Vitamin C sold in the United States is made in or sourced from China. Ditto for the majority of Vitamins A, B12 and E.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_5699.cfm
Most nutritional supplements are produced by pharmaceutical companies.
Unknown to most consumers worldwide, there are no brand name vitamin companies that actually manufacture their own vitamin material. They may create the formulas and manufacture the tablets, but they do not create the vitamin materials, all of which are manufactured by 14 companies worldwide. Seven of these are based in the United States:
1. Pfizer Chemicals Division.
2. Fine Chemicals Division Henkel Corporation.
3. Takeda USA Takeda Chemical Industries, LTD.
4. Roche Chemical Division Hoffman LaRoche.
5. Archer Daniels Midland Corporation.
6. Chemicals Division BASF Wyandotte Corp.
7. Eastman Chemical Company.
The human body simply will not thrive—or even absorb—isolated, synthetic nutrients. So what’s a health-conscious consumer to do?
Opt for products that are made exclusively from real, WHOLE foods; these supplements WILL nourish your body with the complete and synergistic blend of nutrients it knows how to use—vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, enzymes and phytonturients.
Isolated vitamins and minerals were originally designed to prevent diseases resulting from malnutrition (such as scurvy), not the long-term health consequences of poor nutrition (such obesity, heart disease, diabetes and cancer). Used in an isolated state, vitamins are an ineffective solution for those who want to improve their health, not just prevent disease. When used in conjunction with the variety of other vitamins and phytonutrients found naturally together in whole foods, however, nutritional supplements have been shown to deliver significant health and fitness benefits.
In a perfect world, you might be able to satisfy your nutritional needs by simply eating a “healthy” diet. But we do not live in a perfect world. And even if it were possible to eat a completely-balanced, 100% organic diet, you’d still come up short. The ever-diminishing quality of our food supply, lack of adequate sunlight, environmental pollution, and unavoidable effects of both physical and mental stress are largely to blame.
Just say no to synthetic nutrient “knock offs.”
And choose products that are hand-crafted from whole food concentrates and extracts instead!
Get real!
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