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Organic Whole Food VitaminIs an organic whole food vitamin better than synthetic vitamins? What is a synthetic vitamin and why is it so bad? Many people know that their diet is poor in nutrition because of processed food. And in a well-meaning intent to improve their nutrition, they buy vitamins at the local discount store. Unfortunately, these vitamins are pretty worthless. Less than 10% of the nutrients in those store-bought vitamins are absorbed by your body. The rest are flushed down the toilet.
What Can You Do?Almost everyone who cares about their health and the food they eat knows they should be getting 5 to 9 fruits and vegetables in their daily diet.
Get this 24 page Nutrition Newsletter sent to you FREE...click for Sneak Preview And almost everyone who cares about that also knows it's an impossible task to get all those nutrients in one day. And now that many people know that the vitamins you buy in the store are almost worthless, what can you do? What alternative is there to synthetic vitamins? Many people have discovered that going back to the basics is the perfect solution. Going back to the original source of all good nutrition. Whole Foods.
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Synthetic Vitamins versus Whole Food VitaminsSynthetic vitamins are extracted and isolated from foods and are a mixture of chemicals that lose a lot of their nutrients in the manufacturing process that make them work.
Synthetic vitamins lose enzymes, co-factors and minerals that make them effective. Your body will only absorb a small percentage of these chemical vitamins because your body is designed to reject foreign bodies. Plus, you are absorbing an imitation vitamin, not the real thing. How good can that be for you?
Vitamins that are separated from foods are essentially drugs. And drugs will cause side effects. You might have heard that some people can overdose from taking too many vitamin supplements. But I'll bet you’ve never heard of someone overdosing from eating too much broccoli.
How do you know if you’re taking synthetic vitamins? Look for these chemical names on the ingredient label:
Niacin or niacinamide Riboflavin Thiamin Cobalamin Mixed tocopherols Vitamin A palmitate Ascorbic Acid
Organic whole food supplements are essentially whole foods that have been ground up into a powder and put in a capsule that you can take just like regular vitamins. You'll know you are taking whole food vitamins because of what's listed on the ingredient list. The vitamins will be listed by their food name, such as broccoli powder, carrots, wheat grass and so on. In order to be called organic, the foods that are ground up should have been grown organically with no chemical pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers. They should also not have been irradiated or chemically engineered in any way. Your body absorbs the nutrients in whole food vitamins better than the chemicals in synthetic vitamins.
Choosing an Organic Whole Food VitaminNow that people are discovering that whole food vitamins are much healthier for you, you might notice a lot of different types of organic whole food vitamins being marketed to you. How do you know what's best?Consider this: in order to process the whole food into a powder form that can be easily taken by the consumer, the manufacurer has to apply heat to break it down. When you apply heat, you are also destroying some of the nutrients that are in the food. There are some whole food powder supplements that use a special process that
protects the integrity of the nutrition in the vitamin.
The organic whole food vitamin trend is a growing trend in the wellness market. Be very careful of what you choose to take and make sure you are getting the most nutrition you can from your whole food supplement.
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