VITAMINS VERSUS WHOLE FOOD SUPPLEMENTS – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

Regardless what vitamin companies would have you believe, the truth is that the vitamins and minerals in food are not the same as those found in most supplemental vitamins and minerals. In fact, the vitamins and minerals promoted by USP vitamins cannot be found in any food! Even the word “natural” is completely different! In the aforementioned “natural” supplements, the ingredients are USP (United States Pharmacopoeia) vitamins which means that they are isolated pharmaceutical (drug-like) chemicals and many of the minerals are mined from the ground.

VITAMINS SUPPLEMENTS VERSUS FOOD

For example: vitamin B-6 found in ordinary supplements is pyridoxine hydrochloride, a synthetic USP chemical. This is not even similar to the vitamin B-6 in food. You will not find pyridoxine hydrochloride in any food.

The vitamins in good whole-food nutritional supplements are in high-complex food form, and we might call these a “food matrix” which our bodies can readily recognize and utilize. These food matrixes contain proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, bioflavonoids, and other food factors.

The USP vitamins in supplements are not found in a food matrix, instead, they are isolated chemicals which your cells cannot readily recognize and utilize properly.

Your body does the most that it can to absorb a small amount of these elements but most of them are excreted. The cells of your body were originally designed by nature to be nourished by natural foods, not by pharmaceutical chemicals.

DO YOU KNOW YOUR “FOOD-BASED” VITAMIN / MINERAL SUPPLIER?

Many times the “natural” or “food-based” supplements are formulated with the same USP chemical vitamins and minerals as mentioned above. They simply put them into a big blender and add small amount of powdered food – then they are sold as powders, tablets or liquids – this does not change the USP vitamins and minerals. Your body will still not recognize them. You can fool your mind but you cannot fool the cells of your body. Does the label on you vitamin mineral supplement list the whole foods it contains?

I use only whole food supplements made from organically raised produce. There is really only one manufacturer who can make such a claim – that is Standard Process, Inc.