Isolated Vitamins

[Guest guest]

I've been researching this topic lately and wanted to share this interesting

article with you.

 

I have a long background in the Natural Products Industry and have been a broker

and sales rep for some amazing supplement brands. So, it's been pretty ingrained

in me to use and promote supplements. Over the last several months I've been

re-thinking my beliefs about isolated vitamins, thanks in part to Ien for

bringing it up over the years.

 

I do know that certain supplements (I always use whole food supplements) do help

me feel better. 800 mg of vitamin E will completely take my hot flashes away and

plenty of EFA's help my joints tremendously. I'm also seeing that a good algae

can accomplish the same things and much more. So, after 30+ years in holistic

health, I keep learning and discovering better ways.

 

I like the idea of using only foods for vitamins, but it's essential to choose

organic only.

 

Michelle

http://www.HolisticMenopause.com

 

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Whole food nutritional supplements offer better health benefits than isolated

vitamins and minerals

 

by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor

 

In the natural health community, what we've learned over the years as scientists

and observers of human nature is that the human body is not designed to consume

isolated nutrients and use them effectively. It must take in a full spectrum of

supporting complementary nutrients as they exist in nature. So, for example,

lycopene is one phytonutrient found in tomatoes that is well known to help

prevent prostate cancer. But, in fact, if you take lycopene by itself, it's not

going to have nearly the positive effect of eating whole tomatoes or taking

whole-food concentrates made from dried organic tomatoes. So getting these

minerals in their full-spectrum natural ratios (ratios which they're found in

nature) is very important.

 

It's also important to consider the density of these nutrients. If I were to ask

you to eat 10 fresh tomatoes at one serving, you probably wouldn't be able to

get through more than five or six without feeling full. That's because tomatoes

have a lot of water, and they fill you up quickly. So you wouldn't be able to

get much nutrition from those tomatoes if you ate them raw. Certainly, they're

good for you in their raw form, and that's the best way to eat them, but that's

not going to meet your nutritional needs.

 

In contrast, if you were to take these 10 tomatoes and dry them, and then grind

them up into a powder, and then shape that powder into capsules or tablets and

consume those, you could easily eat those 10 tomatoes and enjoy all their

nutritional benefits. It's all about the density of nutrients. But let me be

clear: I'm not at all saying that you shouldn't eat raw tomatoes or other whole

foods; what I'm saying is that raw foods are good for calories, but getting

outstanding nutrition requires consuming whole food concentrates. Personally, I

eat them both: fruits and vegetables for enjoyment and calories, combined with

whole food concentrates for nutrition.

 

Avoid isolated vitamins and minerals

 

I also recommend that you move away from isolated vitamins and minerals. So

forget about those cheap, low-cost bottles of vitamin C, vitamin E or those B

vitamins you might find at the wholesale clubs, pharmacies or grocery stores.

These are typically not going to do you very much good, because your body

doesn't need just vitamin C; your body needs a whole complement of vitamins from

a lot of different sources. If you want vitamin C, go with whole-food

concentrates. You'll get plenty of vitamin C in a full-spectrum package that

gives you antioxidants, phytonutrients, and cancer fighting compounds all at the

same time; and none of that is actually listed on the label.

 

For example, if you buy the Alive Whole Food Energizer, you're not going to see

on the label a listing of the B vitamins, the C vitamins, the antioxidants and

so on, because it's not broken down like that. It just tells you what foods were

used to make the product. From there, you have to understand that those foods

provide those nutrients and much more in a full spectrum of great nutrition.

 

It's also important to take these supplements from several different sources.

You don't want to take superfoods every day and rely on that as your only source

of supplemental nutrition. You don't want to take only the Alive! Whole Food

Energizer supplement and rely on that. You don't want to rely on any one brand;

you want to have a variety of nutritional products so that you're getting whole

food sources from three or four different manufacturers on a daily basis. This

is the best way to be sure that you're getting a full complement of fruits,

vegetables, mushrooms, microalgae, and other food sources that can provide peak

nutrition for you.

 

High-density whole food concentrates provide real nutrition

In the world of holistic nutrition, we take whole foods from nature that are

grown organically, or we take microalgae and other superfood supplements, and we

dry them, grind them up, put them into powders, and then encapsulate those

powders or shape them into pills or tablets. That's the way to get your

nutrition in the modern world. That's the way healthy people do it, and that's

the way I've been doing it for years. I can't imagine living a single day

without taking dozens of nutritional supplements made from whole-food

concentrates. They aren't pills or medicine, in my view: they're just

high-density food.

 

This article is a content segment from the book, the Five Habits of Health

Transformation by Mike Adams. The book covers the five most effective, yet

effortless strategies for enhancing health. Written for busy people, it explains

how to get the greatest health results possible with the least investment in

time, money or effort.

[Guest guest]

Michelle wrote:

Over the last several months I've been re-thinking my beliefs about isolated

vitamins, thanks in part to Ien for bringing it up over the years. >

 

Thanks Michelle, I feel honoured.

 

Speaking of good algae: I am waiting for my first order of Klamath Bluegreen,

which looks really good on the website.

They have a nice affiliate program too, always a bonus if you like getting your

goodies free.

 

And guess what: VitaCost has all their products for 40% less.

Alas, VitaCost only ships inside the USA.

Moral of the story: whatever your product, check to see if Vitacost.com has it

first.

 

Ien in the Kootenays, too damned honest for her own good

http://freegreenliving.com (blog)

http://wildwholefoods.net (algae)