Are Your Vitamins Unhealthy?

Once upon a time, I used to take a lot of supplements. But I had absorption problems so I flushed a heck of a lot of money down the toilet— literally. I used to think, "It can't hurt; the only thing i have to lose is a few bucks, and it may help." How wrong I was; it has come to light that 90% or more of the vitamins and supplements now on the market labeled as "natural" or "food based" actually are spiked with synthetic chemicals.

It's always better to receive nutrients from fresh, organic whole food—truely the "best medicine"—rather than from supplements. But sometimes supplements are in order. If you are complementing your organic whole foods-based diet with herbs and supplements, you need to make sure that these vitamins and botanicals are derived from naturally occurring plant and mineral sources, and that they contain no synthetic chemicals whatsoever. God knows we get enough chemicals from the toxic soup that surround us every day in our food, water, medicines, homes and the environment.

The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is an organization that is actively working on the problem of hazardous synthetic supplements. They launched a nationwide campaign this week called "Nutri-Con: The Truth About Vitamins & Supplements."

Nutri-Con will expose the hazards and limited effectiveness of synthetic vitamins and supplements, and create mass consumer awareness and marketplace demand for truly organic, "naturally occurring" vitamins, botanicals, and supplements. They will be implementing of a set of standards, certification procedures, and labels which are truly organic and beyond. The OCA believes the campaign will revolutionize the the $20 billion vitamin and supplements industry. The OCA is a terrific organization who is truly looking out for our best interests.

To kick off the campaign they are publishing a series of chapters from a supposedly eye-opening book, "Vitamin Myth Exposed," by Brian Clement, Ph.D., N.M.D of the Hippocrates Health Institute.

Read the first installment --> PROLOGUE AND CHAPTER ONE OF THE BOOK

And stay tuned to the OCA for a list of supplement companies that meet their safety standards. (The first company that meets their standards, by the way, is Botani Organics. The Botani site doesn't disclose retail locations. If anyone has seen their bottles in a store, please comment).

Comments

[Gaevin T. Jenkins]

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Go there everyone, and realize this is a bunch of bullshit. This article is just trying to make you buy their products, or buy in to their "theory". Which is just that, a theory with no acutaly evidence. So I would appreaciate in the future, you try not to write biased articles with no factual evidence.

[williamgeorge]

A Canadian company, Naturally Nova Scotia, makes supplements from foods instead of synthetics. The have vitamin C from fruit, herbal tinctures, green drinks, vitamin D3, and others.
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george
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I don't take vitamins anymore. For the most part, you can get all the vitamins you need with a healthy, proper diet. And by that I don't mean GO on a diet, I just mean that you should eat healthy and you won't need vitamins, unless you have a deficiency or absorption issues, of course.

Cindi