| It is important to know that 95% of supplements on the | | | | particular vitamin you may or may not need. Even if |
| market are synthetic, i.e. they are created in a lab. The | | | | you have a wonderful diet full of whole unprocessed |
| other 5% are organic whole food supplements and are | | | | foods...much of the soil on our farmlands has been so |
| simply food in concentrated form. | | | | depleted that what looks like spinach in 2008 probably |
| Many of you many not know that 95% of the | | | | bears little resemblance nutritionally to spinach from |
| supplements on the market are synthetic, meaning that | | | | 1950. |
| they are created in a lab. The remaining 5% are | | | | The caveat to this, of course, is produce that is grown |
| created using organic whole foods. Essentially food in | | | | organically |
| concentrated form, a super food of sorts. | | | | In this modern era of focus on diet and |
| There is a subtle but crucial difference between | | | | nutrition...organics, vitamins and supplements have |
| synthetic supplements, organic vitamins and whole | | | | become a hot topic. It is all at once easy to get |
| food supplements. Vitamins, neither organic nor | | | | hopelessly confused or to completely ignore the |
| synthetic, were meant to be taken in isolation. | | | | overload of information on the subject of vitamins both |
| A great example of a whole food supplement is | | | | in food and in supplement form. |
| acerola cherry powder. The acerola cherry is a rich | | | | It can become overwhelming to over think your diet |
| source of Vitamin C. Basically, the cherries are dried | | | | and nutrition but it is not something to be ignored. While |
| and crushed to create a powder which is mixed into | | | | we can live without enough of a certain vitamin for a |
| water or juice. As far as your body is concerned you | | | | while, in the long term a vitamin deficiency is a |
| are eating handful of cherries which are full of Vitamin | | | | precursor to all sorts of health problems. |
| C! | | | | For example, Vitamin D deficiency is being linked to |
| Most of us know that the orange is a great food | | | | cancer, heart disease, susceptibility to colds and flus |
| source of Vitamin C. The reason is that every other | | | | and a host of other problems. Most people who eat a |
| substance in the orange works synergistically with the | | | | typical American diet tend to be deficient somewhere. |
| Vitamin C in the body for maximum absorption. A plain | | | | Another factor that depletes our vitamin stores is |
| Vitamin C tablet usually does not contain these other | | | | stress, a.k.a. a busy hectic lifestyle, not enough sleep, |
| 'co-factors' which allow your body to reap maximum | | | | lack of exercise, and toxins in our households and our |
| benefit. | | | | surrounding environment. So what about taking |
| Generally, if we are eating a well rounded diet of | | | | vitamins and supplements and even more important, |
| veggies, fruits, grains, legumes, dairy, eggs, and meats | | | | why should you take an organic vitamin? |
| and avoiding white sugar, processed products and | | | | A high-quality, organic, vitamin supplement made from |
| denatured foods then we should be getting all of the | | | | food can be a wonderful way to ensure that your |
| vitamins we need. | | | | body is getting what it needs. |
| The reality is that most of us are not doing this and | | | | Granted supplements are not a substitute for a quality |
| even if we were we would probably not be getting | | | | diet rich in whole foods, they can be a wise addition to |
| what we need. Why not? | | | | any diet. |
| First of all, all of us as individuals have unique nutritional | | | | A good quality organic vitamin or supplement has the |
| requirements based on our genetics, lifestyle, diet and | | | | power to help your body heal through an illness or |
| environmental stress. You may not believe it, but | | | | simply to act as an insurance policy of sorts to |
| genetics plays an important role in how much of a | | | | prevent future illness. |