The Truth About Vitamins, Minerals and their Effects on Your Health

The book “Supplements Exposed” by Brian R. Clement, PhD. is a must read and is more than just a brilliant critique on supplements such as vitamins, minerals and fatty acids.

If you have ever consumed vitamins you may have unfortunately bought into one of the most toxic myths to ever shape public health consciousness. “You have been led to believe that the vitamin supplements you take to fortify your body against illness and disease are both safe and effective. You have been misled and told that these supplements are nature’s own natural ingredients packaged in condensed form as “prescription for wellness”. The simple fact is most vitamins and health supplements sold today are NOT derived from natural sources that the holistic and natural healing process needs.

“This book, Supplements Exposed, informs you that these and many other cherished ideas we may have about nutrition are a dangerous collection of myths and half-truths” promoted by large companies to gain market share in the emerging lucrative natural supplement market.

The primary problem explained in this book is that most vitamins sold throughout the world are synthetic, which are created in laboratories owned or controlled by pharmaceutical companies. These companies apply the same manufacturing standards and processes to vitamins that they do to prescription and over-the-counter drugs. “At least 95% of all vitamins manufactured today contain some synthetic ingredients, according to the Organic Consumer’s Association.”

Manufacturers claim that their synthetic chemical vitamins produced in laboratories are identical or just as effective as the naturally occurring vitamins produced in plants by nature. This book challenges that claim in numerous ways, based on natural principles, science, observed human health impacts and consumer safety.

“Science cannot create synthetic nutrients that exactly duplicate or replace naturally occurring nutrients. As for the bio-availability (your body’s absorption) of natural versus synthetic vitamins, there is once again no contest. Your body knows the difference, even though synthetics are designed to try and trick it. Natural nutrients are absorbed readily because we are biologically programmed to recognize the naturally occurring compounds as genuine nutrients.”

In summary, we do need some vitamin and mineral supplementation to satisfy our bodily needs and to maintain an optimum level of health as modern diets contain highly processed foods and many foods are grown on farmlands depleted of important minerals. Consumers can make better informed choices about supplements now that we have been educated on how naturally occurring nutrients and supplements are superior to mass produced synthetic imitations being sold at most vitamin stores and counters across America today.

There are several good natural supplement products on the market today. One of the products I use on a regular basis are liquid dietary supplements by Life Force. The two distinct advantages of these liquid supplements are:
Convenience – Life Force liquid supplements (and powder supplements mixed with liquid) taste great and are easy to ingest. Liquids are especially great for kids and people who have difficulty swallowing pills.
Highly Absorbable – Life Force liquid products get to the right parts of your body, right on time. Liquid foods are naturally easier to process than solid foods, making them ideal for supplement delivery.
With Life Force liquid supplements I’m getting the best of both worlds – natural-source nutrients in highly absorbable forms.

Your body has a tremendous capacity to heal itself and bring itself back into balance. All you have to do is feed your body the right things and it will nourish itself back to health and wellness.

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