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Are You Taking The Right Vitamins?? The Answer May Surprise You!
9/26/2008
Over 150 million Americans take supplements. The price tag is over a staggering $20 billion annually according to the
Office of Dietary Supplements. I suppose it would come as no surprise that our soils have long been depleted of vital
nutrients needed by the human body for proper function and healing.
I firmly believe that if given the proper tools, the human body can heal itself of any illness. I have been on custom
supplements and have not taken a pharmaceutical in over 5 years, including antibiotics!!
Thinking about all of this has led me to one very puzzling question. If so many people are taking vitamin supplements then
why are we so sick as a society? After doing a bit of research, I think I finally found some answers.
Most drug store and health food store vitamins have a minimal absorption rate (between 15-20%). That means that 80-
85% of the nutrients that go into your body are not used but are wasted! As in they go right down the toilet. There are
several factors at play here. Vitamins are carbon based (organic) and are therefore easily absorbed and used by the
body. Minerals also play a vital role in our bodies but they, however are not organic, which means that the body doesn’t
use them as efficiently and has a difficult time absorbing them unless they are chelated and bound to some form of
carbon based food source (protein for example) that is more readily absorbed by the body. Also, nearly all tablets and
some capsule supplements are made with binders, fillers and/or expcipients. The most significant one is magnesium
stearate, or stearic acid (check the label), which is used as a "flow agent" so that the manufacturers’ machines can run at
higher speeds. Magnesium Stearate acts as a sort of "glue" to hold everything together. Stearic acid is a saturated fat,
with a high melting temperature. The stearic acid is mixed into the active ingredients, coating all the particles, and then
everything is pressed together with very high energy. So with most tablets, even though they might start breaking up
rapidly in the digestive tract, consider that all of the valuable nutrient particles are coated with a layer of saturated fat with
a high melting temperature (145-155 degrees Fahrenheit), and your body would have to break through that before any
nutrients can start to be broken down, go into dissolution, and be absorbed.
Many experts believe, and some experiments have shown that supplements in tablet form do not breakdown and go into
dissolution, and therefore do not get fully used by the body. This is a major problem with the nutrition industry.
Supplements in capsule form are going to breakdown and be utilized much better, but even some capsule supplements
use magnesium stearate, although the impact is probably less.
I prefer to stick to my custom supplement. It has an absorption rate of 95% and there are no binders or fillers of any kind.
I used to pay a small fortune for supplements (that I probably wasn’t absorbing) and now I pay around $2.00 a day. The
bottom line here is that we are not what we eat. We are what we absorb. Make sure you are getting the most from your
supplement. Your body will thank you tenfold.
Next week we’ll be talking about Hidden Food Allergies An In Depth Look Part 1. Don’t miss it. You know
someone affected by this.
See you then!
Yours in health and wellness,
Tiffane
Tiffane Coe has been healing herself naturally for the past 5 years! She is an advocate against CODEX ALIMENTARIUS
and believes that supplements should remain legal without a prescription. Since switching to a mostly organic diet and
supplementing she has not been on any form of medication including antibiotics. Her 9 year old daughter is also
medication and antibiotic free for two and a half years. To learn more visit http://CustomHealth4You.com
This is a fairly new page on the site. We will be adding weekly articles as well as updates on CODEX ALIMENTARIUS
and it's push to make all supplements including vitamins illegal. We have been following this for years. We'll keep you
posted.
and it's push to make all supplements including vitamins illegal. We have been following this for years. We'll keep you
posted.
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