Words you should know...
Natural - on vitamin labels, "natural" has no specific definition other than the substance exists somewhere on the planet or in outer space.
Whole Food Vitamins - means vitamins as they are found in food, untampered-with in any way that would change their molecular structure, their biological or biochemical combination, or their actions. Vitamins in their natural state always exist as living complexes with specific co-factors, enzymes, phytonutrients and organic mineral-activators, and never as isolated single factors. Whole food vitamins are real foods with only water and fiber removed!
A vitamin needs all of its synergists to function.
There are literally hundreds of such synergists, most of which have not yet been discovered, but never the less are very important.
Crystalline - means that food has been treated with various chemicals, solvents, heat and distillations to reduce it down to one specific "pure" crystalline vitamin. In this process all the synergists, which are termed "impurities," are destroyed. There is no longer anything natural in the action of crystalline "vitamins" -- they should more accurately be termed drugs.
Synthetic - means that a chemist attempted to reconstruct the exact structure of the crystalline molecule by chemically combining molecules from other sources. These sources are not living foods, but dead chemicals. For example, Vitamin B1 is made from a coal tar derivative, and d-alpha tocopherol (so-called Vitamin E) is a byproduct of materials used to make film. However, it is not legally necessary to give the source from which the synthetic "vitamin" is derived. Synthetic "vitamins" should more accurately be called drugs.
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Natural vs. Synthetic...
