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03/16/2009

THE TRUTH ABOUT MOST VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS

Toxins in Vitamins

Studies show that most vitamin supplements contain toxic poisons. Yes, thats right, a landmark research study by the University of California and the American Nutraceutical Association showed that 97.5% of so-called nutritional supplements are labeled with incorrect information and filled with toxic ingredients! (JANA, Dec. 1999). Check your vitamin labels do they list Magnesium Stearate or Stearic Acid as ingredients? Natural Flavors? Sodium Benzoate? Gelatin? Stearates have been shown to suppress the immune system. Natural Flavors is the new term often used for MSG, or monosodium-glutamate, a known brain neurotoxin. Sodium Benzoate is carcinogenic. Gelatin comes from animal hooves and other animal parts. Therefore, gelatin often contains toxic preservatives, plus hormones and antibiotics that have been given to the animal. Stearates and gelatin are used in many capsules and tablets; Natural Flavors in lots of protein drinks, and Sodium Benzoate as a preservative in many liquid supplements.

So if you buy standard vitamins, you only have about a 1 in 40 chance of getting a vitamin that is actually healthy!  That is not very good odds.

Widespread Cheating in Supplement Industry

Even if your supplements do not list these ingredients, they may still be present. The FDA reports widespread cheating in the supplement industry. Consumer Labs, an independent testing facility, has found products that do not contain the proper ingredients or are contaminated with excessive lead, products made with the wrong species of plants or the wrong part of the plant. They also found nutritional supplements that contained less than 5% of the amount of nutrients claimed on the label, and concentrations that were lower than the minimums expected of a good nutrient product. Even the US Department of Agriculture reported in a May, 1999 study, that a number of nutritional preparations claiming to contain certain doses of product have significantly less, or none, of the dosages described.

Many Harmful Ingredients Not Listed on the Supplement Label

With regard to the toxic manufacturing agents, many nutritional supplement  and vitamin manufacturers simply skirt the issue by not listing them on their label in order to avoid alarming consumers about their use. If you don’t see it on the label, ask your supplement manufacturer to provide you with a written statement that guarantees their products are free of stearates, palmitates, stearic acid, FD&C food colors, natural flavors, polyethylene glycol, acetate, titanium dioxide, sucrose and other toxic excipients and potentially harmful manufacturing additives.

Many Supplements and Vitamins Contaminated with Heavy Metals

It is also common today to find the wrong herbal species and ingredients that are outdated, irradiated, fumigated or contaminated with pesticide residues. So, even if the supplement you are taking is toxic excipient-free, you need to find out if it is also free of heavy metals & pesticide residues, as well as if it contains the potency and ingredients promised by the supplier. When you use nutritional supplements, you are taking them to enhance your health its imperative that you ask these questions and find supplements that are free of harmful additives and are filled with the promised ingredients.

Lack of Testing

The supplement industry is the only manufacturing business that does not have to prove the safety or effectiveness of it products before selling them in the marketplace. Most supplement manufacturers do not test the raw materials used to make their products. They accept the Certificate of Analysis (C of A) from the suppliers. But the C of A is not enough, since it usually tests only for harmful bacteria, not toxic contaminants.

Must Test Every Batch of Supplement Ingredients

If you want products that are free of pesticides and have not been irradiated or fumigated, you must test every incoming batch today, as pesticides, irradiation and fumigation are all widespread. Tom Brokaw did a report in the 1980s about how there is no more uncontaminated fresh water left in the United States. That means that all irrigated crops in the US are given contaminated water that then makes its way into the plant. If the company goes outside the United States to source ingredients, you need to know that up to 70% of raw materials coming into the United States today are irradiated, creating extremely toxic radiolytic byproducts.

Poor Nutrient Sources

Further compounding the problem is the difficulty today in finding plant sources with high nutritional content. As you probably could guess, the nutrient content of an herb or other plant and its phyto-chemical properties can vary drastically, depending on its growing and harvesting methods. Most herbs tested by Dr. Marshalls labs¹ are too weak, too toxic, or both, to offer the full spectrum of benefits typically quoted in scientific literature.

Mineral Content of Plants Can Vary by Over 900%!

Depending on the growing and harvesting methods, a plant can vary in mineral content by over 900%! Likewise, its phyto-chemical nutrients can range from very potent, with spectacular nutritional properties, to virtually inactive. If an herb is poorly grown, even a concentrate or extract will not help it yield better results. If you want to find effective supplements, you need to find ones that have used potent ingredients.

Synthetic vs. Natural Source Vitamins

You also want to look for supplements that use 100% living plant concentrates NO synthetic ingredients. Supplements that are synthetic do not provide all the co-factors or other nutrients necessary for your body to fully utilize that supplement. A synthetic vitamin can stimulate a cells metabolism, causing you to feel better at first, but it cannot upgrade or replace the cells components with superior, better quality elements. This results in a degraded cell. These products may bring much needed nutrients to your body in the short term, but taking such a fractionated product long term that contains isolated vitamins and minerals may induce side effects that are difficult to identify and correct.

The following photos are Kirlian* energy photos of a natural, potent, Quantum Rx vitamin product on the left, and an ordinary, synthetic vitamin on the right. Can you see how much more living energy is emanating from the natural, quantum-quality vitamin on the left?

*Kirlian photography is a photographic technique where the light from the energy field of an object is captured directly on film emulsion revealing the object's energy field. The more "alive" the object, the more energy it has, and the more "dead" it is, the less energy it has.

(Photographs courtesy of QN Labs)

These synthetic vitamins are made in a lab, often from toxic substances, and only mimick the real vitamins found in nature. These artificial forms of vitamins might help in the short run, but they can age you faster in the long run, and give you even more symptoms. A good example is that of the B vitamins. Did you know that most B vitamins are made from petrochemicals? Yes, thats right, they are mostly coal tarderivatives!

Small Amounts of Natural Vitamins Outperform Large Amounts of Synthetic!

Research shows that even a small amount of a naturally occurring vitamin (in its whole-nutrient matrix) can outperform the same synthetic vitamin in much larger amounts. For example, synthetic vitamin A (palmitate) is far less effective than the natural vitamin A that is contained in young grasses. In addition to natural vitamin A, young grasses contain every nutrient known to sustain life; vitamin A palmitate does not.

So even if you think you got a bargain on your vitamins, your body probably did not. Start taking 100% whole nutrient vitamin supplements today!

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1 Dr. Marshall of Quantum Nutrition Labs

* This statement has not been evaluated by the Food & Drug Administration. This product or products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

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