SYNTHETIC VS NATURAL
There is absolutely no substitute for vitamins and minerals that are derived from fresh, organic food sources. Full stop. Period. Our society is fixated on popping pills to cure everything, from headache to anxiety to a poor diet. There is a serious lack of awareness that these synthetic vitamins and minerals are actually harming our health. Did you know that 98% of the vitamins and minerals sold on the market today are synthetic? These synthetic or ‘isolated’ versions of vitamins contain chemical compounds that were not meant for human consumption and do not occur in nature. Not only sold directly, synthetic vitamins are widely added into everyday, store-bought foods such as cereals, flours, juice and milk.
It doesn’t take a lot of common sense to work out that if these compounds do not occur in nature, then it’s not a good idea to be consuming them, let alone consuming them every day. People are being hoaxed by marketing slogans that have consumers believing that they are actually doing something good for their health. Time for truth to come out! More and more GPs in Australia are speaking up about the harmful effects of synthetic vitamins including Dr Anne Charteris, Sydney-based doctor. We interviewed Anne about synthetics and her enthusiasm for MANA, read it here.
“Synthetic vitamins should be used with caution in order to prevent the development of deficiencies more serious than the deficiency we set out to control.”
ELVEHIEM, C., JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOC., 16, 7:654, August, September, 1940
“Synthetic vitamins should be used with caution in order to prevent the development of deficiencies more serious than the deficiency we set out to control.”
ELVEHIEM, C., JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOC., 16, 7:654, August, September, 1940
What we haven’t been told is that in large dosages, as commonly prescribed by physicians or recommended by vitamin manufacturers, vitamins can become overwhelmingly toxic. Synthetic vitamins are devoid of necessary trace minerals and must use the body’s own mineral reserves which can lead to dangerous mineral deficiencies.
Synthetic forms of vitamins are dangerous due to the very high, concentrated serving of the vitamin that you ingest, rather than the natural amount that you would get from a food-based form. The human body is not programmed to utilise vitamins in maximum potencies, but rather in optimum potencies. Not only are isolated nutrients treated like drugs or other chemicals by your body but like drugs, they can create health problems for you too.
Nature does not produce any nutrient in an isolated form. The nutrients from foods are compounded together in a specific way and work optimally in that format. For an isolated nutrient to work properly in the body, it needs all the other parts that are naturally present in the food too. So as they can’t always be used by the body, they are either stored until you obtain or create the nutrients required to use them effectively or are excreted. Nutritionist Judith De Cava states:
“Separating the group of compounds (in a vitamin complex) converts it from a physiological, biochemical, active micronutrient into a disabled, debilitated chemical of little or no value to living cells. The synergy is gone.”
The vitamins and supplements industry is big business in Australia, worth an estimated $1.5bn each year. Strangely enough, the rates of some forms of chronic disease have not changed, while the rates of others have actually increased.
Let’s look at vitamin C. In theory, vitamin C ascorbate can help cure ailments, build tissues, counteract stress and promote great health. This is how ascorbic acid has been advertised. The truth is that this view is not fully supported by medical evidence, yet nonetheless it is propagated and has been explored and abused by commercial interests such as, for example, the inclusion of synthetic vitamin C in cold remedies.
“There exists an antagonism among the different artificial vitamins. Professor Lesne said at a meeting of the Academic de Medicine that if good results have been realized with the administration of artificial vitamins ‘they are not able to mend the deficiency due to inadequate food’” JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOC., 118, 6:475. February 7, 1942
An article in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Vol. 87, No. 1, 142-149, January 2008) reveals that supplementation with vitamin C ascorbate devastates the muscle, causing impairment in mitochondrial function, loss of endurance, and inhibition of the body’s own antioxidant enzymes superoxide dimutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxide. Levels of SOD and glutathione enzyme are known markers of health and any substance that causes a substantial decrease in the levels of these essential antioxidant enzymes, disrupts the body’s immune system, lowering the capacity to resist infection and disease. In this case, rather than being a beneficial antioxidant, vitamin C ascorbate has shown to work as an adverse pro-oxidant. Says Trent Watson, accredited practising dietitian and Dietitians Association of Australia spokesperson,
“Large scale studies have consistently shown there is little benefit of taking megadoses of supplements. There is some good evidence that taking high dose supplements to prevent or cure chronic diseases, such as heart disease or cancer, may be in fact harmful.”
There simply is no substitute for an excellent diet, just as much as there is no quick fix pill for a poor diet. Taking care that we are eating a variety of fresh, organic fruits and vegetables, and boosting our diets with food-based vitamin supplements such as MANA BLEND is absolutely vital for wholistic health and longevity. The vitamins and minerals that are in MANA BLEND have been processed from the most nutrient-dense foods on the planet which are then processed at cool temperatures meaning that none of the nutritional value of the ingredient is lost. It is far wiser to invest in ethical, integral products such as MANA BLEND than in cheap synthetic versions that have the adverse effect on your health that you are desiring. Get your MANA BLEND here, today!