Whole Food Supplements: Fact or Fiction
The majority of supplements available as well as those that claim that they're "whole foods supplements" aren't made from natural ingredients or foods at all .
Conventional vitamins are isolated or synthetic forms of very specific elements that are not standardized and insufficient sources of nutrients . The dosages found in conventional vitamins are much more, and often hundreds of times more than those found in food items . Synthetics and isolates are very cheap to make , take up little space in a capsule or tablet as well as are uniform and have a long shelf life . These are the reasons why they are very convenient for vitamin makers to make however they are not natural.
Another reason why these synthetics and isolates are extensively employed is that FDA labeling requirements are altered to their favor, making it very difficult for anyone to develop a su...