Are Vitamin Pills Worthless? How much of a vitamin pill does your body absorb? Are chemicals used in the fillers? Research by Naturopath Robert Thiel on the "The Truth About Vitamins in Nutritional Supplements", demonstrates the composition and origin of some of the vitamin pills currently in circulation in the United States and Europe, and it is shocking.
Some of the most widely used supplements use petroleum based or fossil fuel based ingredients.
Robert Thiel also states that vitamin B-6 which is commonly found in yeast, rice and bran is simulated in the pills from petroleum ether and hydro-chlroric acid formaldehyde.
Shocking isn't it? the list goes on and his research lists various other fossil fuel based supplements including vitamin K which is commonly found naturally in cabbage is derived from coal tar.
The environmental impact on our climate is alarming has the petroleum and coal is processed the CO2 emissions from them cause irreversible damage to our ozone layer and is a large contributor to the green house effect.
A liquid whole food supplement may be a more viable option, as the nutritional content is 100% bio-available, which simply means how much the body can absorb.
Liquid is by far the better carrier of nutrition than pill form, as un-dissolved vitamin pills are being removed from water treatment ponds by the TONs.
So not only are consumers throwing their money down the sewage drain, but they may be adding to the environmental problems with the tremendous volumes of landfill waste.
When looking into liquid nutrition, a cold-processed product may be the closest thing to the fruit/vegetable's raw form, as opposed to the pasteurization process, which boils the product for a certain time period.
Another issue that has been researched with getting your daily nutrition from land grown fruits and vegetables is the problem of over-farming for the past 20-30 years.
With over-farming, the nutrients in the soil has been depleted to such low levels that fertilizers are needed for the plants to grow.
Although there are no studies correlating the depletion of nutrients to the rise of heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, a logical conclusion may be reached linking the two.
Asian regions with diets rich with sea vegetation(sea weeds, kelp) may be the hidden key as the rates of major diseases in those regions are dwarfed by rates in the United States.
The over-farming has also contributed to erosion, contaminant runoff from fertilizers/pesticides, and water supply contamination.
Some of the most widely used supplements use petroleum based or fossil fuel based ingredients.
Robert Thiel also states that vitamin B-6 which is commonly found in yeast, rice and bran is simulated in the pills from petroleum ether and hydro-chlroric acid formaldehyde.
Shocking isn't it? the list goes on and his research lists various other fossil fuel based supplements including vitamin K which is commonly found naturally in cabbage is derived from coal tar.
The environmental impact on our climate is alarming has the petroleum and coal is processed the CO2 emissions from them cause irreversible damage to our ozone layer and is a large contributor to the green house effect.
A liquid whole food supplement may be a more viable option, as the nutritional content is 100% bio-available, which simply means how much the body can absorb.
Liquid is by far the better carrier of nutrition than pill form, as un-dissolved vitamin pills are being removed from water treatment ponds by the TONs.
So not only are consumers throwing their money down the sewage drain, but they may be adding to the environmental problems with the tremendous volumes of landfill waste.
When looking into liquid nutrition, a cold-processed product may be the closest thing to the fruit/vegetable's raw form, as opposed to the pasteurization process, which boils the product for a certain time period.
Another issue that has been researched with getting your daily nutrition from land grown fruits and vegetables is the problem of over-farming for the past 20-30 years.
With over-farming, the nutrients in the soil has been depleted to such low levels that fertilizers are needed for the plants to grow.
Although there are no studies correlating the depletion of nutrients to the rise of heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, a logical conclusion may be reached linking the two.
Asian regions with diets rich with sea vegetation(sea weeds, kelp) may be the hidden key as the rates of major diseases in those regions are dwarfed by rates in the United States.
The over-farming has also contributed to erosion, contaminant runoff from fertilizers/pesticides, and water supply contamination.