Every year billions of dollars are spent on vitamin and mineral supplements which neither the consumer nor the retailer know very much about.  Most are inorganic and made from synthetic substances which do little if anything to improve overall health.  Consumers know very little about how supplements are made, their characteristics, their attributes, what they are made from, their uses, their advantages and disadvantages or how to tell one from another by reading the label.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORGANIC AND INORGANIC MINERALS

There is a huge difference between organic minerals and inorganic ones.

CLUES FOUND ON THE LABEL

Most companies who manufacture vitamins and minerals obtain their raw materials from synthetic sources which will not be listed on the label.  If no source is given, you can assume the ingredient came from a synthetic or unnatural source.  The following terms can also help identify a synthetic vitamin or an inorganic mineral.  All of the following are nearly impossible to digest:

Acetate—a chemical compound used to make textile fibers or plastic
Bitartrate—a crystalline (see crystalline from last weeks blog) acid from unripe grapes used as a  food additive
Chloride—compounds that contain chlorine and can lead to free radicals
Oxide—compounds that contain oxygen and can lead to oxidation (excessive loss of electrons)
Hydrochloride—a solution that contains the liquid form of the very strong acid hydrochloric acid
Nitrate—compound containing nitrogen that is very corrosive and poisonous and has strong
                oxidizing properties, made solely in laboratories
Succinate—an intermediate product in the function of glucose metabolism or synthesis
Carbonate—a compound mixed with liquid carbon dioxide

DO SYNTHETIC VITAMINS FUNCTON AS WELL AS NATURAL WHOLE FOOD VITAMINS?

No one would argue that complex, high-performance, equipment like computers or space shuttles require very specific, high-quality materials in order to function properly.  Living systems are even more complex and specific in their need for high-quality building materials.  In addition, living systems are constantly breaking down and then rebuilding and repairing cells, organs and tissues.  In order to complete this kind of complex process, the body must have a continual supply of high-quality material.

If you build a house with cheap, imitation construction materials, your house will quickly fall into disrepair.  The same is true for the physical body.  The body is so incredibly intricate and complex that we have yet to even scratch the surface of understanding it.  It is truly arrogant to think that we can alter, chemically or otherwise, a design we don’t fully comprehend/created by God.

Every year billions of dollars are spent on vitamin and mineral supplements which neither the consumer nor the retailer know very much about.  Most are inorganic and made from synthetic substances which do little if anything to improve overall health.  Consumers know very little about how supplements are made, their characteristics, their attributes, what they are made from, their uses, their advantages and disadvantages or how to tell one from another by reading the label.[...]

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