Wow, this author lays it on the line. It isn’t the cost per tablet, or even the cost per dose that is important, it is how much actual nutrition you are getting for your money. This is why we carry the Complete Vitamins Plus. There are cheaper vitamins out there, but none that have gotten the scrutiny that Ron Schneider has given these. These are in capsules, so the vitamins have not been subjected to chemicals, high heat or pressure in making a tablet. These have no additives. They have an expiration date. They are not a time release formula. They are made from real foods, so one capsule a day doesn’t cut it. The recommended dosage is five capsules a day. The article doesn’t talk about the ability to actually absorb the nutrients in your vitamins. Ron has looked into this and includes just the right amount of Plant Enzymes in each capsule to ensure you get the full nutrition every time.
People by the millions are taking vitamins by the handful but they're not improving. Too familiar? Why? Their bodies are not absorbing the vitamins they are taking. They're throwing their money away and not getting the results they are expecting or the conditions they're trying to prevent. According to Dr. Julian Whitaker, one of the leading champions of vitamins and nutritional healing and founder and director of the world famous Whitaker Wellness Institute Medical Clinic in Newport Beach, California, the most common cause is taking inexpensive vitamins in tablet form. A chemical called DCP, used as a binding agent to hold all the ingredients in the tablet, is used by many tablet manufacturers. DCP is incapable of breaking down completely in the body.
Hard-coated tablets do not dissolve, so naturally, your body will not absorb the nutrient. This can cause blocked blood vessels, painful joints, kidney stones and premature aging. The bottom line is DO NOT TAKE VITAMINS IN A HARD-COATED TABLET FORM! Instead, use loose powder, capsules or softgel capsules. These forms dissolve much more quickly.
Never buy cut-rate vitamins---like offers from mail order houses that hawk supplements at huge savings. Row upon row of nutritional supplements can be found in supermarkets, pharmacies and health food stores. Never buy inexpensive, off-brand supplements or cheap mail order brands without first checking them out. Additives, food allergens, sugar, artificial food coloring and flavoring are often found in cut-rate brands. They may even contain shellac, chlorine and other potential hazardous chemicals. Read the labels! Potency and purity can also vary widely, even from pill to pill within the same bottle. A study by doctors at Duke University recently examined 12 bottles of one popular supplement and most samples contained 60 percent less than the amount claimed on the label.
Freshness is another issue. The FDA does not require expiration dates on supplement bottles; so many companies don't include them. Calcium can last for years, but others, like vitamin B and C, are unstable. Stores should throw out expired products, but many do not.
Avoid time-release formulas which are more expensive; they present the problem of not dissolving quickly enough to do any good.
Your one-a-day all-purpose vitamin is not enough even though your primary doctor says it is. The one-a-day all-purpose one has a smattering of many vitamins but not enough of any one to do you any good. The RDA (required daily allowance) standards set some 40-60 years ago by the U.S. Government when they were more concerned about scurvy and rickets than heart disease and cancer are obsolete. Ex. The RDA for vitamin C is a mere 60mg. If you would like to cut your heart attack risk in half and add eight years to your life span follow the advice of a UCLA research study and take 400mg. or more of vitamin C.
Be sure to READ THE LABELS!!!
In summary, Dr. Whitaker recommends dosages based on the latest scientific research, not the 60-year old RDA amounts and he states, "A hodgepodge approach to your vitamin regimen can only produce hodgepodge results."
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The Whitaker Wellness Institute
Winter 2000
