Vital Pieces Of Whole Food Supplements

Whole Food Supplements

Whole Food Supplements: Fact or Fiction

Executive Summary About Whole Food Supplements By Rivanone Koz

Almost all of the vitamins on the market, even those claiming to be "whole food supplements" are not natural or from food at all.

Conventional vitamins are isolated or synthetic forms of very specific components which are standardized and incomplete sources of nutrients. In some cases, a label claim cannot be made based on whole food ingredients unless there is a standardized source added. Vitamin C is an exception to this law and as a result there are several supplements on the market where the vitamin C content is naturally occurring, but only for a select few whole food supplements.

The laws governing supplements in the United States are not only skewed away from natural vitamin sources they are also quite arbitrary. Labeling requirements make it very difficult to distinguish between natural and unnatural sources of vitamins.

 Keep in mind the following label alerts when shopping for whole food supplements:

1) If a company brags that they are "whole food created, cultured or fermented" it means they spike their food with standardized vitamins.
2) If the label claims give you higher than 100% DV the sources are probably not from food.
3) If any of the ingredients are listed as "Proprietary blends," you don't really know what is in there.
4) If a product lists dozed of vitamins and dozens of foods they are probably using standardized vitamins with a tiny sprinkling of fruits and veggies to make the product look like it's packed with nutritious food. The nutrients are naturally occurring which means you get the whole-complex of vitamins that comes in the whole foods and at dosage levels found in food. In reality, if a whole food supplement contains whole food sourced vitamins (peels and all) there are actually hundred of nutrients naturally occurring in them... even if the FDA does not allow them to be claimed on the label. Nature's Dose is all about a natural approach to life.