The problem with synthetic vitamins...

Mother Nature covered the planet with everything we need to stay healthy. The original plan was for us to develop and maintain a natural diet that met all of our needs. Of course, modern society makes that hard to do, which is why many of us use supplements and multivitamins.

The body does a much better job ingesting and processing natural vitamins. That makes sense. It matches that original plan.

So, why is that so many supplements rely on laboratory-made synthetic vitamins instead of the "real thing?"

I'm sure part of it is a matter of efficiency. It's easier to churn out "versions" of vitamins in a lab than it is to acquire them naturally. I'm sure cost-cutting is part of the deal, too. It's obviously cheaper to mass produce vitamins using synthetic compounds than it is to do things the "natural way."

All of that smart efficiency, unfortunately, leaves us with lousy products.

Did you know that some organic supplements with vitamins derived from whole foods are absorbed 400 times more effectively than those synthetic versions?

An organic vitamin can help the body so much more than a phony human-made lab experiment.

That's why everyone should do their best to find vitamins that contain natural ingredients derived from whole foods. It can make all of the difference in the world!

If you're using a cheap synthetic vitamin, you might as well be swallowing a placebo every morning. Think about it... What good is a multivitamin if your body can't absorb it?

The organic alternative makes so much more sense. You can feed your body the good stuff is was built to ingest in the first place. Instead of putting stress on it to figure out how to deal with a non-natural compound, you can give your body something it will immediately recognize and utilize to your advantage.

People think they're saving money with those mass-produced vitamins with long, long lists of ingredients. What they don't realize is that they might not be absorbing any of those things because they aren't derived from natural products.

The best supplements will utilize natural whole food sources of vitamins and minerals.