While some spreads claim to contain extra vitamins, they are
actually synthetic vitamins that offer no benefits.
Not exact matches
The amino acids and B
vitamins in nutritional yeast are
actually better sources of these nutrients than
synthetic supplements, but that being said, if you are highly sensitive to yeast as I am, it's best to moderate your use of any yeast - derived food, especially if you have a history with candida yeast overgrowth as I do.
In fact, I am
actually not a fan of supplements — I mean the heavily processed, artificial nutrition (i.e.
synthetic vitamins), that is often loaded with fillers and chemicals and sold as pills and powders.
What people are not aware of is all
vitamins are not created equal, and most are
actually synthetic.
The amino acids and B
vitamins in nutritional yeast are
actually better sources of these nutrients than
synthetic supplements, but that being said, if you are highly sensitive to yeast as I am, it's best to moderate your use of any yeast - derived food, especially if you have a history with candida yeast overgrowth as I do.
And to complicate matters even more, many
vitamin and mineral supplements are made with
synthetic forms of
vitamins that aren't readily absorbed, or could
actually be detrimental.
So there are
actually also forms of milk that are
actually put in a
synthetic form of
vitamin D, which on top of it all is just a form of toxicity in your body.
In addition, the body attempts to eliminate
synthetic vitamin C, so in some circumstances taking higher doses may
actually cause excess loss.
What most people know as «
vitamin C» is
actually industrially produced
synthetic ascorbic acid — made by drug companies.
Further research has found that all - rac - α - tocopherol, a
synthetic form of tocohperol
actually reduced circulating blood levels of natural
vitamin E (Source) and that supplementation with
synthetic vitamin E may not do much to support bone health.
And if you're at all familiar with baby formula ingredients (basically soy and sunflower oil and
synthetic...
actually toxic...
vitamins), then you'd know that it takes a lot of convincing for the formula companies to add something as healthy as AA.
One form of
synthetic vitamin E commonly found in multi-vitamins was
actually found to reduce the levels of
vitamin E in the blood.
In fact, once
synthetic vitamins and bleaches are added to the flour, it
actually does more harm than good.
If you are injured and want to use
Vitamin C, do not use
synthetic Vitamin C capsules (which can
actually increase risk of brain stroke), but instead supplement with a whole foods
Vitamin C source.
I have a 2 and a 4 year old and thank goodness they are healthy but i really question the multivitamins because they have flouride (which is a poison according to my toothpaste tube) and also because i recently read that a lot of
synthetic vitamins contain petroleum, and other byproducts that
actually can cause cancer.
This is in part because the
vitamins contain
synthetic hydrogenated fats know as stearates, which
actually decrease the absorption of nutrients and are, themselves, toxic.