Dr. Gominak uses
synthetic vitamin D supplements with her patients, but a more natural option is to regularly consume foods high in vitamin D such as seafood, eggs, liver, organ meats, and high fat dairy products, including whole milk, cheese, cream, yogurt, butter, and ghee.
During pregnancy, Group 1 received calcium and
synthetic vitamin D, Group 2 received calcium alone; Group 3 received
synthetic vitamin D alone, Group 4 received calcium and cod liver oil, Group 5 received cod liver oil alone and Group 6 had no supplementation.
Synthetic vitamin D or vitamin D2, produced by irradiating ergosterol (a plant - based sterol) from yeasts with ultra-violet light, was available in Dr. Price's day and often given as drops in a preparation called viosterol.
By the way, fortified milk has added
synthetic vitamin D, so it is NOT a good source.
She relies on
synthetic vitamin D for her studies, which I suspect is why she has to be so careful about prescribing too much of it.
Unfortunately fortified foods with
synthetic vitamin D provide most of the vitamin D in the American diet.
Organic cow's milk is better, but it still contains
synthetic vitamin D, high hormones from pregnant cows, and lactose which most people find difficult to digest.
The synthetic Vitamin D did nothing to help resolve the problem.
Skin conditions — Different studies published by PubMed central show that
synthetic vitamin D analogues help in the treatment of psoriasis.
The synthetic vitamin D analog is better than natural vitamin D, they say, for a couple of reasons.
The synthetic vitamin D analog, on the other hand, produces a strong response without adding calcium to the blood.
Synthetic vitamins have been shown to lower immunity.
Synthetic Vitamins have been linked to birth defects and higher rates of heart disease, cancer, and overall death.
Not exact matches
An alarming finding, but critics
have suggested the results were skewed by the researchers» use of a
synthetic vitamin E, which lacks the powerful antioxidants found in the natural kind.
I definitely wasn't going to choose conventional store - bought formula if I didn't
have to, which is full of GMOs, corn syrup, denatured proteins and
synthetic vitamins but, even store - bought organic formula isn't all that great either.
Other putative class actions
have focused on the use of
synthetic vitamins or fiber that allegedly are either not natural — because they were made using
synthetic processes — or were produced in a way that makes them unnatural — such as allegations that beta carotene or fiber can naturally occur in foods, but some is made synthetically and then added to foods.
Other than that, it doesn't
have as many natural
vitamins and minerals as say, almonds, and it is often fortified with a lot of
synthetic vitamins.
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.
Why does wheat
have to be fortified with
synthetic vitamins anyways?
L'il Critters ™ gummy
vitamins have no high fructose corn syrup or
synthetic (FD&C) dyes, and they're gluten free.
Have their levels tested by the doctor, don't just fill them up on an over-processed cereal filled with
synthetic vitamins and minerals.
Now, in a new study published in the journal Cell, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies
have discovered that a
synthetic form of
vitamin D, calcipotriol (a drug already approved by the FDA for the treatment of psoriasis), deactivates the switch governing the fibrotic response in mouse liver cells, suggesting a potential new therapy for fibrotic diseases in humans.
First, natural
vitamin D, which is found in small amounts in a few foods and produced in the body by exposure to sunlight, degrades quickly, while
synthetic versions of
vitamin D are less susceptible to breakdown.
LA JOLLA — A
synthetic derivative of
vitamin D was found by Salk Institute researchers to collapse the barrier of cells shielding pancreatic tumors, making this seemingly impenetrable cancer much more susceptible to therapeutic drugs.
Research indicates that women that take the recommended daily dose of folic acid, which is the
synthetic kind of folate or
vitamin B - 9, in the 1st month of being pregnant, could
have a lower risk of
having a child with autism.
The vast majority of the preformed
vitamin A that people consume these days is
synthetic, as the sources of natural
vitamin A
have been demonized (egg yolks, butter, liver, cod liver oil).
Synthetic Vitamin E is a combination of
D and L form (i.e. DL).
The process of removing the fat from the milk strips it of
vitamins, so they
have to add
synthetic ones back in.
Patients were divided into 4 groups: a) fake
vitamin D and E supplements (placebos), b) 1600IU of vitamin D plus vitamin E placebo, c) 600IU of synthetic vitamin E plus vitamin D placebo, and d) 1600IU vitamin D plus 600IU vitamin E
D and E supplements (placebos), b) 1600IU of
vitamin D plus vitamin E placebo, c) 600IU of synthetic vitamin E plus vitamin D placebo, and d) 1600IU vitamin D plus 600IU vitamin E
D plus
vitamin E placebo, c) 600IU of
synthetic vitamin E plus
vitamin D placebo, and d) 1600IU vitamin D plus 600IU vitamin E
D placebo, and
d) 1600IU vitamin D plus 600IU vitamin E
d) 1600IU
vitamin D plus 600IU vitamin E
D plus 600IU
vitamin E.
I'm very critical about
vitamin and mineral supplementation because of the research that I
have read and that
has been published on
synthetic vitamins is very mixed (and some bad).
These brands contain
synthetic Vitamin A and
D and are heavily processed.
Incidentally,
synthetic vitamin D2 is not going to protect you from
vitamin D deficiency symptoms.
anything that ends in - ate is
synthetic.did you know that most of the
synthetic vitamins today are made from petroleum?did you happen to find that when you researched?petroleum
has all of these
vitamins in itself but they are the toxic forms.
In short, although natural sources of fat soluble
vitamins are more likely to be more active and available to the body it is a far cry to say that
synthetic vitamins are not valuable or
have therapeutic value.
A great number of
vitamin supplements include «
synthetic»
vitamins like
vitamin c and the natural kind like
d alpha tocopherol combined into one.
The natural forms of
vitamin E, called
d - alpha - tocopherols, are absorbed and utilized better than the
synthetic forms of
vitamin E, called dl - alpha - tocopherols.
Be aware that most cod liver oil brands on the market contain
synthetic Vitamin A and
D, which will not help heal your nightblindness.
Soy milk is a modern invention — a cheap, mass produced product «fortified» with an undigestible form of calcium as well as
synthetic Vitamin D2 which
has been linked with hyperactivity, coronary heart disease, and allergic reactions.
Whole Foods brand of nut milks do not
have carrageenan, but they do
have synthetic vitamins.
Cow's milk contains
synthetic vitamins (
Vitamin D) that are added to the milk as a marketing technique.
The only problem with these brands is that they
have lost a lot of the
vitamins and minerals and enzymes in processing, contain
synthetic vitamins, and carrageenan, an emulsifier that can cause intestinal distress, intestinal damage, and even cancer.
Synthetic vitamin A — in multi-
vitamin pills and processed food like margarine —
has been linked to birth defects and is best avoided by everyone.
For example, one author says to turn first to food for your nutrient needs, and only to supplements as a last resort, and yet in the next sentence she seems to see no contradiction in recommending consuming «fortified» foods.2 The author doesn't seem to be aware of the fact that «fortified» just means that while processing the food manufacturers
have added a
synthetic vitamin or mineral supplement.
This is what the media headlines should
have read, but very few media outlets
have made the distinction that the study used DL - a-tocopheryl acetate, a
synthetic form of
vitamin E.
For starters, the natural form of
vitamin E — listed as «
d - alpha - tocopherol» — is more potent; 100 IU of natural
vitamin E is equal to about 150 IU of the
synthetic form.9
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.
We now know that higher is better and that to get into «overdose» range (above 100 ng / ml), you really
would have to be taking prescription strength
vitamin D drops or
synthetic D2.
Distinctions between
synthetic and natural
vitamin A
have been absent in the extensive media coverage of this study — on the contrary, the newspaper reports contain implied warnings against pregnant women eating liver, dairy products, meat and eggs, but none against eating fabricated foods like margarine and breakfast cereals to which
synthetic vitamin A is added — and one is moved to ask if there might be a hidden agenda in bringing these results before the public.
The featured lung cancer study, for instance, not only used
synthetic vitamin E (tocopheryl) but also neglected to include any tocotrienols, which
have previously been shown to kill cancer stem cells, the most malignant of all cells with a tumor.5 As noted by Dr. Andrew Saul, the study was set up to fail: 6
In addition, I
've seen many studies and articles that indicated that there could be potential health dangers with taking
synthetic vitamin E.