| If you are concerned that you're not getting all of | | | | come from raw foods so the vitamins stay |
| the nutrients in your diet your body needs, you | | | | together and are not isolated. You still reap the |
| may have considered taking vitamins. However, | | | | benefits of vitamins occurring in their natural |
| you may be surprised by how inadequate most | | | | sources. |
| of the vitamins sold in stores are for these needs. | | | | Nutritional Density |
| Without whole food vitamins, you are not likely to | | | | Another benefit from using whole food vitamins is |
| get the nutrients your body needs. | | | | the nutritional density. Density refers to how |
| The Difference | | | | packed with nutrition the vitamins are compared |
| When you are choosing nutrient supplements, you | | | | to eating the foods themselves. Imagine trying to |
| should consider some of the important | | | | eat 10 raw carrots at one time just to get a |
| differences between traditional and whole food | | | | boatload of Vitamin A. Now imagine taking a |
| vitamins. First, you need to understand the | | | | capsule that contains 10 raw crushed and dried |
| underlying flaw in most of these supplement | | | | carrots. You can see how much easier it would be |
| products: they aren't able to be used effectively | | | | to get the nutrients you need from the |
| by the body. | | | | concentrated form then from the foods |
| Think about how nutrients occur in food. You | | | | themselves. That doesn't mean you shouldn't |
| don't eat an orange and only get Vitamin C. You | | | | keep eating those healthy foods as part of your |
| don't drink milk and only get Vitamin D. These | | | | diet, but you shouldn't kid yourself about your |
| foods include multiple nutrients that occur naturally | | | | ability to use those food sources to get the |
| in the food. They interact with each other in the | | | | nutrients you need. |
| foods and are processed together in the body. | | | | Whole food vitamins provide a rich source of |
| Our bodies are simply not intended to process | | | | nutrients from natural sources. You don't have to |
| individual nutrients. Synthetic vitamins (most of | | | | worry about the effects of synthetic nutrients or |
| the ones you'll find on store shelves) are just | | | | worry that these isolated nutrients simply aren't |
| combinations of isolated vitamins so your body | | | | going to provide your body with what it needs. If |
| cannot use them effectively. | | | | you are in the market for an effective source of |
| With whole food vitamins, the nutrients do not | | | | nutrients, you should consider whole food vitamins. |
| come from a synthetic source. Instead, they | | | | |