| The basic question many people face when | | | | significance. This is truly absurd! On Dr Duke's |
| choosing a supplement is whether or not to | | | | Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Database you |
| choose a whole food product over one that is | | | | can easily look up the phytochemicals found in an |
| comprised of purely isolated or synthetic nutrients. | | | | orange. On this wonderful web site you will |
| Is it worth paying the extra for a bottle of | | | | discover for yourself that there are almost 300 |
| tablets that contain concentrated whole food | | | | micronutrients in an orange that have been |
| rather than simply chemical isolated vitamins and | | | | identified to date. In addition, if you look at the |
| minerals? | | | | activities of these phytochemical compounds, you |
| The underlying premise of alternative health | | | | will see that many of them have extreme health |
| practitioners and the health food industry is that | | | | supportive benefits. |
| only by treating the whole person can we support | | | | Just for a moment consider the possibility that |
| optimal health - hence the term Holistic Health. | | | | these 300 different compounds work together in |
| Those of us who are looking to live a natural and | | | | some way - just like the different organs of the |
| healthy life have recognized that there is an | | | | body work together. Then compare the |
| interweaving of elements within life, within nature | | | | complexity that this represents to the single |
| and within the human body that is indescribably | | | | fraction which is isolated ascorbic acid. I don't |
| complex. All of these elements need to be | | | | know about you but I have to conclude that if |
| functioning harmoniously together in order for the | | | | you take out the Vitamin C and discard the |
| whole to operate smoothly. | | | | orange you have pretty much just kept the bath |
| When we isolate nutrients from whole food we | | | | water and thrown the baby out! When I follow |
| are immediately taking a step away from life - | | | | this simple line of reasoning I have to conclude |
| away from the whole. We are saying for | | | | that taking a supplement that delivers nutrients in |
| example, that ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) is | | | | a concentrated whole food is an exponentially |
| important but the hundreds of other amazing | | | | better choice and is certainly worth a fraction |
| compounds that are naturally found within a | | | | more. |
| Vitamin C rich food, such as an orange, have no | | | | |