Supplements can be a handy tool for reversing deficiencies for the short term. For the rest of us, we don't have to look much further than our dinner plate in order to get not only the essential nutrients we need but also the companion nutrients, 90% of which haven't been discovered yet. Let me repeat that: Food chemists will tell you that they have only discovered 10% of the nutrients in food. In other words, 90% have NOT been discovered yet. This means that a supplement is being made and handed to people based on having only 10% of the knowledge, with full FDA approval, no less. We study the hell out of one nutrient without fully seeing the big picture. What role do the remaining 90% have? Good question, may the studies begin. Well, the studies are in on pharmaceuticals and the pharmaceuticals have been proven, over and over and over again, to be UNSAFE or ineffective or both. The information is based on faulty science or NO science or is funded by the manufacturer therefore, a touch biased. To add insult to injury, the pills in your system haven't all dissolved and now can be seen sitting in the cecum, a small pouch that marks the beginning of the large intestine (synonymous terms are large bowel or colon.) The attached celiac valve is a muscular ring that opens and closes to prevent the backflow of fecal contents from the colon to the small intestine. It also prevents the contents of the ileum from passing into the cecum prematurely. The malfunctioning of this valve is the most common health problem in the world today and is frequently misdiagnosed. The cause? Eating improper foods for our body and insufficient colon care coupled with chronic dehydration.
From the view of commerce, the industry doesn't care if we buy nutraceuticals (isolated compounds from a plant and synthetically produced and marketed as a nutrient) or pharmaceuticals. The business plan is for us to CONSUME therefore; changing the marketing is no big deal. Calling something 'natural' is NOT a federal offense and the industry capitalizes on that. If the side effect is death, well, that concludes the study. Copious research has shown that synthetic and other unnatural nutrients are for the most part ineffective in preventing disease and, in some cases, has disturbed the energy field to the degree that death has ensued. When it comes to supplements 98% of the ones available to consumers are high dose, isolated compounds.
Here is an example of how the pharmaceutical industry operates. Keep in mind that the same holds true for nutraceuticals as BigPharma manufactures both. Coumadin (Warfarin) is a pharmaceutical that many are familiar with. It is prescribed frequently as an anticoagulent ('blood thinner.') I found this statement in a medical review: “Coumadin or Warfarin is a widely used vitally important medicine.” CumarIN, the active part of Holy or Sweet Grass, has been extracted and made synthetically into a drug. Folks taking Warfarin (trade name Coumadin) should know the dietary precautions that go along with it like “Don't eat greens.” Don't eat greens....really?? Furthermore, regular lab draws are necessary to monitor bleeding time and prevent internal bleeding. I have had patients on Warfarin showing up in ICU with an intracranial bleed (bleeding in the head) from eating salads. When I spoke to the family member of one of these patients she told me that he, my patient, decided he wanted to get healthy so started eating salads. Normally, we would think eating salads would be a GOOD thing but then again that would only be in the natural world. This particular patient did not survive. This is one of those cases where an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The holistic version would go like this: One shot of wheatgrass or a glass of green juice daily will not only 'thin' your blood, (which wouldn't need 'thinning' at all if one were well hydrated, the underlying cause) but the side effects are positive: increased energy, whiter teeth, improved vision, in other words the OPPOSITE of the synthetic compound that was extracted. One helps us to continually heal at a deeper level while the other has the potential to land us in ICU. Of course, we are not suffering a deficiency of wheatgrass or cayenne pepper (another potent 'blood thinner') and the time will come when, if we don't address the cause, all the alternatives we have tried will no longer work. If you came into a hospital with 'thick blood' we would call that dehydration and would proceed to hydrate you to a point that you could be discharged. However, a shot of wheatgrass or a glass of green juice daily is FAR superior to a pill (no comparison really) and should be consumed frequently for health benefits. I'm saying we have a choice. Supplements are dead isolated chemical substances (like pharmaceuticals.) We are energy beings. We need energy! Isn't that what our physical body needs? What are the energy implications of isolating a substance from the whole? I am not totally against supplements but the key is in the quality and the purpose for which it is being used and the duration of use, usually until an appropriate diet is implemented.
Some companies say their products are made from real food with real vitamins when, in
fact, they feed synthetic vitamins to yeast, then harvest the yeast to use in supplements. What is 'natural?' Besides being the most abused word in the health industry, I can say with certainty that it doesn't come in the form of a pill. Supplementation of our diet should come from superfoods which are actually wholefood sources. What is a superfood? A superfood is a wholefood that is packed with nutrients or "a food considered especially nutritious or otherwise beneficial to health and well-being," (1915.) The superfoods I personally use are Chlorella and Spirulina. I either mix it in water, add it to fresh juice or to beef up my smoothie. All of my other nutrients come from unprocessed living foods. So far, supplements are nearing a trillion dollar industry. We have to consider the financial end of the business before we think that a supplement is 'good' for us or otherwise buy into the convincing marketing. Marketing is NOT about health, it is about marketing and selling a product to the public. It is in our best interests not to confuse the two.
fact, they feed synthetic vitamins to yeast, then harvest the yeast to use in supplements. What is 'natural?' Besides being the most abused word in the health industry, I can say with certainty that it doesn't come in the form of a pill. Supplementation of our diet should come from superfoods which are actually wholefood sources. What is a superfood? A superfood is a wholefood that is packed with nutrients or "a food considered especially nutritious or otherwise beneficial to health and well-being," (1915.) The superfoods I personally use are Chlorella and Spirulina. I either mix it in water, add it to fresh juice or to beef up my smoothie. All of my other nutrients come from unprocessed living foods. So far, supplements are nearing a trillion dollar industry. We have to consider the financial end of the business before we think that a supplement is 'good' for us or otherwise buy into the convincing marketing. Marketing is NOT about health, it is about marketing and selling a product to the public. It is in our best interests not to confuse the two.
For those who BELIEVE their supplement
is working for them, try this experiment: Take your supplement pill
and place it in the universal solvent which is water. Is it
dissolving? Let it sit for as long as it takes to dissolve, which may
be the rest of your life. Now try dissolving that pill in a digestive
tract that is full of putrid waste and gases and worms and parasites
and sticky dead fecal matter (or something equivalent) and see how
long it takes to be absorbed. It would astound people to discover
that every pill they took is probably still clinging somewhere in
their digestive tract. The following is a picture of undissolved pills filling the little pouch called the cecum....the doorway to our colon.
The question is, "Do supplements promote health?" The answer is, "NO." Supplementing with pills in no way produces health nor does it reverse toxicity and deficiency, the cause of all of our disorders and may potentially be quite harmful. Whole foods, reversing dehydration and colon maintenance promote good health. It is as simple as that.
The question is, "Do supplements promote health?" The answer is, "NO." Supplementing with pills in no way produces health nor does it reverse toxicity and deficiency, the cause of all of our disorders and may potentially be quite harmful. Whole foods, reversing dehydration and colon maintenance promote good health. It is as simple as that.

