Are Isolated Vitamins Toxic and Not Recognized By The Body?

Dear Reader,

Below is long-time nutritional medical expert Jonathan Wright's answer to the silly statement I hear a lot that one should avoid "synthetic" pure, isolated vitamins because the body doesn't "recognize" them.

Over 200,000 Studies Show They Work
This silly Orwellian statement is promoted by advocates of so-called "whole-food-grown-type" vitamins, who market them as if they are more natural. They further promote the lie that synthetic isolated vitamin are toxic and not usable by the body. Isolated vitamins are synthesized in labs (using natural ingredients) to exactly duplicate the structure of vitamins in food and replicate their activity in the body. They work and over 200,000 published studies of them are the basis for the "structure/function" sections we see in natural food stores.

Potency Determines Effectiveness
The important consideration is that isolated vitamins can be taken in the potencies that work, where "whole-food-grown" vitamins are only available in low potencies that are proven to be too low to produce the optimal effects of vitamins.

And remember, "whole-food-grown" vitamins are made with the same isolated vitamins the companies that make them try to denegrate. They are only different in that "whole-food-grown" vitamins are isolated vitamins mixed with food materials in a laboratory process, that also could be described as "synthesis. The companies claim that mixing them with foods makes them more natural, but it does not.

"Whole-food-grown-type" vitamins are really not "more natural," yet they cost 8 to 14 times more for the potency you get than the isolated vitamins they compete with in the marketplace. Don't let marketing liars win your heart or your health with silly nonsense.

Michael Mooney
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Should you avoid synthetic vitamins?

Q: I read an article by another alternative medical doctor who claims that the body only recognizes vitamins made from natural resources. Is that true?

Jonathan Wright, MD.: The body recognizes just about any substance you put into it. The real question is what's best for you.

Ideally, I would tell you to take vitamin supplements and other nutrients concentrated only from natural sources. Vitamins (and minerals) in nature are almost always found in conjunction with other vitamins, minerals, and metabolic co-factors -- vitamin C with a variety of flavonoids, for example. Since there's considerable "unity in nature," if vitamins are found with other nutrients in their natural form, it's very likely that they all work together in your body.

But unfortunately, our world is far from ideal, so, while the naturally concentrated forms of vitamins might be the best option, you shouldn't totally avoid synthetics. In many instances, they're the only sources of the higher doses your body may sometimes need.