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Eternal Concepts |
Synthetic
Vitamins
Charles Weisman
Americans are consuming billions of dollars of isolated or synthetic vitamins with the thought in mind that they are going to keep them healthy, when just the exact opposite is probably true. Millions of people take one or more vitamins daily, and yet over half the people in the United States are chronically ill. Something must be wrong. Synthetic vitamins in large doses have been known to cause problems ranging from birth defects to kidney problems to diabetes. Synthetic vitamins are incomplete nutrients and thus cause nutritional deficiencies. Heavy doses of Ascorbic Acid causes stomach upsets and can damage tooth enamel. It also causes collagen disease, kidney stones, and impairs mineral metabolism. Ascorbic acid also is ineffective in combating scurvy, which is commonly known to be due to vitamin C deficiency. In a published report in Health Alert mag. The study found evidence that Vitamin C as Ascorbic Acid, at doses greater than 500 mg, both suppresses and supports oxidation—the very culprit that antioxidants are suppose to be fighting. Vitamin E, a vitamin heralded for its cancer-fighting abilities, was recently tested, along with beta-carotene, in Finnish male smokers as protection against lung cancer. The New England Journal of Medicine noted that the smokers in the study who ingested normal doses of synthetic vitamin E and beta-carotene actually had a higher incidence of lung cancer, more heart attacks, and an 8 percent higher overall death rate. We have other documented evidence to prove that we live longer or die sooner depending on whether we take natural, whole organic nutrients, or isolated and synthetic vitamins. Most beta-carotene on the market is an isolated synthetic compound made from acetylene gas. In the past three decades, synthetic vitamin C, E, and beta-carotene have failed to reduce cancer rates; and have even made some cancers worse. Disease and illness on at all time proportions. They have escalated greatly in the past 30 years. So has the use of synthetic vitamins and inorganic minerals. We are actually better off without them. |