Synthetic vitamins and natural vitamins are not the same. Here’s why you may really want to avoid synthetic vitamins.
Timestamps
0:06 Synthetic vs natural vitamins
1:06 Synthetic vitamins side effects
3:26 How can you tell if you’re getting the right natural vitamins?
3:56 Are you getting too much iron?
In this video, we’re going to talk about natural vs synthetic vitamins and the five reasons why you should avoid synthetic vitamins.
Synthetic vitamins vs natural vitamins:
Synthetic vitamins and natural vitamins are not the same things. In nature, vitamins come in complexes. When you buy a natural vitamin, it can also come as an individual part of the complex, and it’s much better than the synthetic version. But there is a time and a place for the use of synthetic vitamins.
For example, a short term detoxification program may call for synthetic vitamins. However, you do not want to use synthetic vitamins for maintenance. The other exception would be the synthetic version of B1, which is benfotiamine. This is a fat-soluble vitamin B1 that does not appear to have any side effects.
Synthetic vitamins:
• Synthetic vitamins can be toxic
• Synthetic vitamins can cause deficiencies
• Synthetic vitamins are basically artificially fractions of parts of vitamins
• Synthetic vitamins don’t absorb as well as natural vitamins
• Synthetic vitamins don’t have cofactors, enzymes, or trace minerals
How can you tell if you’re getting the right natural vitamins?
I believe natural or whole food vitamin complexes are the way to go. Look at the back of the label, and in the ingredients, it will tell you if it’s herb-based or a concentrated food vs if it just lists the vitamins and all of their values are the same. For example, B1 – 100mg, B2 – 100mg, B3 – 100mg. In nature, the values would be different.
Liver pills could also be an exception as far as synthetic vitamins. But, consuming too much liver or taking too many liver pills could cause you to have too much iron or vitamin A.
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Thanks for watching! I hope this video helps you better understand why you may want to avoid synthetic vitamins.
