| Many people take supplements of one form | | | | The body cannot use, and does not |
| or another to ensure they are getting | | | | accept, isolated nutrients. It requires |
| what may be deficient in the food they | | | | specific combinations working together |
| eat. To be useful to the body, a | | | | synergistically before they can be |
| supplement must be of an organic origin | | | | recognized as food. |
| and contain enzymes. It must be derived | | | | Bottom line-synthetic vitamins are |
| from natural food sources. Vitamins and | | | | harmful. Tests with rats fed synthetic |
| minerals must be delivered in trace | | | | vitamins found that they died sooner |
| amounts, as they are in whole natural | | | | than rats given nothing to eat. The |
| food. This way, the body can utilize | | | | synthetic, incomplete supplements |
| them to correct deficiencies without | | | | stimulated the animals' systems, |
| causing other problems. | | | | increasing their metabolic rates and |
| What food on earth can you think of that | | | | literally causing them to "burn up" or |
| contains 500 mg of any vitamin or | | | | wear out at a faster rate. |
| mineral? Nature only provides nutrients | | | | Despite the preceding caveats, |
| in small and balanced combinations. Any | | | | supplements can play an important role |
| supplement that comes in mega-doses | | | | in paying back deficiency debts to the |
| stimulates the body and creates an | | | | body created by years of nutrient |
| imbalance in the system.The body has to | | | | deficient food consumption. |
| work hard to eliminate the excess, and | | | | When selecting vitamin and mineral |
| in the process, further depletes its | | | | supplements, make certain they come from |
| supply of other essential nutrients. | | | | whole organic food sources, contain |
| A person might ask, "How can that be? | | | | enzymes, and have been made with minimal |
| When I take certain vitamins in larger | | | | processing. Such supplements may work |
| doses I feel better." That may be true; | | | | with the body slowly, but they also work |
| the good feeling comes from stimulation, | | | | surely and continuously, without the |
| just like when people who drink coffee | | | | stress of increased metabolism to remove |
| are stimulated by the caffeine. You feel | | | | unnatural, incomplete, and toxic |
| better because the body has increased | | | | substances. |
| metabolism in order to eliminate the | | | | A diet of natural, raw, organic, ripe, |
| supplement, which in that form and | | | | and fresh or undercooked foods provides |
| quantity, is toxic. | | | | the body with vitamin and mineral |
| Over time, such doses cause more | | | | supplies with their complete synergistic |
| deficiencies and wear the body down. The | | | | components. Good supplements can help |
| same stimulative situation applies to | | | | make up for nonorganic foods that are |
| some herbal supplements and treatments. | | | | mineral deficient. |