How To Read Labels
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Item: |
If Source Given Is: |
It is: |
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Vitamin A |
Carrot (root) Acetate Palmitate If source not given |
Natural Synthetic Synthetic Synthetic |
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Vitamin B Complex |
Nutritional Yeast If source not given |
Natural Synthetic |
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Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)
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Yeast Thiamine Mononitrate Thiamine Hydrochloride |
Natural Synthetic Synthetic |
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Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) |
Yeast Riboflavin |
Natural Synthetic |
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Pantothenic Acid |
Yeast, Rice Bran, or Liver Calcium D-Pantothenate |
Natural Synthetic |
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Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) |
Yeast Pyridoxine Hydrochloride |
Natural Synthetic |
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Vitamin B12 |
Liver Micro-Organism Fermentation Cobalamin Concentrate |
Natural Co-Natural Co-Natural |
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PABA |
Yeast – Para-aminobenzoic Acid Aminobenzoic Acid |
Natural Synthetic |
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Folic Acid |
Yeast or Liver Pteroylglutamic Acid |
Natural Synthetic |
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Inositol |
Inositol Reduced from Corn |
Natural Co-Natural |
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Choline |
Choline Bitartrate Choline Chloride |
Natural Synthetic |
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Biotin |
Liver d-Biotin |
Natural Synthetic |
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B3 (Niacin) |
Yeast Niacinamide Niacin |
Natural Co-Natural Synthetic |
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Vitamin C
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Mushroom (best), Acerola Berries Ascorbic Acid If source not given |
Natural Synthetic Synthetic |
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Vitamin D
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Milk Powder Irradiated Ergosteral Calciferol |
Natural Synthetic Synthetic |
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Vitamin E
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Peavine (best), Wheat Germ Oil d-alpha or dl-alpha tocopheral mixed tocopherols |
Natural Synthetic Synthetic |
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Vitamin F |
Flaxseed, Wheat Germ, Liver |
Natural |
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Vitamin K |
Buckwheat Menadione |
Natural Synthetic |
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Calcium |
Calcium Lactate Calcium Carbonate or Bicarbonate |
Natural Synthetic |
Many consumers are confused by the labels. Many labels say "Natural" or "Food Based" or "Organic". "Natural" is a term used very loosely. Many things are natural (e.g. oyster shells) but they may not be ideal for human consumption. Food based simply means that it started with a food product (such as a carrot) but the rest of it was synthesized in a lab. And if the carrot was organic, then they can also add the word "Organic" to the label. One way to tell if a product is synthetic is to use the word potencies. In reality, high concentrations have nothing to do with potency. A 10000 mg capsule of Vitamin C may not necessarily be potent at all! Remember, you will never see those concentrations or combinations in nature. They simply do not exist like that except in a bottle manufactured in a lab. Eat food, not chemicals.
"All that man needs for health and healing has been provided by God in nature, the challenge of science is to find it."
—Phillippus Theophrastus Bombast