The Truth about Vitamins

Recently I have discovered some unfortunate news about Vitamins. My co-workers have informed me that our vitamins are full of fillers. WHAT!? What does that mean!? I did a little research and some (a lot) of vitamin companies are owned by big pharmaceutical companies (alarms are sounding and red lights are flashing!). The same companies that profit from you being sick, are the same companies making your vitamins. Do you see the problem yet?? You will - Just keep reading.

Hydrogenated oils---The oils that you are NOT supposed to eat. Check your Gel tablets for this ingredient.

Sugars, Starches, artificial colorings, extracts from Coal Tar- Do your vitamins need to look pretty?? No, I didn't think so.

Magnesium Stearate- Used to make the vitamins not stick to the production machines. Some studies have shown that this causes a film to develop in your body and does not allow the absorption of the actual vitamins (Seriously!?)

Silica, Titanium Dioxide, Prop. Glycol, Sawdust - The list goes on and on. Why is it necessary to put these chemicals into our body, when all we want is the benefits of the actual vitamins??

The pharma companies profit from you being sick, so why not help make you sick! I'm sure you have figured out the conflict of interest at this point. Let me take this a step further. I went shopping for vitamins at a local, reputable health food store yesterday on a mission to find vitamins with no fillers. I thought that this would be an easy task and they would probably only have brands without all these chemicals. NOPE! When asked what I was looking for, I said vitamins with no fillers. The gentleman thought for a moment and told me three different kind of vitamin companies to look for - Country Life, Gaia and I now cannot remember the third. To my surprise the vitamin shelves were stocked with all different company names, and only a few of the ones suggested. I asked myself Why and the answer was clear when I saw the cost of these vitamins. If you want true vitamins, you are going to have to fork over some money. One single bottle of organic multivitamins was around $30. The bottles with all those fillers---half the cost or less. I am a couponer, bargain hunter extrordinaire-this price made my eyes bulge. I had to justify buying such an expensive product; I could spend this money here and be well, or I can spend it in the future on a doctor. $80 dollars bought me 3 different vitamins (multivitamin, fish oil, and a probiotic) with no fillers and a piece of mind. The next time you go to the store and stumble across the vitamin section, do me a favor and read the ingredients.


Thank you to my good friends Melina, Mandy, and Andrew for schooling me on vitamins.
Information was obtained from draxe.com, livestrong.com and Nutritional News.