Whole Benefits
The Benefits of Organic Whole Food Nutrients
Q. What are “Whole Food Nutrients” in The Nature Doctor’s products?
A. There are many nutritional supplements available to buy in today’s society and in a world where our soil is between 55 and 85%less nutrient dense than 60 years ago, we believe there is a strong case for considering supplementation. However, not all supplements are the same.
The Whole Food form of vitamins and minerals presents nutrients with necessary co-factors to the body in a form the body can recognize, use more readily and ingest safely.
In food, the vitamins, minerals and trace elements are naturally associated with many different and complex food components.
The body can recognize the food components of unprocessed foods and the co-factors within those foods facilitate the absorption and distribution of nutrients.
The composition and structure of natural unprocessed foods contain special proteins, carbohydrate, lipids and other necessary co-factors that contribute to our good health.
In natural foods (plants and animals) vitamins never exist in a “free state”. They are bound in a food matrix with co-factor attachments.
Whole Food nutrients like natural foods, are complete with the necessary nutrient delivery co-factors for use. The benefit of the food co-factors makes Whole Food nutrients much more bioavailable within the body.
Although food is always the best means of obtaining all nutritional requirements (if grown on appropriate soil, under certain conditions) the second best has to be Whole Food form of nutrients.
Q. How are Whole Food Nutrients supplements made?
A. The active vitamin is “fed” into the most suitable plant medium for it; that is, the most suitable plant matter with the enzymes to digest it fully. For example, citrus pulp is used for the re-naturing of ascorbic acid, because it is naturally so high in vitamin C; carrot pulp is used with Beta Carotene; alfalfa with Vitamin K, and so on. The enzymes naturally present in the various mediums integrate the vitamin so thoroughly, that it is once again fully incorporated into a food matrix.
Both the vitamin and mineral products are harvested, freeze dried and made into tablets, following a strictly monitored procedure, to ensure that nothing, (e.g. heat, or pressure during manufacture), can interfere with their availability to the body’s natural digestive processes, thus providing the body with an eminently bioavailable form of supplementation.
Targeted Delivery Technology – Bio-Fusion™
Ingesting such products as natural food allows the essential nutrients to get to the damaged cells without the body’s immune system rejecting them. Food is the best means to deliver appropriate amount of nutrients to the body. However, it has been stated that 75 percent of the American population is deficient in trace minerals. European investigators have also released a report in 2002 revealing that 40 percent of elderly study subjects did not meet daily requirements for iron and calcium. There are many other valid evaluations that clearly indicate a huge drop in the nutritional values of today’s food. Attending to these fundamentals, and the often poorly understood requirements, are a priority consumers need to put at or near the top of their list.
Targeted delivery technologies are generally designed to deliver measurable amount of an ingredient to a specific site. Targeted delivery can also improve the efficacy of a product by routing it to where it is needed the most. An important advantage of targeted delivery is the dose. Due to its effectiveness, targeted delivery allows decreases in the dose of ingredients needed in the finished product without sacrificing its benefits.
Q. Are all non Whole Food vitamin and mineral supplements bad for you?
A. The standard form of “natural” supplement is as an isolated chemical substance containing only the synthetically produced chemical. There are negative side effects from using the chemical (called “natural”) form.
Whole Food made nutritional supplements are described as “food” supplements because they are complete with other food nutrients that are necessary for proper absorption within the body. In contrast, the standard “natural” vitamin is a synthesized chemical not recognized by the body.
