Did you know that 95% of vitamin/mineral supplements sold in North America today are synthetic?1 In most cases, that means you’ll find rocks, petroleum and coal tar in the supplements you’re taking to help you maintain a healthy life.
A bit shocking, isn’t it?
It’s a mantra that we at Mannatech® have placed at the very center of our being, especially over the past few weeks. At the beginning of September, more than one thousand of our top Associates in North America came together and helped us launch the Real Switch Challenge, a campaign where we’re simply asking people to consider a switch from a synthetic supplement to one based on Real Food Technology® solutions. As you can see in this video, it’s a pretty compelling story.
Underscoring that message is our own Co-CEO and Chief Science Officer, Dr. Rob Sinnott. His recent post on the newly redesigned AllAboutMannatech.com titled My Thoughts on Natural Vitamins in 2011 is a real eye-opener. It combines practicality, professionalism and passion, and it’s great reading for the typical HealthyScience.net reader.
Here are just a few excerpts to whet your appetite:
There are analytical machines readily available today, including those in Mannatech’s own R&D laboratory, that can blindly distinguish plant-sourced compounds from “bioidentical” compounds synthesized from fossil fuels such as coal tar or petroleum.
As would be expected, the carbon isotope ratios of natural vitamins derived from recently harvested organisms are quite different from those of vitamins synthesized from fossil fuels.
Science aside, I have found that when consumers are aware that there is a choice between naturally sourced vitamins and synthetic vitamins, they overwhelmingly prefer the natural vitamins.
From http://bit.ly/rjKMlD
Read Dr. Sinnott’s post on natural vitamins now.
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