It is time to accept that Vitamin Supplements are in Crisis. The amount of negative and nil research findings can no longer be ignored.
There is now enough science to indicate that the nutrition and vitamin industries are entering a MAJOR PARADIGM SHIFT in concept reality. Old theories have failed and a complete overhaul is needed to set Vitamin Supplements back on the true track for health.
The goal is to eliminate the negative vitamin forms and dosages and include synergistic companion nutrients to maximize health benefits.
Do you Wonder Why the VITAMIN SUPPLEMENT TRAIN IS OFF the TRACKS
For those who wonder how Vitamins got on the wrong track, it is most likely the result of four factors. First, special interest industries and campaign contributions. EXAMPLE: Back in late 1940's, the dairy and meat industries provided the nutritional charts used in schools. These two industries of course gave themselves half of the four boxes of the dietary recommendation chart. There were four food groups: milk, meats, vegetables and fruits, and bread and cereals. People were told to eat as much bread and cereal as fruits and vegetables, and have a protein serving at every meal. Compare this to the nutritional pyramid today that attempted to correct the dietary errors present in the 4 box chart. Next, the other example is of course, Big Pharma. They prosper from greater disease rates. At first they attempted to discredit the health message from the vitamin industry by reporting results from manipulated vitamin research. Since that did not stop growth of vitamin usage, Big Pharma simply started buying up vitamin companies so they would gain control. Also, to keep Big Pharma content, Politicians attacked vitamins over the years to justify continual election campaign contributions.
Next, Government Health Agencies have failed in their mission to establish truthful nutritional guidelines and educate and protect the vitamin consuming Public. And last, based on these flawed nutritional theories, Vitamin Companies build formulas that are incomplete and use flawed nutrient formats and dosages without including necessary synergistic nutrients that would increase benefits of major vitamins.
DANGERS of Improper Formulations
There are improper mulit-vitamin formulas that could increase cancer growth rates. Also some that while attempting to build healthy bones, compromise artery health. Others that show immune system activity reductions. Plus some that exhibit increased bone fracture rates in future. With some guidance, these can all be eliminated.
When is the PARADIGM SHIFT coming?
The Public is not getting this new vitamin science and is left to pick faulty formulated products which most likely are putting their health in joopardy.
Here is the nutshell approach. The majority of mulit-vitmain formulas run the gambit from mostly synthetic vitamins with chemical additives to those with some natural forms, some synthetics, and mostly wholesome excipients or filler ingredients. The main issue is that there are degrees of health benefits with a growing amount of health risks showing up in all forms at certain dosages, regardless of whether natural or synthetic vitamins. Of course there are more in the synthetic vitamin products. pages This is getting serious and needs immediate attention. While all formulas have some flaws, only a few are exceptable with the least flaws which could be improved by adding certain necessary forms and synergistic nutrients.
99% of multi-vitamins have serious shortcomings with adverse health effects possible.
Here is a valuable study that serves to highlight one of the flaws. This should have been conducted years ago. Does the vitamin tested have value for the condition under study?
EXAMPLE: Because it fits the current theory of disease, Vitamin E as alpha tocopherol is often studied as an antioxidant to help reduce cardiovascular heart disease. Results have been inconsistent. A Doctor finally decided to measure the levels of alpha tocopherol in his heart patients and compared them to healthy subjects. To his amazement, the vitamin E levels were the same in both groups. He then measured the amounts of the other 7 vitamin E family members. He discovered that some of these other vitamin E family members were lower in heart patients. Would it not make more sense to conduct studies using the family E forms that were deficient in heart disease patients? Studies are now ongoing using the whole vitamin E family and results are more consistently positive. While very important, the takeaway here is that the alpha tocopherol form found by itself in the majority of multi-vitamins formulas does not process all of the functions of the whole family of vitamin E members. pages There is a logical reason for this vitamin E situation, but the message is that taking just vitamin E as alpha tocopherol misses out on some important vitamin E family functions, plus higher dosages of just alpha tocopherol suppress the absorption of not only other dietary sources of vitamin E, but also of vitamin K.
CURRENT MULTI-VITAMINS GAIN "JUNK FOOD" STATUS
Many of the vitamin forms in multi-vitamins are not the preferred, most active, or the ones with the most research. This aricle so far lists 32 possible flaws found in multi-vitamins. There are more. With this many potentially adverse conditons, it is difficult to justify the consumption of the 99% that are way off track. They are "junk' multi-vitamins.