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Everything You Wanted to Know About Nutritionals, but... Couldn't Read the Labels
As you use these standards to compare enzymes supplements, you will see that the potencies of our Vital-Zymes™ are high compared to others on the market, and has additional advantages that may not be immediately apparent from simply comparing label potencies. The ingredients tell a powerful story. Vital Produx's supplement contains no animal enzymes, only plant enzymes which are more effective in the pH and temperature ranges of the body. In addition to lipase, protease, and amylase, Vital-Zymes includes the entire spectrum of enzymes needed to complete the process of breaking down fats, carbohydrates and protein into usable forms.
Unique to Vital Produx's supplements is the GR8CF77 Delivery System. GR8CF77 is a proprietary system of combining the specific minerals, enzymes and co-factors needed in each product to make it as close to the original, natural state as possible. GR8CF77 dramatically boosts the potency of each of our supplements.
In other words, because of our delivery system, the amounts listed on our labels are much more bio-available than the same amounts in other products without this powerful delivery system.
Trying to compare the labels on vitamin and mineral supplements can also create confusion. Vitamin companies may use their labels to inflate their allegations or hide their products' flaws. Some supplements appear to be powerful combinations of vitamins, but in reality have little nutritional value and may even create drug-like reactions in the body.
Weighing the effectiveness of vitamins, then, comes down to understanding some fundamental differences. Again, the benefits of vitamin supplements cannot be measured by dosage alone. In fact, natural food complex supplements are typically of a low dose, which may lead some people to believe they are not as potent or valuable. Actually, the opposite is true. "Natural" or "whole food" refers to vitamins as found in natural foods, unaltered in any way that might change their molecular, biological or biochemical combinations, or their action. You should see listed on the label the exact food source from which that vitamin is obtained.
Crystalline vitamins are vitamins which have a natural food as their original source, but these foods have been treated with high powered chemicals, solvents or heat to reduce them down to one specific, pure crystalline vitamin or amino acid. In this form they no longer contain the synergistic components (the enzymes, co-enzymes, minerals, mineral activators and co-vitamin helpers) which are essential for assimilation and utilization in the body.
Synthetic vitamins are those developed in a laboratory, where a scientist has reconstructed the exact structure of the crystalline molecule by "putting together" or chemically combining the same molecules from other sources (mostly coal tar). Both crystalline and synthetic vitamins have been robbed of important food values, even though the labels may show high "vitamin" potencies. In actuality, they are void of valuable nutrients, so they do not perform nature's curative, life-generating process.
It is nearly impossible to compare the effectiveness of various vitamins by weight alone. Look for whole food vitamins, such as Vital Produx's Vital Emerald Harvest™, which list the actual food source. As you will notice on the Emerald Harvest label, our multi-vitamin has the additional plus of the GR8CF77 described above.
As you can see, a supplement label often turns into advertising propaganda. Much of what is printed on labels is merely hype to sell the product, and is not a true representation of nutritional value. Because of this, it is difficult to compare "apples to apples" when you are selecting supplements. We are taking a step forward, hoping to see a more standardized approach in using easy to understand measurements and accurate ingredient listings. We challenge our competitors to follow suit in order to make it more convenient for consumers to select products that are beneficial in their quest for health.
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