Research & Technical Articles Vitamins: How Do I Compare Thee? Emerald Harvest Links Vital Emerald Harvest Vitamins: How Do I Compare Thee? Multi-Vitamins, Minerals and You FAQs How Much Do I Need? Other Hot Products Vital-Zymes Vital Super Antioxidant Vital Flora Support Definition How do I order? Phone 540-286-2400 Internet Secure Online Order Form All live natural foods contain their own enzymes. Natural, whole food complex nutritional supplements are made from wholesome, live, natural food items. Note: "By alive" is meant perishable — capable of fermenting, souring, rotting, developing a bad odor, molding, attracting weevils, moths, bugs, and mice — thus still containing living tissue and natures enzymes. There are 3 basic supplement types available on the market today: 1. NATURAL: Natural means vitamins as found in natural foods, untampered with any way that might change their molecular, their biological or biochemical combinations, or their action. This usually means that only the fiber and moisture are removed. All labels of truly NATURAL food concentrates should indicate the exact food source from which the vitamin is obtained. 2. CRYSTALLINE: Means it had a natural food as its original source but was treated with various high powered chemicals, solvents, heat and distillations to reduce it down to one specific, pure crystalline vitamin or amino acid and hence is no longer natural. It no longer has its synergistic components, that is, its enzymes, co-enzymes, minerals, mineral activators, and co-vitamin helpers. It has been reduced to a pure crystalline powder with one definite simple chemical structure. In this form it is but one simple phase of the complete VITAMIN COMPLEX. 3. SYNTHETIC: Means that in the laboratory the scientist has reconstructed the exact structure of the CRYSTALLINE molecule by "putting together" or chemically combining the same molecules from other sources. Chemically, therefore, there is no difference between the two. The Crystalline may have a slight advantage in that it is difficult to reduce any natural product to an absolute pure state and any impurities would be "synergisms" hence giving a little added value to the Crystalline over the Synthetic. On the label for either Synthetic or Crystalline only the chemical name of the single vitamin is usually given. Legally it is not necessary to give the source from which the synthetic chemical is derived. > Vitamins continued Home | Product Line | Endorsements | FAQs | Research | Order Products VITAL PRODUX™ 44 Mine Rd. Suite 2, PMB 209 Stafford, Virginia  22554  USA 540-286-2400 – FAX: 540-752-4765 E-mail: info@VitalProdux.com Copyright © 1996-2003, VTI, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Text, graphics, and HTML code are protected by US and International Copyright Laws, and may not be copied, reprinted, published, translated, hosted, or otherwise distributed by any means without explicit permission. Vital Produx™ is a trademark of VTI, Inc. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.