Mineral and vitamin supplements: Chemical or natural?

The majority of mineral vitamin supplements are made from chemicals rather than natural substances. However, there is a steady growth in demand for natural vitamin mineral supplements. This is because there is a debate as to whether chemical mineral vitamins may be more harmful than beneficial in the long run.

Total Life Changes (TLC) products are 100% organic, meaning the product is grown or raised as naturally as possible, with respect for nature and animals, without chemical fertilizers or GMOs and with as few pesticides as possible.

The fact is that chemical mineral vitamin supplements are not as easily absorbed as normal food particles. The mineral vitamin industry is constantly striving to create products that are more easily processed by the body and therefore more beneficial.

From time to time, the industry comes up with a new "more bioavailable" form of a vitamin or mineral. To remedy this, a large number of mineral vitamins have been developed. They combine other elements with the vitamins and minerals so that they are more easily absorbed by the body. Iron is usually combined to form iron gluconate, which allows the mineral vitamin supplement to be more absorbable.

The amount of a nutrient in a mineral and vitamin supplement must be much greater than in a more natural form in order for the body to absorb the necessary amount. This can obviously lead to a problem where a toxic level of the particular nutrient is consumed by the large doses of mineral and vitamin supplement that are needed.It is therefore extremely important that a person does not simply take large amounts of all the mineral and vitamin supplements advertised on television and seek advice from a health care professional.  It is also helpful to keep abreast of developments in the mineral vitamin supplement industry, as new and better combinations are constantly being developed.

One method that mineral vitamin manufacturers have developed to facilitate absorption is to grow the raw materials with yeast cells. This form of mineral vitamins is known as a dietary state and is up to four times easier for the body to absorb the necessary nutrients because the yeast is fully digested.

Of course, the need for mineral vitamin supplements depends on a person's diet.  There is no doubt that it is far better for a person to get the nutrients they need from their diet than to take mineral vitamin supplements whenever possible. During certain periods, it may be necessary to take mineral and vitamin supplements on a temporary basis, but long-term use is not recommended for a number of available supplements.