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Natural vs. Synthetic – Does it Matter?

Why not shop for the best price and buy the cheaper synthetic varieties of food supplements? Should we assume that if a product is sold in a health food store that it is a quality product?

Products made from chemicals will never compare favorably with what nature created. The living cell of the plant, a complex compilation of the life-giving rays of the sun, minerals derived from fertile soil, vitamins, enzymes, amino acids and many unknown substances, make up life. An excellent example of this is the commercially sold ascorbic acid, also labeled as Vitamin C. It is our opinion that ascorbic acid should not be labeled as Vitamin C, because the original concept of Vitamin C was that it would cure scurvy

Ascorbic acid synthetically produced will not alleviate the condition of scurvy, although a product containing ascorbic acid from a natural source with all the associated factors will relieve the condition with ease.

What’s the difference between synthetic, crystalline and natural vitamins? Natural on the Label Doesn’t Mean it’s Natural!

Synthetic is obviously just what it says – the end product of a chemist’s compilation from inorganic substances. These are the products which are sold at cut-rate prices because their source material is cheap – usually coal tar or some other petroleum derivative.

 

A crystalline vitamin is a natural substance subjected to various means of processing in order to get a single substance in concentration. High heat, toxic chemicals and filtration are all part of this process. The end product is a highly refined, concentrated crystalline substance containing some elements with which it was originally associated. This product is usually sold under the banner, “From Natural Sources,” but the discerning buyer will note that the high potency listed on the label is not found in Nature. It is difficult to believe that such a product could conceivably bring health, after having been heated beyond the point where the activity of a vitamin substance ceases.

Natural vitamins are unaltered and retain their naturally occurring potency along with their synergistic substances. This we believe is the best value because natural vitamins work in harmony with the body just as Nature intended.

NATURE’S SUNSHINE vitamin products are all natural and even better because they are enhanced by their unique synergistic herbal base!