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Our product uses only the finest organic MACA roots,
traditionally grown in the Andean highlands of Peru. The
primary area of cultivation is the Junin Plateau, 14,000
feet above the sea level, towering high above the Amazon
rainforest and nestled just below the glacial icecap of the
Andes mountains. The climate enable us to dry our product
with minimal use of machinery.
TOXIC
INGREDIENTS:
BE CAREFUL ALWAYS READ THE LABELS!
Magnesium
Stearate (aka Stearic Acid)
Poisonous
Flowing Agents
Over 90%
of the vitamin/mineral products consumed today
contain magnesium stearate, also known as Stearic
Acid.
“Stearic Acid, Magnesium Stearate, Calcium
Stearate, Palmitate, and Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils are
lubricants which enable manufacturing equipment to run more
efficiently but inhibit eventual dissolution of the
nutrient. Stearic acid may prevent absorption by individuals
with compromised digestive systems. Magnesium stearate and
stearic acid also present the problem that delivery of the
active ingredient may be considerably further down the
intestinal tract than the site originally intended. This may
result in the nutrient being delivered away from its optimal
absorption site. Not only can this impede absorption, in
some cases it might be harmful to the
liver.”
Czap, AL. Townsend Letter For Doctors and
Patients, July 1999, Vol.192;Pg. 117-119
“Excipients” in Vitamin
Supplements
Additives in supplements cause
allergic reactions, impede absorption, and have undesirable
physiological effects. In many cases, an ingredient carries
a negative connotation, so the manufacturer uses instead, an
euphemistically derived alternative (such as “glaze” or
“natural vegetable coating” for shellac).
Consumers often take handfuls of capsules to get
nutrients from supplements containing magnesium stearate or
stearic acid and instead, get a powerful immuno suppressive
treatment! Most retailers are not aware of this threat and
mistakenly claim 100% purity for their products. Ask
suppliers to provide a written statement that guarantees
their supplements are free of stearates. In fact, ask for
full label disclosure listing every compound used to produce
each product, and eliminate those supplements that have
potentially harmful additives.
Most Commonly Used
Excipient
Magnesium
Stearate-Stearic Acid-Gelatin-Sodium Benzoate-Sodium
Glycolate-Calcium Stearate-Flavors or Natural
Flavors-Colors-Titanium Dioxide-Starch-Cellulose-Sucrose.
Principal Excipient Functions
Binders-Fillers-Flow Enhancers-Lubricants-Colors-Film
formers-Coatings and Glaze (Shellac)- Flavors-Printing
Inks-Disintegrates -Sweeteners-Compression Aids
Living Food Source
vs. Non-Food Synthetics
By: Robert J. Thiel, Ph.D, N.M.D.,
The
Truth About Vitamins In Supplements
For decades the “natural” health industry has been
touting thousands of vitamin supplements. The truth
is that most vitamins are made or processed with petroleum
derivatives or hydrogenated sugars. Even though
they are often called “natural”, most vitamins sold in
health food stores are isolated substances which are
crystalline in structure. Vitamins naturally in food are not
crystalline and never isolated. Vitamins found in any real
food are chemically and structurally different from those
commonly found in “natural vitamin formulas”. Since they are
different, medical practitioners should consider non-food
vitamins (often called “natural” or USP or pharmaceutical
grade) as vitamin imitations and not actually vitamins.
Synthetic vitamins were developed because they
cost less. Manufacturers often call synthetic
vitamins “vegetarian”, not because they are from plants, but
because they are not from animals. (Food source vitamins
will list the names of the plants the vitamins are derived
from on the label.)
Food source vitamins are smaller in size
for better bioavailability, in chemical forms that the body
recognizes, and the absorption of vitamins relates not only
to the nature of the nutrients, but also their interaction
with each other.
Even before there were electron microscopes, Dr. Royal
Lee knew that food vitamins were superior to synthetics. Dr.
Lee, like Dr. Bernard Jensen, was opposed to the use of
isolated, synthetic nutrients. Dr. Lee specifically wrote,
“The synthetic product is always a
simple chemical substance, while the pure food is a complex
mixture of related and similar materials. The commercial
promoters of cheap imitation products spend enough money to
stop the leaking out of this information.”
Take Vitamin B for example. The body has a specific liver
transport for the type of vitamin B found in food. It does
not have this for the synthetic vitamin B forms. Therefore,
no amount of synthetic vitamin B can ever equal food vitamin
B. In fact, the body tries to rid itself of synthetic
vitamin B as quickly as possible.
Certain forms of vitamin B synthetics have been shown to
have almost no vitamin activity!
Look for vitamins that are 100% FOOD. The term
“natural” does not mean pure food. Some companies try to
confuse the consumer by using the term “food based”. “Food
Based” vitamins are almost always USP vitamins mixed with a
small amount of food that does not change the chemical form
of the vitamin. The truth is that only supplements
composed of 100% FOOD can be counted on to perform the
necessary functions in the body.
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