The use of supplements in our everyday life has become a common thing. However, you need to know that 97% of all supplements have in their content harmful substances.
The profitable pharmaceutical companies will never state this as it is not in their interest; they just keep on selling these harmful products. Most of the supplements contain fake vitamins, artificial additives, synthetic flow agents, and chemical colorings. Since most of the ingredients are synthetic and unnatural the body does not process them, so they end up unused.
What do you know about the use of supplements?
They are usually used when the body lacks some of the vitamins, they are offered on the market in a pill form thus making it easily taken. However, most supplements are not made from edible sources. They commonly come from synthetic substances, and because of that the body cannot absorb them. Their use on the long run can cause great damage to some body organs, so the use of multivitamins can do more harm than good. Not to mention the fact that they are expensive and do not offer what they are supposed to.
The harmful content of supplements
Multivitamins have in their content plenty of GMOs, aspartame, aluminum, toxic additives, and petroleum-derived artificial colors. All these cause damage to the intestinal microflora.
Here below is a list of GMO fillers used in synthetic supplements:
- Ascorbyl palmitate
- Citric acid
- Lactic acid
- Soy lecithin
- Hydrogenated soybean oil
- GMO fed pork/beef gelatin
- Modified corn starch
- Corn starch
- Whey/egg white protein from GMO-fed cattle/chickens
- Xanthan gum
- Natural flavoring
Keep away from the following fillers, too:
- Ethylcellulose, Crospovidone, Croscarmellose, (anything with propyl or ethyl) Hydroxy Propyl Cellulose, Propylene glycol, sodium laurly sulfate, laureth sulfate, Potassium Sorbate, acrylamides, Pregelatinized Starch, , glaze, Sodium Starch Glycolate, Methylcellulose, carnauba wax, silica, sorbitol, benzoic acid, sodium benzoate, gums, plasdone products, povidone, starch (corn), Talc, yeast extract, and Shellac.
Likewise, do not purchase any supplements that contain the following dangerous ingredients:
On this substance was placed a warning issued by the Cornucopia Institute. This food activism group warned that it causes “gastrointestinal inflammation, including higher rates of colon cancer, in laboratory animals.”
Moreover, carrageenan causes spastic colon, chronic diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome/IBS, inflammatory bowel disease, and other gastrointestinal issues.
- Silicon Dioxide
This one is really nothing but common sand used to add more weight on the supplement bottle thus giving the impression of high quality supplement. Producers of supplements use silicon dioxide under the name of expensive filler.
- Stearic acid and magnesium stearate
Magnesium stearate is present in almost every supplement. It is widely used by producers due to the lubricating effect, and as it can keep the pills from sticking to each other.It is formedby joining a magnesium ion to stearic acid. On the other hand, stearic acid impacts the power of your natural killer (T) cells, causing “a loss of membrane potential and ultimately cell function and viability.”This is proven by a conducted study released in Immunology. This substance is derived from hydrogenated oils, and contains pesticide residue and GMOs.
- Titanium dioxide
Titanium dioxide is the added pigment to vitamins and supplements, which weakens the immune system.
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety, on their website, regarding the use of titanium dioxide states the following:
“Titanium dioxide has recently been classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as an IARC Group 2B carcinogen ‘possibly carcinogen[ic] to humans.’”
“This evidence showed that high concentrations of pigment-grade (powdered) and ultrafine titanium dioxide dust caused respiratory tract cancer in rats exposed by inhalation and intratracheal instillation.”
- Artificial colors
These unnatural colors cause cancer, hyperactivity in children, and many other health conditions.
Two of the deadliest neurotoxins FD&C Blue No. 2 Aluminum Lake and FD&C Red No. 40 Aluminum Lake are present in all popular supplements. What is there more to say?