THE EDGE

There are hundreds, maybe thousands, of food supplements for sale. Why Nutricare, Sterolandia and Flexiflax?

Vitamins, as found in nature, are groups of chemically related compounds. Science identifies part of this compound as the organic nutrient. In the case of Vitamin C the organic nutrient is ascorbic acid. These are the parts that science feels are the workhorses and thus the essence of the vitamin. The conclusion then is, if these can be reproduced and supplied to the patient, all that is needed has been provided.

The problem is that this thinking does not take into consideration all of the enzymes, co-enzymes, trace elements, activators and numerous other naturally occurring synergistic micronutrients by which the organic nutrients is rendered usable by the body.

There are basically three types of supplements:

1. Food Supplements
As the name implies these supplements are taken directly from the food source. In fact, it is the food. The word natural truly applies as these are vitamins AND co-factors AND enzymes AND other synergistic micronutrients taken from a raw food. The only thing removed from the food is moisture and fibre – nothing is added or extracted that can destroy or change the molecular, biological or biochemical combinations or actions.

Nutricare, Sterolandia 20, Sterolandia 50 and Flexiflax are food supplements.

2. Fractioned vitamins (crystalline)
This type of product has a food as its original source (and is therefore not considered as a synthetic vitamin) but the extraction process has eliminated all of the synergistic co-factors, leaving behind only the organic nutrient and thus increase the milligram levels for marketing purposes.

These types of vitamin are also referred to as crystalline in that they are but a portion of the complete and original complex from which they are derived. The problem with this type of vitamin is that they are only of value to the body if all the associated synergistic micronutrients are intact, which make it bio-available to the cells of the body.

3. Synthetic vitamins (not a food supplement)
Here the organic nutrient (sometimes called the crystalline vitamin molecule) is constructed or synthesized primarily from corn sugar and non-food compounds such as coal tar. While the exact molecular formula of the organic nutrient is replicated in the process, there are at least two problems with this type of vitamin:
A These synthetic products contain absolutely none of the co-factors, trace elements, enzymes etc. that are found in real food and that are vital for the body to utilize the vitamin effectively. Without the necessary micronutrients required to make the vitamin bio-available, these synthetic vitamins will be of no value to the body. You might think that the body is capable of supplementing these nutrients from its own reserves but the body is already deficient – where would it obtain these synergists? Even if it could, there is a second concern.
B When these vitamins are synthesized under laboratory conditions, the vitamin is actually a mirror image of its natural counterpart and this therefore leaves the synthetic vitamin having a problem with spin. In other words the natural molecules have a right hand spin whereas the synthetic vitamin has a left hand spin. Unfortunately, for some reason, the proper rotation cannot be mastered in the laboratory. This is significant in that the attachment sites for the synergistic micronutrients are nor available, Gilbert Levin, Ph.D., has the following to say on the subject: “Because its structure is reversed, a left-handed molecule cannot take part in chemical reactions meant for a right-handed molecule any more than a left hand can fit into a right-handed glove. Its odd geometry would prevent it from being metabolized by the body.”

As a rule of thumb natural plant nutrients are reckoned to be between 10 and 100 times as potent as their inorganic (chemical) counterparts due to their compound, complexed and peptide labeled form.

Key Factors in Micronutrient Supplements
A key factor to keep in mind when it comes to vitamin supplementation is that of bio-availability i.e. how available and usable is the vitamin to the body, Consuming fractioned vitamins or synthetic vitamins where the co-factors are not present, or the spin is incorrect, is paramount to handing someone a steering wheel of a car and telling them they are now the owner of a car able to transport them wherever they want to go.

So! Buy a “car”, not just the steering wheel! Order your REAL food supplements, be it Nutricare, Sterolandia 20, Sterolandia 50 or Flexiflax, from Nutrisprouts Health Products

Each Nutricare capsule contains 600mg of plant sprouts in powder form with Phytonutrients, Sterols/sterolins, Digestive enzymes, Vitamins and Minerals. Each Sterolandia 50 capsule contains 50% mixed vegetable and cereal sprouts as in Nutricare and 50 % organic Sutherlandia Microphylla.