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Five Important Things to Know About Vitamins
Introduction
Vitamins are organic substances present in small amounts in foods. Too little of any particular vitamin may increase the risk of certain health issues.
A vitamin is an organic compound, which means that it contains carbon. It is also an essential nutrient that the body may need to get from food.
There are five things that most people do not know about vitamins. So I’m going to share these things with you today.
1. Most mega vitamin companies are owned by big pharma, chemical companies, or food manufacturing companies.
These companies own the big brands. Bayer, for instance, owns ONE A DAY, and they just bought up Monsanto.
Pfizer owns Centrum and Emergen-C.
Clorox owns ReNew Life.
Nestle owns Garden of Life, Puritans Pride, Pure, Douglas Laboratories, Solgar, Nature’s Bounty, and many others.
2. Ninety-five percent of all vitamins are made synthetically by chemical companies
That means they’re made from petroleum, chemicals, and coal tar. They do not come from growing things, and maybe you’re…
