What is the World's Biggest Con Job? Week 4 - the Dirty Dozen
A con job is making people believe something that is not true. This is what the vitamin industry is doing. To explain, I will recap the last two posts for those of you who have not read them.
There are three different types of vitamins; synthetic, natural altered and natural unaltered. Click here to read that post explaining the difference. Of the three, only natural UNaltered can be utilized by the body.
The next post explains the single most important factor in choosing a vitamin -- is it alive or dead? You need life to create life. The con job is that you can swallow synthetic vitamins (many of them are labeled NATURAL) whose source is petroleum or coal tar and build health. It is NOT possible. How can you tell the difference? How can you know if the product you are taking is GMO-free? There are a couple tests you can do to help determine if your vitamins can be assimilated by your body. Read that post here.
Here are several stats that should make you stand up and take notice: A common problem with many pharmacy-grade and health food store products is that they do not make the grade in Consumer Lab testing. EVEN WORSE: Many of these multi-vitamins contained EXCESSIVE amounts of lead - INCLUDING (and this is where I get ill) pre-natal multi-vitamins.
An important fact to remember is that many governing agencies do not differentiate between synthetic and natural sources. TO REPEAT: many governing agencies do not differentiate between synthetic and natural sources. If the product contains the 'amount' it claims - they get their stamp of approval - even if it is a petroleum natural source - not meant for human consumption.
Vitamin Companies with Integrity
You should also consider checking out the integrity of the company brand you are using. It is really quite simple. As I state in earlier posts, there are many questions you could ask the company. Here are two more:
Does your food supplement company produce hormone products? A company with integrity will not produce hormone products as this is something the body will produce on its own if given the proper tools - nutrients. Taking hormones can create a dependency, an addiction, in which the body stops doing its own job of producing the hormone for itself.
Does your vitamin company have ANY of the DIRTY DOZEN bad ingredients in their nutritional supplements? If they have even one of these ingredients in any of their products, it is NOT a company with integrity and personally, I would never trust them.
On "Good Morning America," ABC News senior health and medical editor Dr. Richard Besser discussed these 12 ingredients - the DIRTY DOZEN. (Source: Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database, Professional Version, June 2010)
1. Aconite Used for: Joint pain, inflammation Possible risks: Toxicity, respiratory system paralysis, heart rhythm disorders, death.
2. Bitter Orange Used for: Weight loss, allergies Possible risks: Heart-rhythm disorders, heart attack, stroke, death
3. Chaparral Used for: Colds, weight loss, infections, inflammation, cancer Possible risks: Liver damage, kidney problems.
4. Colloidal Silver This one touches a sensitive spot with me. My friend 'swore' by colloidal silver. Took it every day and I did everything conceivable to convince her how harmful it was -- she would not listen. She died of cancer from toxic metal poisoning.
Used for: Fungal and other infections, Lyme disease, rosacea, psoriasis, chronic fatigue, AIDS/HIV Possible risks: Neurological problems, kidney damage
5. Coltsfoot Used for: cough, sore throat, bronchitis, asthma Possible risks: Liver damage, cancer
6. Comfrey Used for: Cough, heavy menstrual periods, chest pain, cancer Possible risks: Liver damage, cancer
7. Country Mallow Used for: Nasal congestion, allergies, asthma weight loss, bronchitis Possible risks: Heart attack, heart arrhythmia, stroke, death
8. Germanium Used for: Pain, infections, glaucoma, liver problems, arthritis, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, cancer Possible risks: Kidney damage, death
9. Greater Celandine Used for: Upset stomach, IBS, liver disorders, cancer Possible risks: Liver damage
10. Kava Used for: Anxiety Possible risks: Liver damage
11. Lobelia Used for: Coughing, bronchitis, asthma, smoking cessation Possible risks: Toxicity, very low blood pressure, coma, possibly death
12. Yohimbe Used for: Aphrodisiac, chest pain, diabetic complications, depression, erectile dysfunction Possible risks: High blood pressure, High doses can cause severely low blood pressure, heart problems, death
These are ingredients that many vitamin companies use and try to con you into believing they will IMPROVE your health. Ask your company if they use them -- You Be The Judge.
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