by Dr. Lawrence Wilson
© April 2019, LD
Wilson Consultants, Inc.
All
information in this article is for educational purposes only. It is not for the diagnosis, treatment,
prescription or cure of any disease or health condition.
Contents
Seeking Truth
Whole-food Supplements
Selenium
Kelp
Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Trimethylglycine
Pancreatin And Ox Bile
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Vitamin A
Vitamin C
III. OTHER IMPORTANT SUPPLEMENT ISSUES
- Glandulars
Versus Protomorphogens
- Herbs Are Also Toxic
- Synthesized Products Are Not Just
Stimulants
- Food-Based Products Are Not Always
Better Absorbed
- Isolated Nutrients Are Not
Necessarily More Toxic Than Food-Based Products
- Synergetic Factors Can Get In The Way
- Chelated
Minerals Work Well As Placeholders
- Capsules Versus Tablets
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Seeking truth. A goal of this website is to expose
lies and deception within the health field. The supplement industry has plenty of lies, although the
situation is somewhat better than the pharmaceutical industry, which is almost
a complete lie as to the safety and effectiveness of their patented products.
Whole-food
products. A debate within the holistic healing
community has to do with whether food-based supplements are better than
others. We find that for best
results, we need to use some food-based or whole food products AND some
isolated nutrients.
The
food-based products work well for certain situations. However, reasons why food-based products donÕt work as well
as some isolated or synthesized nutrients include:
1. Food-based products are often mixed with
foods that interfere with the absorption and utilization of the nutrient we
want.
As an
example, kelp contains a little mercury, as do all products from the sea. We can cope with this problem, but
others are not so easy to handle.
For example, one whole-food supplements company mixes their chelated zinc with liver. Liver contains quite a lot of copper, which can be a zinc
antagonist. We prefer to just have
the zinc without the copper and we cannot Ôtake the product apartÕ. So we donÕt use it.
2.
At this time, (April 2019) the metabolic formulas needed for development
programs are not made by any food-based supplement companies. This means one has to mix and match many
food-based products to create the metabolic formulas we need. Even doing this does not work very
well. It is also more costly,
requires more pills, and is less convenient.
3.
In some cases, food-based products are very low-dose. This forces us to use more tablets,
which adds cost and inconvenience.
Food-based
supplement companies may claim that their products require lower doses than
other products. However, we donÕt
find this is to be true, in some instances. Doses matter a lot with development programs.
The decision
as to which kind of supplement to use is always complex. Any simplistic theory about whole-food
or other is wrong, in our experience.
Here are some examples.
We observe
much better effectiveness in the food-based selenium product from Endomet Labs than with other selenium products. Even yeast-based selenium is not
working as well for our purposes.
In this
case, beans or some other fast-growing sprout is grown on selenium-enriched
soil. This causes the selenium to
be incorporated into the growing plant.
The plant is then harvested and powdered, perhaps freeze-dried, to make
a capsule.
KELP
We find kelp
to be the best source of iodine and many other minerals. Other iodine preparations such as LugolÕs solution, Iodoral and
others are not as good, and often build up in the liver.
FISH
OIL
This is an
extract from the liver of some fish.
It is a superior product, in our experience. There are no synthetic omega-3 products.
TRIMETHYLGLYCINE
OR TMG
This is
derived from sugar beets and works very well. There is not synthetic TMG available.
PANCREATIN
AND OX BILE
This
food-based product works very well.
Some companies use fungal-derived Ôvegetable enzymesÕ. These are much more yin and do not work
as well, and are slightly toxic, in our experience.
Some companies
use betaine hydrochloride and pepsin. This is also more yin
and slightly stimulating, so we donÕt use it.
VITAMIN D
We
like the lanolin or perhaps the cod liver oil-based product. We do not recommend synthetic vitamin D
(D2), which does not work as well and may be somewhat toxic.
VITAMIN E
Natural
vitamin E from soybean or wheat germ oil seems to work better than synthetic
vitamin E.
D and L rotation. In nature, most vitamins and foods are
only D (dextro-rotary) or only L (laevo-rotary). This gives them certain qualities. When they are synthesized in a lab,
however, it produces a mixture of these two spins and the qualities change.
This is definitely the case with vitamin D.
VITAMIN
A
We prefer
the natural vitamin A from fish liver oil. Endomet Labs is having problems
getting this, so we settle for the semi-synthetic retinol for now, but we hope
the other will become available in the future.
Note that
each supplement has its own ÒstoryÓ and blanket statements that one type is
always best are always wrong.
These assertions, in our opinion, are simply sales pitches.
ASCORBIC
ACID
This is
usually semi-synthetic, derived from corn. It works well in this form. All vitamin C is very yin, so we limit
the amount we use. We discuss this
in more detail below.
GLANDULARS VERSUS PROTOMORPHOGENS
One of the worst deceptions wrought by one
food-based company is claiming that their glandular products are better because
they use an older, outdated, less healthful and more toxic process to make
them.
To add insult to injury, they change the meaning of
a common term in the supplement industry and call their products protomorphogens instead
of the newer term that everyone else uses - glandulars. Those who work in the supplement
industry know that these words mean exactly the same thing! This company should be ashamed of
themselves for this deception. It is as bad or worse than the Climate Change hoax.
We much prefer the newer, freeze-dried glandular (or
protomorphogen) products. They work very well without the added toxicity of the old salt-extracted
glandular products.
HERBAL PRODUCTS ARE TOXIC
We would love to use herbs more. However, we only use a few herbs. The main problem with using most herbs
for development is toxicity. Here are more details:
1.
Many herbs are somewhat toxic by nature. If they were non-toxic, they would be called foods, not
herbs. The toxicity may not be a
problem if they are used short-term only.
However, it is a problem when they are used long-term, which is how we
need to use most products in order to cause Development.
2.
Many herbs today are toxic because the earth is polluted and many herbs seem to
pick up the toxins easily. Among
these are Chinese and Indian herbs.
People often think the latter are
somehow superior. However, we find
this is not true and often the opposite is true, even with the good brands of
Chinese and Ayurvedic herbs. Please stay away from them.
3.
Herbs often contain substances that are stimulating or in other ways interfere
with development. They are
complex plants, in almost all cases.
For these reasons, we donÕt recommend
many herbs. For details, read Herbs.
SYNTHESIZED PRODUCTS ARE NOT JUST
STIMULANTS
Some food-based
product companies say that synthetic or semi-synthetic vitamins are just
stimulants. This is a lie, just
one of the lies they teach.
As an
example, semi-synthetic ascorbic acid, which is made from corn, works
excellently as an anti-oxidant. It
also helps support the adrenal glands, rebuilds tissue, lowers copper, helps
lower heavy metals and can perform hundreds of other functions in the body.
The same is
true of synthesized B-complex, chelated minerals and
others. One whole-food company
criticizes chelated products, but then sells zinc and
perhaps other minerals in chelated form. They even call their product a chelate, which is a synthesized form! We do not like false advertising, which
this is.
Some claim that food-based nutrients
are absorbed better than others. While true in some cases, we do not
find any problems in absorbing synthesized or isolated nutrient such as vitamin
B or vitamin C that is made from corn or other natural sources.
We always recommend people take their
specific recommended supplements with a meal and with a digestive aid as well.
ISOLATED NUTRIENTS ARE NOT
NECESSARILY MORE TOXIC THAN FOOD-BASED PRODUCTS
This is another lie taught by some
whole- food vitamin companies. All
supplements are toxic to some degree, as are all foods.
All supplements are also somewhat yin in macrobiotic terms. This is a problem with all of
them.
For example, one food-based vitamin
company puts oat flour in some of their products. The problem is that many people are sensitive to all
gluten-containing foods and products.
As a result, these Òall-natural and supposedly pure food-based products
can cause reactions, while isolated or synthesized nutrient products may work
better for sensitive people.
SYNERGETIC FACTORS CAN GET
IN THE WAY
Some
food-based vitamin companies advertise that their products are superior because
they contain synergetic factors. However, as explained in the example of
zinc earlier in this article, if we desire to give zinc, we donÕt want
synergistic factors that may interfere with the effect of zinc.
We want to decide which synergetic factors to use, rather than allow a
supplement company to decide for us.
This is a simple idea, but one that many people donÕt
understand.
CHELATED MINERALS WORK WELL
AS PLACEHOLDERS
Chelated
minerals, which are synthesized by cooking minerals with an amino acid or other
transporter, are sometimes attacked by whole food companies as being less than
ideal. We agree. The ideal forms are found in a few foods.
However, chelated minerals are often well-absorbed
and work well as placeholders until
one can get better forms of minerals from food. The placeholder concept is somewhat advanced. For details, read Placeholders.
SYNTHETIC
PRODUCTS GET THE JOB DONE WELL AND IN A LESS COSTLY WAY
We think the
whole-food companies do not want you to know this, so we are pointing it
out. What matters is the results, and that is what we are interested in, not
theories or ideologies that do not hold up in clinical situations.
SOME
FOOD-BASED SUPPLEMENTS CONTAIN TOXINS FOUND IN FOODS
These are
just as bad as toxins found in synthetic products. One type of toxin is not ÒbetterÓ or ÒworseÓ than
another. Yet that is how the
food-based companies make it sound.
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