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Toxic Ingredients Widespread in Vitamins
& Nutritional Supplements Today
Check the labels on your vitamins and nutritional supplements – do they list magnesium stearate or stearic acid as ingredients? “Natural” flavors? Sodium benzoate or potassium sorbate? Gelatin? Stearates have been shown to suppress the immune system. Natural flavors is the new term used for MSG, or monosodium-glutamate, a known brain neurotoxin. Sodium benzoate is carcinogenic. Gelatin comes from animal hooves and other animal parts, and often contains toxic preservatives, plus hormones and antibiotics that have been given to the animal. Stearates and gelatin are used in many capsules and tablets; “Natural” flavors in lots of protein drinks, and sodium benzoate as a preservative in many liquid vitamin supplements or juice drinks.
Toxic Irradiation Byproducts and Pesticide Residues:
Common in Vitamins and Nutritional Supplements
It is also common to find ingredients in vitamins and nutritional supplements that have been irradiated, fumigated or contaminated with pesticide residues. In fact, up to 70% of raw materials that are imported into the US today are irradiated. This irradiation process creates toxic radiation byproducts, that remain in the ingredients that you ingest. Besides the excipients listed above, other common additives to avoid include silicon dioxide, titanium dioxide, cellulose, palmitate and starch.
Toxic Fillers Often Used to Reduce the Cost of Nutritional Supplements, including Vitamins
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines an excipient as: a usually inert substance (such as gum arabic or starch) that forms a vehicle (as for a drug). The International Pharmacuetical Council of the Americas states that “excipients are substances other than the pharmacologically active ingredients which are included in the manufacturing process or are contained in a finished product. In many products, excipients make up the bulk of the total dosage form.” Excipients are used in nutritional supplements and vitamins for many reasons, as fillers, lubricants, colors that liven up the product, preservatives, sweeteners, and coatings and glazes that make it easier to swallow. Many of the excipients, especially the lubricants, are used to make it easier and cheaper for the company to manufacture. One example is talc, a suspected carcinogen, that is used in many capsules for vitamins and other nutritional supplements today when they are manufactured with a high-speed encapsulator. It makes the ingredients flow faster and therefore is much cheaper to make vitamins and other nutritional supplements when the talc is included.
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