Comments on: Should You Use Supplements? http://naturalbias.com/should-you-use-supplements/ A better life through natural health, fitness, and personal development. Fri, 18 May 2012 15:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Vin http://naturalbias.com/should-you-use-supplements/#comment-65 Vin Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:08:54 +0000 http://naturalbias.com/?p=2021#comment-65 Hi Celes. Unfortunately, it's not so easy. To make it worse, there's no regulation for labeling a product as natural. The only way you can know is to research the supplement companies you'd like to buy from. I use <a href="http://www.ultralifeinc.com" title="Ultra Life Supplements" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ultra Life</a>. Another company I know of that is highly regarded by fellow natural health practitioners is <a href="http://www.standardprocess.com" title="Standard Process Supplements" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Standard Process</a>. Hi Celes. Unfortunately, it’s not so easy. To make it worse, there’s no regulation for labeling a product as natural. The only way you can know is to research the supplement companies you’d like to buy from. I use Ultra Life. Another company I know of that is highly regarded by fellow natural health practitioners is Standard Process.

]]> By: Celes | EmbraceLiving.Net http://naturalbias.com/should-you-use-supplements/#comment-64 Celes | EmbraceLiving.Net Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:46:02 +0000 http://naturalbias.com/?p=2021#comment-64 Thanks a lot Vin, will definitely check those sites out! :D Glad you're here to offer me advice on the vegan diet; I'm pretty terrible at taking good care of myself. How do you tell between a natural or synthetic supplement? Thanks a lot Vin, will definitely check those sites out! :D Glad you’re here to offer me advice on the vegan diet; I’m pretty terrible at taking good care of myself. How do you tell between a natural or synthetic supplement?

]]> By: Vin http://naturalbias.com/should-you-use-supplements/#comment-57 Vin Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:17:58 +0000 http://naturalbias.com/?p=2021#comment-57 Hi Celes, It's hard to say exactly how much we absorb from supplements. However, I believe that high quality natural supplements are absorbed better than synthetic ones. And as I mentioned in the article, many people have impaired digestion and this will affect how much of a supplement is absorbed as well. A vegan diet definitely presents some challenges. If you haven't already, I suggest you read my articles about <a href="http://naturalbias.com/metabolic-typing-the-last-diet-youll-ever-need/" rel="nofollow">Metabolic Typing</a> and <a href="http://naturalbias.com/is-a-vegetarian-diet-healthy/" rel="nofollow">vegetarianism</a>. Based on individuality, some people will have a much harder time than others on a vegetarian or vegan diet. One of my favorite nutrition resources, the Weston A. Price Foundation, has a great series of articles for vegetarians and vegans. You can read it <a href="http://www.westonaprice.org/tour/vegtourindex.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Dr. Weston Price studied many native cultures and found that they were much healthier than the rest of modern society. Out of all the cultures he studied, none of them were purely vegetarian or vegan which suggests that these dietary philosophies are unnatural and go against our evolution. Hope that helps! Hi Celes,

It’s hard to say exactly how much we absorb from supplements. However, I believe that high quality natural supplements are absorbed better than synthetic ones. And as I mentioned in the article, many people have impaired digestion and this will affect how much of a supplement is absorbed as well.

A vegan diet definitely presents some challenges. If you haven’t already, I suggest you read my articles about Metabolic Typing and vegetarianism. Based on individuality, some people will have a much harder time than others on a vegetarian or vegan diet.

One of my favorite nutrition resources, the Weston A. Price Foundation, has a great series of articles for vegetarians and vegans. You can read it here. Dr. Weston Price studied many native cultures and found that they were much healthier than the rest of modern society. Out of all the cultures he studied, none of them were purely vegetarian or vegan which suggests that these dietary philosophies are unnatural and go against our evolution.

Hope that helps!

]]> By: Celes | EmbraceLiving.Net http://naturalbias.com/should-you-use-supplements/#comment-56 Celes | EmbraceLiving.Net Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:37:10 +0000 http://naturalbias.com/?p=2021#comment-56 Hey Vin! :D thanks so much for writing on this topic - it's something very relevant to me. i'm currently taking supplements, and it's really because of all the vitamin B12 scare which I don't want to take a risk on since I'm a vegan. I've heard that we only absorb 1% of the vitamins in our supplements - is this true? Hey Vin! :D thanks so much for writing on this topic – it’s something very relevant to me. i’m currently taking supplements, and it’s really because of all the vitamin B12 scare which I don’t want to take a risk on since I’m a vegan. I’ve heard that we only absorb 1% of the vitamins in our supplements – is this true?

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