Nutritional Supplements – they’re not all alike

Yesterday, a comment was posted on my facebook page as follows:

Did you know that 95% of our vitamins and minerals are chemically produced and synthetic, made from coal tar and petroleum? Only 1% of people taking them know this yet we are putting these toxic substances in our families!

I’ll be the first to agree that much of what is marketed to us as ‘supplements’ is pretty ordinary in terms of quality and potency. And who knows, maybe some of them are dangerous as this comment suggests. I personally spent much time and money on poor quality supplements before my research for Gryffin went into full steam (and I considered myself an informed consumer even then). I am now very cautious about what I will give to my family.

After seeing the comment on my facenook, I sent our Nutritionist, Sita an email asking her to put together a piece about supplements – their quality and whether or not they contain dangerous synthetics. Sita replied with a statement from Metagenics whose supplements we love in our family.

Metagenics is the ‘practitioner only’ products division of Health World Limited – the Australian and New Zealand leader in research and development of specialised nutritional supplements for healthcare professionals.

Here is their reply: