Vitamins: (also see Minerals
and Soy)
It is best not to take vitamins containing Monosaccharides. Be sure
to get the necessary fat-soluble vitamin and mineral activators, natural
fats like EFAs, butter, cream, and animal fats as well as sufficient
animal based protein in the diet. Vitamins utilized from animal proteins
are available for use by the body, while most of the vitamins in vegetable
sources are locked in the cellulose, which isn’t digestible
by humans and therefore passes directly through us. Herbivores have
the ability to digest cellulose and access the vitamins. (see Carnivores,
Herbivores and Omnivores Compared). We are supposed to receive our
vitamin nutrients by eating the animal that ate the plant.
Vitamin supplements (taken in mega-doses) are unnecessary: “
In amounts far in excess of the Referenced Daily Intake (RDI), vitamins
become drugs – with toxic side effects…Excess amounts
of fat-soluble vitamins are not excreted in the urine. Consuming high
doses of these vitamins (A, D, E, &K) on a regular basis can lead
to toxic buildups. Reference: Article, “America’s
Very Dangerous Vitamin Craze”, Victor Herbert, M.D., J.D.,
Bottom Line-Health, January 1998, page 1-3.
Ten million American women take oral contraceptives and most of them
are unaware that the pills can interfere with the availability of
vitamins B6, B12, folic acid, and vitamin C! Reference: Dr. Earl
Mindell's Vitamin Bible for the 21st Century. Earl Mindell, Hester
Mundis, Warner Books, May, 1999, ISBN: 0446607029
Vitamin B12 must come from animal Protein: Reference: The Essentials
of Biochemistry (Essentials), pg. 348. Jay M. Templin, Research &
Education Assn, 1998, ISBN: 0878910735
Women eating lowest fat and most fiber had 20% less
calcium retention. Reference: Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2000,
71: 466-471.
Routine food processing often destroys many active components
in our food, especially EFAs. Many mineral supplements aren’t
utilized efficiently by the body, because they don’t contain
the proper balance of minerals in the proper form that a food would
naturally contain. Without the right minerals, vitamins don’t
work properly because they cannot be properly metabolized because
they are cofactors for vitamins. This means that the vitamins and
minerals work together. If either can’t be utilized, there’s
no point in taking them. More importantly, if you don’t have
enough EFAs in your diet, both vitamins and minerals have little
to work with. Reference: Vobecky, JS, et al. Risk and benefit
of low fat intake in childhood. Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism.
1995;39(2):124-133.
Niacin is not in a bioavailable [usable] from from
grains. Reference: Basic Medical Biochemistry, pg. 16.