Most people take a vitamin with no thought as to why. People love the ease of taking pills and multivitamins, but if they would just be intentional about grabbing an organic piece of raw fruit or a raw vegetable for a snack every day, they could largely reduce their need for supplements of any kind. As with a lot of the vitamins, Vitamin E is the collective name for a set of related tocopherols and their corresponding tocotrienols, which have been tied to colon, heart, prostate and immune system health.\n\nAnyhow to make a long story short, my urine was fluorescent whenever I used it. This was because all the B vitamins were being excreted by my kidneys, meaning they were not being absorbed by my body. Whole food vitamins are all natural. Whole food multivitamins will list most of the ingredients with the names of the real whole fruit or vegetable, like broccoli or pineapple.\n\nWhole food supplements are derived from naturally-occurring, full-spectrum food extracts. Whole foods not only provide vitamins and minerals, they also have other ingredients that provide health benefits. There is a synergy between them which makes whole foods healthier and their nutrients easier for your body to use.\n\nThe result of humans evolving in harmony with the natural foods available is that human biology and genetics are optimized for such a diet. Two different age groups of men and women were fed a diet containing ten servings of fruits and vegetables a day. Carefully planned marketing strategies and wording labels some supplements ‘natural’ when, in fact, they are far from it.\n\nMost are not whole food vitamins. Multivitamins with ingredients such as celery, asparagus or bell pepper can be an effective way to relax and sleep. You cannot get vitamins and minerals from a Pepsi or a Twinkie. Most of us know that the orange is a great food source of Vitamin C. The reason is that every other substance in the orange works synergistically with the Vitamin C in the body for maximum absorption.…