Whole Food Nutrition Vs Vitamins

Most people take a vitamin with no thought as to why. Scientists cannot duplicate nature’s food nutrients or the wondrous complexity and healing power of real foods. Those of us who are looking to live a natural and healthy life have recognized that there is an interweaving of elements within life, within nature and within the human body that is indescribably complex.\n\nThe Paleo Diet (or caveman diet) is based on the kinds of foods that our human ancestors ate for millions of years, long before agriculture and fast food restaurants came to be. For most of the time humans have been on the planet, they had to collect (hunt and gather) their food from whatever was around them in nature.\n\nIn the debate on vitamin supplements vs whole foods, researchers suggest whole foods are better than taking supplements alone. Our food is grown hundreds or even thousands of miles away, picked before it is ripe, trucked, treated and frozen or canned – eliminating much of the nutritional value.\n\nQuantity mix and match discounts apply to Catie’s Organic Greens, Catie’s Whole Food Vitamin C Plus, and Catie’s Raw Vegetable Calcium. No matter how carefully you plan your meals and snacks, a hectic schedule can often result in convenience food substitutes and unhealthy snacking, leaving your body craving the nutrients it needs to keep you going.\n\nWhole food vitamins are extracted from these fruits and vegetables, as well as a variety of other naturally occurring sources. There is a substantial cost difference between producing whole food vitamins and synthetic vitamins. It is generally found as a drink that you consume daily in small quantities and it is believed to help with keeping your bowel moving and regular in addition to providing you with multiple vitamins and minerals.