A lot of people are raving about whole food supplements, but are they really up for the job of providing your body with the nutrients that you require? Traditional Vitamin C supplements will have only Ascorbic Acid or Ascorbate, while Whole Food Supplement vitamin C will contain phytonutrients such as rutin, bioflavonoids, tyrosinase, ascorbinogen, vitamin C factors such as J, K and P along with mineral co-factors necessary for vitamin C activity all derived appropriately from whole food.\n\nIf you don’t supplement your diet with whole food and superfood supplements (like chlorella and spirulina) that provide superior nutrition, your body will be in a never-ending state of nutrient deficiency, and turning off the hunger signals will be all but impossible, no matter how powerful the drug.\n\nMost vitamin and mineral supplements are made with synthetic forms of vitamins, obtained through laboratory processes and while many believe the form and source of the vitamin doesn’t matter, the fact is that it does. Minerals and proteins like the nutrients in food supplements does not mean synthetic creations, but the primary source is derived from plant materials and that is exactly why many of them are known to contain plant based vitamins.\n\nBeginning around the 1950’s, Americans did begin to recognize the value of vitamins and minerals within their diet. Patented organic minerals are the only minerals that exactly mimic those found in foods, and are what we use in Optimal 2. Only in this form are minerals readily absorbed.\n\nThe exciting news about our Whole Food Vitamin Mineral formula is that you get 100% of the RDA and it is from whole foods. Research proves current farming methods, food production, and preparation deplete our foods of life-generating vitamins and minerals. That’s what an organic whole food vitamin supplement is all about.