Because, in the US the FDA does not regulate vitamin/supplements, manufacturers can invariably do whatever they want. I basically trust very little these days, unless I grow it or make it.
What are the things I do is check the other ingredients on my supplements. You will find things like hydroxypropyl and maltodextrin and silicon dioxide and magnesium stearate. These vitamins are sold as organic or natural and the government allows them to put these toxic chemicals and compounds in them
FDA regulation would not be an improvement. All the meds they’ve approved and subsequently recalled, and there are many, is ample proof of their uselessness.
I work and am in research for canine nutrition. There are so many parallels here. Dogs cannot process "any" synthetic vitamins and dry kibble is entirely made with synthetics, rancid oils and unavoidable Pentobarbital. They have become the sickest pets with allergies, IBD, and Cancer by 8yrs. Excellent video. We don't have to suffer if we have knowledge and neither do our pets.
Why don't you prepare your dog's food yourself? Kibble is NOT food, you might as well give your canine friend cardboard to chew. It serves NO purpose other than enriching unscrupulous manufacturers that are preying on the gullibilty of the pet owners they're scamming.
Teraz psie karmy są wzbogacane tłuszczem i niby mąką z robali i owadów. Jak to działa na kondycję i zdrowie psów i kotów nie wiemy.Ale dla mnie jest okropne , tak samo jak karmienie tym ludzi.
After watching videos like this, and hearing about dog foods, I started thinking about my cat. What are they doing to our pets? What about those of us who eat meat and dairy and eggs? What are those animals consuming? What are they feeding farm raised fish?
We are not experts with pets, but I would recommend checking out the following videos on Dr. Livingood's TH-cam Channel to learn more about what to look for in the grocery store! 🙂 youtube.pulse.ly/wfj459shpn - LGD Team
OMG, I have been taking B complex brought out by Nature's Own, in Australia. I found the various components to be the the synthetic forms mentioned in the video. Ugh, have to throw them out. I had been eating formaldehyde and petroleum ester? This is one video I had sorely wished for whenever I am about to buy my supplements. How the heck is the public supposed to know! Government are criminals, always in bed with pharma. Thank you so much! 💐 My Mom had always told me to keep off pharma, but we have screwed up our soils and foods so bad, what options do we have! Back to my green leafies and real foods, whatever they are worth. In one way I am relieved. Going to throw all of them in my garden. Let me see how my plants fare!
In fact the chemical structure of a synthesized compound is exactly the same as the natural compound it is supposed to supplement. Also all vitamins, whether they are delivered via a supplement or fortified in food-synthetic or natural- are made in a lab. Natural vitamins, meanwhile are sourced from plants, fruits, animals, and minerals, and then refined and processed in a lab. To be worthy of the label “natural” a vitamin supplement need contain only 10% plant or fruit derived ingredients. The other 90% could very well be synthetic.
Thats why my parents lived long life because they ate all natural foods with no chemicals and no processed foods 😢 now everyone dies early due to bad foods 😢😢
I've been waiting for this extensive list! I asked another youtuber, but they haven't gotten back to me! Thank you for the downloads!! I appreciate it!
I just realized that I have panthothenic acid, pyridoxine HCl, cyanocobalamin, folic acid, riboflavin and vitamin e dl-apha tocopheryl which are all synthetic and all in high dosage in my multivitamin supplement! 😢😢😢
Methylcobalamine completely eradicated my cats diabetic neuropathy. My vet had no clue. It must be Methylcobalamine for cats tho. Not the human version. Thank u 4 all of your hard work Dr. LG!
Thanks for sharing this as a positive effect for for cats diabetic neuropathy. For those reading this pause at 12:06. It is mentioned under the vitamin B12 section.
I agree my vet has no clue either, just give her the money after she injects these toxic "vaccines" and get out the door. Where did you find the methycobamine and dose? Also the food, what brand? Thanks.
I downloaded your pdf file on supplements and wanted to say thanks for sharing your findings with us. I know you put a lot of hard work in it, and I appreciate it. I would never remember all the information you compiled. It was especially nice that you gave us a free copy of the file for future reference. Thanks again for sharing!
The information on B12 is startling. Centrum Silver has 50mcg (2,083% DV) Why is this allowed in a product????? People please read the Ingredient section!!!!! It is the synthetic form Cyanocobalamin. How long have you been taking this thinking you are doing something good for your body?
IIRC the COSMOS study used Centrum Silver and found that it had positive benefits - think it may have been the Lutein & Lycopene that made it better than other multivitamin tabs ...
@@chuclkles58 Thanks for your input. I did follow up on the COSMOS study. It was interesting. I believe more studies need to be done on our over-the-counter vitamins too. I stopped using this multi-vitamin for a month and I feel physically stronger and have less pain. It may never be explained which of the vitamins were giving me the side effects. I only take vitamin D and Calcium now. It is scary to know that people are trusting and may not even know where their side effects are coming from. They might even chalk it up to old age and prolonged use may do more harm than good.
All B vitamins are water-soluble, so you can take a crazy amount and just pee out any “extra.” Where you have to be careful is the fat-soluble vitamins, because your body will hold onto those: Vitamins A, D, E & K…make sure you aren’t overdosing on those (unless monitored closely by a physician). Also, supplements aren’t monitored or approved by the FDA…because they aren’t a FOOD or a DRUG. Not that the FDA is looking out for our best interest or anything, anyway.
The thumbnail of you holding identical bottles of supplements seems misleading in that I expected you to tell us about recognizing counterfeit supplements. Thank you for the PDF.
@@Ericatrue2.0 This video talks about artificial ingredients in regular supplement products. Counterfeit supplements are fake or adulterated substances that are packaged as identical to a legitimate brand product, like a fake Rolex watch. I was hoping for advice in spotting or avoiding these.
Thank you so much for this video. My parents are in their 80s take so many vitamins that they buy anywhere. I just checked a few and so far all of them are synthetic. This makes so much sense. Because they exercise, they eat right, but cannot get rid of what is a few bizarre ailments. I truly hope this helps now that we got rid of the synthetic vitamins. Thank you again.
Correction at 8:50 It's acerola and 'amla' - he spoke it correctly. Amla is a big, hard, bitter-sweet variety of Indian gooseberry, medicinally used in different ways in India, including in pickle form.
What a great PDF with valuable information! Millions of people take vitamins everyday that do little to nothing. Having a guide to consult to determine the best vitamins is extremely helpful. Thank you!
In the begining of the year I met a old grandma in her mid 80s in closing the doors of the church. She was very kind to let me in for a few moments as I was in difficult time. We were talking and she mentioned that she has a big lump on her back and drs stoped giving her treatment because they were obviously kil... her. She told me that all she wanted was to clean the Church and do her chores and be useful to Him. I rushed to home and took some boxes of ivermcetin and gave it to her as its a known thing for you know what . She took them but I dont think she used them. A few months ago my mother saw her on the market selling something like raffles with the other old grandmas like they usually do and she was doing fine in her eyes . Sometimes we just have to let things go, in order to truly live . Remember , He said '' Those who want to live, will loose their lives, and those who give their lives to Him, in His name, will find true life '' That is probably why the elite is so scared of old age and desperately looks at ways to transfer their minds to artificial body . A full life of sin will eventually catch up .
Even the taste of fresh food ingredients is different now than 40 years ago. One reason I don't do multivitamins in a single bottle, is precisely because of a lot of synthetic versions of nutrients. Thanks for clarifying a few points that I wasn't completely sure about.
Thank you for putting in work and helping people who need this. You are truly a modern day Sage a Knight using your strengths and fighting for the common person who suffers under tyrannical food and drug companies may blessings follow your family and your practice thank u thank you
I learned this when I researched dry brown dog food. And why dogs eat poop. The synthetic vitamins can kind of temporarily trick the body in thinking it’s getting what it needs. So your dog will seem better and then spiral. You think it’s your dog getting older. Your dog eating its own poop or any poop, is because it’s not getting the probiotics and would normally get from not processed or natural food. The brown kibble is brown because its pressure cooked and destroy the nutrients, kills the good bacteria/probiotics. So then they add synthetic vitamins. Translate this also to human vitamins. And then they make it 1000% daily value, which is hard on your kidneys and liver. I use garden of life but there’s other good brands.
I want to thank you for this video, because yesterday, I was wondering how to tell if supplements like ashwagandha or berberine are being created by fake brands. I researched and found which brands use a third party testing or suggested by a medical doctor. My aging process is very important to me that I keep myself healthy and strong. I still don't understand why the US FDA accepts chemicals in our food that are banned in Europe or the UK. The other thing I found is that arsenic is typically found in the Earth's crust at an average concentration of about 1.5 to 2 parts per million (ppm). It is not evenly distributed across the Earth's surface. While arsenic is present in various concentrations in soils, rocks, and water, it does not cover a significant percentage of the Earth's surface in a concentrated form. So things we eat such as rice, beef, fish, poultry, and veggies, may have a small amounts of arsenic but the FDA does monitor. I am wondering if you will ever talk about this and what we can do to protect our immunity.
Hey Doc, I always refer to YOU and your recommendations cuz I know you CARE. That's why you put in so much work getting this info out to us. You are honest and truthful (rare in these times). I have your book and some other literature too. For almost a year now I only buy what is recommended by YOU!! Sir you are a REAL Life Saver!!! I sincerely say "thank you". 🥰
I’m a firm believer if you have stomach problems. Like acute acid reflux you are not going to be digesting anything properly including supplements. Good health I believe started in the gut/stomach. I will never take PPI’s ever again. Thank you for doing this video Dr Livingood.
Thank you!! I have an MTHFR “mutation” as well as PCOS. I have believed they go together. This means I don’t absorb B12 and D3 easily and must take supplements all year round. But, the supposedly superb supplement I’ve been taking is causing palpitations! I stopped taking it and when I started again, the palpitations returned!
Thanks for sharing this very important topic about vitamins. Why is our Doctors keeping this Information about vitamins from us.?? I feel because of the Pharmaceutical has a tight grip over our health care Provider & doctors in clinics. GOD BLESS YOU
Medical schools are funded by pharmaceutical companies. They do not train the doctors in nutrition like they should. You’re on your own. You have to do your own research. Doctors can’t give you what they don’t have. They are trained to throw chemical and surgical treatments at you without looking at the underlying causes.
😂😂😂😂😂 Praying over your food is as useful as wishing on a star. Prayer is not going to magically impart your food with vitamins & minerals. If God was real, we’d have healthy, vitamin-rich, unadulterated foods. Instead, we have greed & a world that is run on money so we are made sick & kept sick. Look up Dr. Farid Fata so you can see what evil & greed are. He was my doctor for 5 years & I died because of his “care.” There was no mythical sky God judging me & welcoming me into heaven or damning me to hell. There was no red devil with hooves, horns, & a pitchfork torturing me & burning me in a lake of fire. I felt alive & thought that I had fallen asleep & was waiting to dream while I was watching tv in my hospital bed.
Oh really? I once was sick beyond belief... I tried every medicine in the book. Didn't work. I went to Mecca (they worship the father as you call him) Prayed and I didn't know if god would help Well... God helped Praise be to Allah ❤ @@KatFish682
@@sbs-0055 Thank you for that hearty laugh! Sweetie, I’ve already died. I died in 2019 while I was in the hospital awaiting the arrival of 4 bags of blood because I needed transfusions because my hemoglobin was in the dead zone again thanks to the “care” of a sociopathic doctor who made me sick & kept me sick. One minute I was watching TV in my hospital bed, then all of a sudden, my eyelids were too heavy for me to stay awake even though I fought it. The next thing I knew, I had a hospital room with a bunch of people who worked at the hospital running around doing things while a doctor was yelling in my face trying to get me coherent. She told me I had died & that they had revived me. I argued with her over & over that she was wrong because I had only fallen asleep while watching tv, I was just waiting to dream. It took 3 tines of her telling me & then proving it before I would even believe her. She proved it, I did flatline, I was definitely dead. When the realization that I died & there was no god judging me to welcome me to heaven or damn me to hell & there was not a red devil with hooves, horns, & a pitchfork torturing me & burning me in a lake of fire, I was angry because it meant that I had lied to my entire life from infancy. I attended private school & my local church. I had religious instruction 6 days a week from elementary through high school. I was a born-again Christian for most of my life because like all believers, I feared death & what comes next. The Bible is not a “good book.” It's full of heinous acts including infanticide, genocide, filicide, misogyny, sexism, slavery, rape, abuse, human & animal sacrifice, & more, all done by a so-called “loving” god AND his followers. It's biblical version of Forest Gump where they took tiny bits of real things & wove stories around them. All of these stories started out as oral traditions that started out being passed around by word of mouth for over 15,000 years before anyone ever wrote anything down. The Satan that we believe in WAS NOT biblical. In Hebrew, Satan means adversary. The goat-like Satan wasn’t created until Dante’s book, The Divine Comedy, in 1321. He created the imagery to associate Satan to Pagans to demonize them. In the Bible, look up Second Samuel Chapter 24 where god is referred to as Lord, then look up First Chronicles Chapter 21 where god is referred to as Satan. They are the same story, different names for god. Organized religion is the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on humanity. More evil has been done in the name of god/gods AND by believers than we can even comprehend. The Catholic Church exterminated over 80 million people in the Middle Ages alone. Organized religion preys on the vulnerable using fear, guilt, & shame to gain money, power, & land. No thanks, I’m good without fairytale fearmongering. I do the right things for the right reasons, not because I fear the wrath of god or the pit of hell. Free yourself from your enslavement through educating yourself on how organized religion even custom-tailored Jesus. Watch Caesar’s Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus, Creating Christ, & Marketing the Messiah. It's all a lie to control us.
@@sbs-0055 You don’t need to pray for me because there is no god. When I died in 2019, there was no sky god judging me & either welcoming me to heaven or damning me to hell. There was no red devil with hooves, horns, & a pitchfork torturing me & burning me in a lake of fire. I didn’t believe the hospital staff & argued with them that I hadn’t died because I was watching tv in my hospital bed when my eyes got super heavy & I couldn’t stay awake. I thought I had fallen asleep & was waiting to dream because I felt alive & aware. After they proved to me that I flatlined & was dead, I grew angry because my not encountering the mystical spirit realms with god, the devil, angels, demons, & the souls of the dead, including my family members, meant that I & all of humanity have been lied to since the invention of the con game that is religion. Religion preys on the vulnerable using fear, guilt, & shame to gain money, power, & land. Religion is the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on humanity. Stop being a sheep listening to your pastor. Educate yourself on religion & religious history. You are going to be stunned when you learn all the ways that you & all of us have been fooled & used. 💜😽💋
I wanted to buy your ‘B Complex’ supplement, but I noticed that it has hypromellose in it. Unfortunately, I get a bad reaction to supplements that contain hypromellose, such as itchy skin and pink patches appearing on my skin. I think this ingredient also causes inflammation in my body, since the skin on my face would become pink and irritated and something felt off in my body right after I would take a supplement that contained hypromellose. I love that your supplement contains the natural forms of the B vitamins, so I really wanted to try it, but I can’t take my chances with the hypromellose. I think it’s problematic that so many supplements contain this ingredient.
What most of us need is a list of vitamin companies that make superior vitamin products. I only buy my vitamins from a stand-alone vitamin shop. But still there are so many vitamin brands to choose from and the prices vary greatly. Which brands do should I trust?
When I was a kid, took vitamins in Liquid. Back in the '60s mid '70s tasted nasty like fish oil, but it was the real thing. Today everything is bad like Milk, fish, oils, Bread, and Butter, Wheres the FDA. Are food is band in Europe sad!!!!!!!😮😮😮😮
Dr Livingood, you're a true blessing to us out here. Thank you for sharing healthy truth. You're a God-send and a precious soul. God bless you, sir. 😇🙌
Since 2019, my psychic kept telling me to get my blood checked get a physical, see a doctor for my blood, STOMACH, gut, INTESTINES…. Not one of my doctors, either Cancer, cardiologist, GP, gastrologist told me I have the MTHFR GENE MUTATION. In 2022 cancer doc prescribed FOLIC ACID (I have Thalessmia minor) recently I saw a chiropractor/kinesolgist/healer who went thru my entire blood report and told me I have MTHFR MUTATION and needed methylated folate! so appreciate your concise explanation about MTHFR B9, B12 and cyanocobalamin.
I personally avoiding fortified foods and synthetic vitamins since I am aware of that for a while now 🤔 , I like to get vitamin A , vitamin D and omegas from Cod liver oil which is my favorite. 😎
Would love to see Good in GREEN and BAD in RED for a quick reference, also think you should add B1 as late there is a push for it due to midocondria health, also cheap cinnamon kills liver while Ceylon cinnamon is the better version that can reduce blood sugars. Thanks for doing this for everyone you are light in a dark world my friend!
this is a very good video everybody should see before buying vitamins because there is alot and i mean realy alot of crap in the stores when it comes to vitamins and minerals that they sell
Thank you ! It’s totally overwhelming when you know what to look for …. But I would try to figure out based on limited knowledge . I’m printing this So excited I can actually begin to feel good about which vitamins I take and what I’m giving to my family!!!! Awesome ❤awesome I can’t say enough on how much I appreciate this list ! ( and your breakdown )
Thank you for doing this list it will help when I am educating friends that do not understand how important quality is for their body! Especially when recovering from injury and surgery. Can you do a list of what to take help detox all the chemicals from a surgery experience? K
Here is a link to a few of Dr. Livingood's videos on how to detox after surgery! -LGD Team www.youtube.com/@DrLivingood/search?query=detox%20from%20surgery
The loss of nutrients is not because our soil is depleted, it is because food conglomerates have abandoned traditional farming practices of crop rotation, burning the remains of last crop harvested before tilling the ground, and resting the land. Instead they are juicing the soil with fertilizers and using the pesticides.. Returning to symbiotic farming with traditional crop/land management would bring back the missing nutrients, along with livestock in manageable free range numbers to further aerate and fertilize the soil. Then we could truly eat healthy produce and live stock for better nutrition, as we did in the past, over the compromised system for profit today.
I m going to whole food with my receipt and showing this segment to the return section as I am ingesting poison from b 6 that is labeled natural . Thank you
L believe it was some time during the 1950s the Govt. held hearings on the reduction of nutrients in food. The cause was farmers were using chemical fertilizer instead of letting one field lay fallow while using the other, as nature intended. Unfortunately chemical ferts meant more yield using ferts on both fields.
If it's not for the Lord my faith and trust solely on Him, I believe we all be dead already. But it's the Lord that gives life and takes it. Some people as myself can in no way afford your stuff. But by the Grace of God and His help I try to do my best to eat right. Jesus loves me, this I know for His Word tell's me so! 🙏
Yes, our God made us, gave us, foods and herbs to heal our bodies naturally. Changing your diet is hard these days, but doable. Taking synthetic supplements doesn’t really give you what you need so no need to waste your money on those anyway.
What the soil is missing the fruits n vegies are missing too,soil has been depleted of good stuff that our bodies need,hence many health probs these days compared to previous yrs
Thank you so much for this! I suffer from multiple autoimmune diseases, migraines, and a migaraine variant called CVS (Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome). It's awful. I was hospitalized over 20 times between 2014-2021 because of CVS alone. Thankfully, I was able to get on a "Mito-Cocktail" that includes many vitamins and supplements. This is very helpful. I appreciate the free information. Thanks, and God bless you and your family!
Preformed Vit A is what you want it comes from animal sources such as fish eggs butter cheese milk and of course you want grass fed pasteur raised whereas it's more nutrient dense! Vitamin A is a supplement that's hard to find good accurate information on
Wow, thank you so much for taking the time to explain and break down the real ingredients found in our vitamins in such a clear and easily understandable way. This was such good and eye-opening information on what to look for when choosing our supplements.
Silicon dioxide is not harmful if added to certain supplements in small quantities during manufacturing (it helps to prevent as much clumping). You can also find it naturally in leafy greens, beets, bell peppers, and certain vegetables. -LGD Team
Unfortunately, vitamins like this are too large for me to be able to swallow.... I end up using a multitude of different brands to find ones that I can actually swallow... Manufacturers should seriously take this into consideration. I would take multiple capsules if need be to get an adequate dose of something but it is impossible to swallow the size capsules that alot of supplements come in.
I have bad genetic so I can’t absorb enough vitamins and minerals from food. One thing I cannot do is convert Beta Carotene from vegetables to Vit A and I don’t absorb B Vitamins well. My Vit D, despite spending time in the sun, was also extremely low.
It’s disgusting. Letting children and adults suffer while only dealing with the symptoms. That’s evil.
@@desmondfernandes8975 pure evil
Agreed. That’s capitalism being misused.
That's your medical system yep
@@lemarch57that’s people being people.
@@jmstouter6572 True. But that still doesn’t make it right. It’s a choice to have integrity or not.
Because, in the US the FDA does not regulate vitamin/supplements, manufacturers can invariably do whatever they want. I basically trust very little these days, unless I grow it or make it.
I know this personally as well.
What are the things I do is check the other ingredients on my supplements. You will find things like hydroxypropyl and maltodextrin and silicon dioxide and magnesium stearate. These vitamins are sold as organic or natural and the government allows them to put these toxic chemicals and compounds in them
FDA regulation would not be an improvement. All the meds they’ve approved and subsequently recalled, and there are many, is ample proof of their uselessness.
@@benelias3556 I know this personally as well.
But you can't trust the FDA either
Palm oil, coal tar, formaldehyde, petroleum, rancid oils, corn, cyanide, cotton seed oil, rape seed oil…..
Thanks for keeping us informed.
Rape seed don't sound right to begin with 🤣🤣
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Ikr That’s why they changed the name to canola oil.
Its meant for use as an industrial solvent .
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I believe it. It gives me a headache.
@@ItCantRainForever2haha that was funny
I work and am in research for canine nutrition. There are so many parallels here. Dogs cannot process "any" synthetic vitamins and dry kibble is entirely made with synthetics, rancid oils and unavoidable Pentobarbital. They have become the sickest pets with allergies, IBD, and Cancer by 8yrs.
Excellent video. We don't have to suffer if we have knowledge and neither do our pets.
Why don't you prepare your dog's food yourself? Kibble is NOT food, you might as well give your canine friend cardboard to chew. It serves NO purpose other than enriching unscrupulous manufacturers that are preying on the gullibilty of the pet owners they're scamming.
That is why dogs fed with table scraps are just fine. Ask my dog. Table scraps are cheaper, too!!
Teraz psie karmy są wzbogacane tłuszczem i niby mąką z robali i owadów. Jak to działa na kondycję i zdrowie psów i kotów nie wiemy.Ale dla mnie jest okropne , tak samo jak karmienie tym ludzi.
After watching videos like this, and hearing about dog foods, I started thinking about my cat. What are they doing to our pets? What about those of us who eat meat and dairy and eggs? What are those animals consuming? What are they feeding farm raised fish?
We are not experts with pets, but I would recommend checking out the following videos on Dr. Livingood's TH-cam Channel to learn more about what to look for in the grocery store! 🙂 youtube.pulse.ly/wfj459shpn - LGD Team
Thank You Jesus for this man making this video. ❤❤
Sad we are killing ourselves by changing the way we grow fruits and vegetables
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That's why God says in the 7th yr we let the land rest. And I'm sure pesticide were from nature if there were any at all.
Who is “we”?
I don’t eat fruits and vegetables. Plants are killing u
@@phoenixrisin2269 I mostly agree with that but I've seen some Keto people (that eat alot meat/eggs) that look GREAT
"Thank you for sharing your knowledge and for your hard work. I really appreciate it."
I know personally that the info in this video is legit and I appreciate the pdf very much.
Yep it is - I've known about most of these for years
I agree the PDF is super helpful and informative! 🤓📚 #PDFlove #KnowledgeIsPower
GREED is never astonishing; however its application usually IS..😮
OMG, I have been taking B complex brought out by Nature's Own, in Australia. I found the various components to be the the synthetic forms mentioned in the video. Ugh, have to throw them out. I had been eating formaldehyde and petroleum ester?
This is one video I had sorely wished for whenever I am about to buy my supplements. How the heck is the public supposed to know! Government are criminals, always in bed with pharma.
Thank you so much! 💐
My Mom had always told me to keep off pharma, but we have screwed up our soils and foods so bad, what options do we have!
Back to my green leafies and real foods, whatever they are worth. In one way I am relieved. Going to throw all of them in my garden. Let me see how my plants fare!
Do use that term for GOD it's a grievous sin GODBLESS YOU now and always😊
In fact the chemical structure of a synthesized compound is exactly the same as the natural compound it is supposed to supplement. Also all vitamins, whether they are delivered via a supplement or fortified in food-synthetic or natural- are made in a lab. Natural vitamins, meanwhile are sourced from plants, fruits, animals, and minerals, and then refined and processed in a lab. To be worthy of the label “natural” a vitamin supplement need contain only 10% plant or fruit derived ingredients. The other 90% could very well be synthetic.
There's big money in vitamins. I sometimes wonder if Amazon sellers counterfeit vitamin brands.
Get Life they sell the most pure vitamins
I wonder too,can't trust no one,all they care about is how much money they can make.
Yeah that's scary. I don't trust Amazon
They recently admitted that some third party sellers may be selling fake stuff
There is a video out there that shows some of the more trusted brands based on lab testing of various brands.
Thats why my parents lived long life because they ate all natural foods with no chemicals and no processed foods 😢 now everyone dies early due to bad foods 😢😢
Thank you! Finding a good supplement is so difficult and expensive. Making it simple has been missing from most Dr's information.
I've been waiting for this extensive list! I asked another youtuber, but they haven't gotten back to me! Thank you for the downloads!! I appreciate it!
I just realized that I have panthothenic acid, pyridoxine HCl, cyanocobalamin, folic acid, riboflavin and vitamin e dl-apha tocopheryl which are all synthetic and all in high dosage in my multivitamin supplement! 😢😢😢
Methylcobalamine completely eradicated my cats diabetic neuropathy. My vet had no clue. It must be Methylcobalamine for cats tho. Not the human version. Thank u 4 all of your hard work Dr. LG!
Thanks for sharing this as a positive effect for for cats diabetic neuropathy. For those reading this pause at 12:06. It is mentioned under the vitamin B12 section.
How in God's name did you figure out that your cat had diabetic neuropathy?!
@@ps8364 they can’t walk right & they will look like their trying to ski with their back feet.
@@ps8364 lol seriously
I agree my vet has no clue either, just give her the money after she injects these toxic "vaccines" and get out the door. Where did you find the methycobamine and dose? Also the food, what brand? Thanks.
I downloaded your pdf file on supplements and wanted to say thanks for sharing your findings with us. I know you put a lot of hard work in it, and I appreciate it. I would never remember all the information you compiled. It was especially nice that you gave us a free copy of the file for future reference. Thanks again for sharing!
Thank you so much for providing the free PDF.
It no lounger free
The information on B12 is startling. Centrum Silver has 50mcg (2,083% DV) Why is this allowed in a product????? People please read the Ingredient section!!!!! It is the synthetic form Cyanocobalamin. How long have you been taking this thinking you are doing something good for your body?
These capsules go through and in the toilet!
IIRC the COSMOS study used Centrum Silver and found that it had positive benefits - think it may have been the Lutein & Lycopene that made it better than other multivitamin tabs ...
@@chuclkles58 Thanks for your input. I did follow up on the COSMOS study. It was interesting. I believe more studies need to be done on our over-the-counter vitamins too. I stopped using this multi-vitamin for a month and I feel physically stronger and have less pain. It may never be explained which of the vitamins were giving me the side effects. I only take vitamin D and Calcium now. It is scary to know that people are trusting and may not even know where their side effects are coming from. They might even chalk it up to old age and prolonged use may do more harm than good.
All B vitamins are water-soluble, so you can take a crazy amount and just pee out any “extra.” Where you have to be careful is the fat-soluble vitamins, because your body will hold onto those: Vitamins A, D, E & K…make sure you aren’t overdosing on those (unless monitored closely by a physician). Also, supplements aren’t monitored or approved by the FDA…because they aren’t a FOOD or a DRUG. Not that the FDA is looking out for our best interest or anything, anyway.
Yep, Centrum is one of the worst. They ride on the coattails of being a very known brand.
Yes_ Big Box stores Multi-Vitamins
are Certainly the worst forms of Synthetic vitamins.
The thumbnail of you holding identical bottles of supplements seems misleading in that I expected you to tell us about recognizing counterfeit supplements. Thank you for the PDF.
He did. You just have to do the homework on the ones you're currently taking
@@Ericatrue2.0 This video talks about artificial ingredients in regular supplement products. Counterfeit supplements are fake or adulterated substances that are packaged as identical to a legitimate brand product, like a fake Rolex watch. I was hoping for advice in spotting or avoiding these.
Thank you so much for this video. My parents are in their 80s take so many vitamins that they buy anywhere. I just checked a few and so far all of them are synthetic. This makes so much sense. Because they exercise, they eat right, but cannot get rid of what is a few bizarre ailments. I truly hope this helps now that we got rid of the synthetic vitamins. Thank you again.
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Correction at 8:50 It's acerola and 'amla' - he spoke it correctly. Amla is a big, hard, bitter-sweet variety of Indian gooseberry, medicinally used in different ways in India, including in pickle form.
What a great PDF with valuable information! Millions of people take vitamins everyday that do little to nothing. Having a guide to consult to determine the best vitamins is extremely helpful. Thank you!
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I LOVE YOU AND AM SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU! Thank you for being a truth teller for the actual greater good of humanity. God bless you sir 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽!
Lord have mercy on the poors
That’s why HE has given us HIS Word …… you can be healthy and look younger ….be in HIS Word day and night as the Bible tells us.
In the begining of the year I met a old grandma in her mid 80s in closing the doors of the church. She was very kind to let me in for a few moments as I was in difficult time. We were talking and she mentioned that she has a big lump on her back and drs stoped giving her treatment because they were obviously kil... her. She told me that all she wanted was to clean the Church and do her chores and be useful to Him. I rushed to home and took some boxes of ivermcetin and gave it to her as its a known thing for you know what . She took them but I dont think she used them. A few months ago my mother saw her on the market selling something like raffles with the other old grandmas like they usually do and she was doing fine in her eyes .
Sometimes we just have to let things go, in order to truly live .
Remember , He said '' Those who want to live, will loose their lives, and those who give their lives to Him, in His name, will find true life ''
That is probably why the elite is so scared of old age and desperately looks at ways to transfer their minds to artificial body . A full life of sin will eventually catch up .
Thank you Dr. Livingood!!!! You’re awesome because you ACTUALLY CARE😊😊😊
“The vitamins God put in there to start with.” Amen.
Vitamin E:
DL-tocopherol acetate ...synthetic
D-alpha tocopherol/ tocopherol acetate ..natural.
D-alpha tocopherol succinate...natural
Even the taste of fresh food ingredients is different now than 40 years ago. One reason I don't do multivitamins in a single bottle, is precisely because of a lot of synthetic versions of nutrients.
Thanks for clarifying a few points that I wasn't completely sure about.
Thank you for putting in work and helping people who need this. You are truly a modern day Sage a Knight using your strengths and fighting for the common person who suffers under tyrannical food and drug companies may blessings follow your family and your practice thank u thank you
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Always Thankful for the Truth about the Supplements and Vitamins that We Take. God Bless You Sir.
if you watched this guy for more than a minute then you'd realize he doesnt speak the truth about anything, just another insane rightoid
Change starts with US! The companies exist because we are too lazy to research. This is excellent content, thanks for sharing your efforts & care 🙏💞
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NOW, you come out with a FRRE Video After I've spent my limited money on the FAKE ones!!! But, I still Thank you for the information, Doc. 🙏🏾👍🏾❤
An egg is a multi vitamin in a shell
Exactly why I have 30 in my back yard. My whole family even the dogs live on the eggs.
I learned this when I researched dry brown dog food. And why dogs eat poop.
The synthetic vitamins can kind of temporarily trick the body in thinking it’s getting what it needs. So your dog will seem better and then spiral. You think it’s your dog getting older. Your dog eating its own poop or any poop, is because it’s not getting the probiotics and would normally get from not processed or natural food. The brown kibble is brown because its pressure cooked and destroy the nutrients, kills the good bacteria/probiotics. So then they add synthetic vitamins. Translate this also to human vitamins. And then they make it 1000% daily value, which is hard on your kidneys and liver. I use garden of life but there’s other good brands.
Different people convert beta carotene differently to retinol. Meat vitamin A is preferred. You should eat beta carotene, it's a great antioxidant.
I want to thank you for this video, because yesterday, I was wondering how to tell if supplements like ashwagandha or berberine are being created by fake brands. I researched and found which brands use a third party testing or suggested by a medical doctor. My aging process is very important to me that I keep myself healthy and strong. I still don't understand why the US FDA accepts chemicals in our food that are banned in Europe or the UK. The other thing I found is that arsenic is typically found in the Earth's crust at an average concentration of about 1.5 to 2 parts per million (ppm). It is not evenly distributed across the Earth's surface. While arsenic is present in various concentrations in soils, rocks, and water, it does not cover a significant percentage of the Earth's surface in a concentrated form. So things we eat such as rice, beef, fish, poultry, and veggies, may have a small amounts of arsenic but the FDA does monitor. I am wondering if you will ever talk about this and what we can do to protect our immunity.
Hey Doc, I always refer to YOU and your recommendations cuz I know you CARE. That's why you put in so much work getting this info out to us. You are honest and truthful (rare in these times). I have your book and some other literature too. For almost a year now I only buy what is recommended by YOU!! Sir you are a REAL Life Saver!!! I sincerely say "thank you". 🥰
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I’m a firm believer if you have stomach problems. Like acute acid reflux you are not going to be digesting anything properly including supplements. Good health I believe started in the gut/stomach. I will never take PPI’s ever again. Thank you for doing this video Dr Livingood.
Thank you!!
I have an MTHFR “mutation” as well as PCOS. I have believed they go together.
This means I don’t absorb B12 and D3 easily and must take supplements all year round.
But, the supposedly superb supplement I’ve been taking is causing palpitations!
I stopped taking it and when I started again, the palpitations returned!
Thank you so much for sharing your videos and the PDF form.
Where is the PDF???
Thanks for sharing this very important topic about vitamins. Why is our Doctors keeping this Information about vitamins from us.?? I feel because of the Pharmaceutical has a tight grip over our health care Provider & doctors in clinics. GOD BLESS YOU
Medical schools are funded by pharmaceutical companies. They do not train the doctors in nutrition like they should. You’re on your own. You have to do your own research. Doctors can’t give you what they don’t have. They are trained to throw chemical and surgical treatments at you without looking at the underlying causes.
Oil based Vitamin Capsules: Must contain- Fish, Krill, Coconut or Olive Oils. And kept refrigerated to preserve them. No Veggie Oils.
I use Braggs Nutrional Yeast for my B vitamins. It's delicious on eggs
Bragg brand is fortified meaning synthetic vitamins are added. When buying nutritional yeast it must not say fortified.
They add vitamins to it
Braggs is now owned by Bill Gates. I stopped uses that brand
Bean dips and soup as well
Guess who bought Braggs nutritional yeast? Bill Gates……
Methyl and L- forms (Liposomal) are great forms of Vitamins and Nootropics.
Unbelievable the deception with synthetic vitamins! Thank you, Dr. Livinggood.
Thanks for being here with us! 🤩 -LGD Team
I just pray over my food water ect...
😂😂😂😂😂 Praying over your food is as useful as wishing on a star. Prayer is not going to magically impart your food with vitamins & minerals. If God was real, we’d have healthy, vitamin-rich, unadulterated foods. Instead, we have greed & a world that is run on money so we are made sick & kept sick. Look up Dr. Farid Fata so you can see what evil & greed are. He was my doctor for 5 years & I died because of his “care.” There was no mythical sky God judging me & welcoming me into heaven or damning me to hell. There was no red devil with hooves, horns, & a pitchfork torturing me & burning me in a lake of fire. I felt alive & thought that I had fallen asleep & was waiting to dream while I was watching tv in my hospital bed.
Oh really? I once was sick beyond belief... I tried every medicine in the book. Didn't work.
I went to Mecca (they worship the father as you call him)
Prayed and I didn't know if god would help
Well... God helped
Praise be to Allah ❤
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@@KatFish682I pray that you find God before you leave earth
@@sbs-0055 Thank you for that hearty laugh! Sweetie, I’ve already died. I died in 2019 while I was in the hospital awaiting the arrival of 4 bags of blood because I needed transfusions because my hemoglobin was in the dead zone again thanks to the “care” of a sociopathic doctor who made me sick & kept me sick. One minute I was watching TV in my hospital bed, then all of a sudden, my eyelids were too heavy for me to stay awake even though I fought it. The next thing I knew, I had a hospital room with a bunch of people who worked at the hospital running around doing things while a doctor was yelling in my face trying to get me coherent. She told me I had died & that they had revived me. I argued with her over & over that she was wrong because I had only fallen asleep while watching tv, I was just waiting to dream. It took 3 tines of her telling me & then proving it before I would even believe her. She proved it, I did flatline, I was definitely dead. When the realization that I died & there was no god judging me to welcome me to heaven or damn me to hell & there was not a red devil with hooves, horns, & a pitchfork torturing me & burning me in a lake of fire, I was angry because it meant that I had lied to my entire life from infancy. I attended private school & my local church. I had religious instruction 6 days a week from elementary through high school. I was a born-again Christian for most of my life because like all believers, I feared death & what comes next. The Bible is not a “good book.” It's full of heinous acts including infanticide, genocide, filicide, misogyny, sexism, slavery, rape, abuse, human & animal sacrifice, & more, all done by a so-called “loving” god AND his followers. It's biblical version of Forest Gump where they took tiny bits of real things & wove stories around them. All of these stories started out as oral traditions that started out being passed around by word of mouth for over 15,000 years before anyone ever wrote anything down. The Satan that we believe in WAS NOT biblical. In Hebrew, Satan means adversary. The goat-like Satan wasn’t created until Dante’s book, The Divine Comedy, in 1321. He created the imagery to associate Satan to Pagans to demonize them. In the Bible, look up Second Samuel Chapter 24 where god is referred to as Lord, then look up First Chronicles Chapter 21 where god is referred to as Satan. They are the same story, different names for god. Organized religion is the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on humanity. More evil has been done in the name of god/gods AND by believers than we can even comprehend. The Catholic Church exterminated over 80 million people in the Middle Ages alone. Organized religion preys on the vulnerable using fear, guilt, & shame to gain money, power, & land. No thanks, I’m good without fairytale fearmongering. I do the right things for the right reasons, not because I fear the wrath of god or the pit of hell. Free yourself from your enslavement through educating yourself on how organized religion even custom-tailored Jesus. Watch Caesar’s Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus, Creating Christ, & Marketing the Messiah. It's all a lie to control us.
@@sbs-0055 You don’t need to pray for me because there is no god. When I died in 2019, there was no sky god judging me & either welcoming me to heaven or damning me to hell. There was no red devil with hooves, horns, & a pitchfork torturing me & burning me in a lake of fire. I didn’t believe the hospital staff & argued with them that I hadn’t died because I was watching tv in my hospital bed when my eyes got super heavy & I couldn’t stay awake. I thought I had fallen asleep & was waiting to dream because I felt alive & aware. After they proved to me that I flatlined & was dead, I grew angry because my not encountering the mystical spirit realms with god, the devil, angels, demons, & the souls of the dead, including my family members, meant that I & all of humanity have been lied to since the invention of the con game that is religion. Religion preys on the vulnerable using fear, guilt, & shame to gain money, power, & land. Religion is the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on humanity. Stop being a sheep listening to your pastor. Educate yourself on religion & religious history. You are going to be stunned when you learn all the ways that you & all of us have been fooled & used. 💜😽💋
I wanted to buy your ‘B Complex’ supplement, but I noticed that it has hypromellose in it. Unfortunately, I get a bad reaction to supplements that contain hypromellose, such as itchy skin and pink patches appearing on my skin. I think this ingredient also causes inflammation in my body, since the skin on my face would become pink and irritated and something felt off in my body right after I would take a supplement that contained hypromellose. I love that your supplement contains the natural forms of the B vitamins, so I really wanted to try it, but I can’t take my chances with the hypromellose. I think it’s problematic that so many supplements contain this ingredient.
What most of us need is a list of vitamin companies that make superior vitamin products. I only buy my vitamins from a stand-alone vitamin shop. But still there are so many vitamin brands to choose from and the prices vary greatly. Which brands do should I trust?
We recommend checking out the products on the Livingood Daily Store! 🤩 drlivingood.pulse.ly/bvwfr31n8s - LGD Team
When I was a kid, took vitamins in Liquid. Back in the '60s mid '70s tasted nasty like fish oil, but it was the real thing. Today everything is bad like Milk, fish, oils, Bread, and Butter, Wheres the FDA. Are food is band in Europe sad!!!!!!!😮😮😮😮
*Our food (American) is banned in Europe sad!!!!!!
Dr Livingood, you're a true blessing to us out here. Thank you for sharing healthy truth. You're a God-send and a precious soul. God bless you, sir. 😇🙌
Since 2019, my psychic kept telling me to get my blood checked get a physical, see a doctor for my blood, STOMACH, gut, INTESTINES…. Not one of my doctors, either Cancer, cardiologist, GP, gastrologist told me I have the MTHFR GENE MUTATION. In 2022 cancer doc prescribed FOLIC ACID (I have Thalessmia minor) recently I saw a chiropractor/kinesolgist/healer who went thru my entire blood report and told me I have MTHFR MUTATION and needed methylated folate! so appreciate your concise explanation about MTHFR B9, B12 and cyanocobalamin.
Excellent video, thank you for the hard research!
Thanks for being here with us! 🤩 -LGD Team
@@DrLivingood So, synthetic vitamins are fake?
WOW! Thank you for all your hard work.
Thank you for being here! -LGD Team
I personally avoiding fortified foods and synthetic vitamins since I am aware of that for a while now 🤔 , I like to get vitamin A , vitamin D and omegas from Cod liver oil which is my favorite. 😎
Thank you so much for that comprehensive overview. It definitely gave me more clarity and understanding. Much Appreciated!
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@DrLivingood where is vitamin B1 ???why did you leave it out ??? Hello
Please clarify D2 vs D3 I listened 2 x's and heard don't take D2. Take D3 with K2. Then you said don't take D3 with K2. Please clarify. Thanks!
D3 with K2 is best.
@@vapeking466 Thanks!!
May have missed spoke cuz he always says d3 k2 but you need magnesium as well I have heard him say
Would love to see Good in GREEN and BAD in RED for a quick reference, also think you should add B1 as late there is a push for it due to midocondria health, also cheap cinnamon kills liver while Ceylon cinnamon is the better version that can reduce blood sugars. Thanks for doing this for everyone you are light in a dark world my friend!
this is a very good video everybody should see before buying vitamins because there is alot and i mean realy alot of crap in the stores when it comes to vitamins and minerals that they sell
Thank you !
It’s totally overwhelming when you know what to look for …. But I would try to figure out based on limited knowledge .
I’m printing this
So excited
I can actually begin to feel good about which vitamins I take and what I’m giving to my family!!!!
Awesome ❤awesome I can’t say enough on how much I appreciate this list ! ( and your breakdown )
Thank you so much I looked at my vitamins and found many of the bad toxins.
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Thank you for doing this list it will help when I am educating friends that do not understand how important quality is for their body! Especially when recovering from injury and surgery. Can you do a list of what to take help detox all the chemicals from a surgery experience?
K
Here is a link to a few of Dr. Livingood's videos on how to detox after surgery! -LGD Team www.youtube.com/@DrLivingood/search?query=detox%20from%20surgery
Best value proposition I’ve ever heard ❤
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The loss of nutrients is not because our soil is depleted, it is because food conglomerates have abandoned traditional farming practices of crop rotation, burning the remains of last crop harvested before tilling the ground, and resting the land. Instead they are juicing the soil with fertilizers and using the pesticides.. Returning to symbiotic farming with traditional crop/land management would bring back the missing nutrients, along with livestock in manageable free range numbers to further aerate and fertilize the soil. Then we could truly eat healthy produce and live stock for better nutrition, as we did in the past, over the compromised system for profit today.
Thanks for the link!
Hope you enjoy it! -LGD Team
THANK you Dr Livingood!
You ARE the Difference! ❤
I m going to whole food with my receipt and showing this segment to the return section as I am ingesting poison from b 6 that is labeled natural . Thank you
See, I worry about this a lot!!
L believe it was some time during the 1950s the Govt. held hearings on the reduction of nutrients in food. The cause was farmers were using chemical fertilizer instead of letting one field lay fallow while using the other, as nature intended. Unfortunately chemical ferts meant more yield using ferts on both fields.
Crop rotation is what should be done. If you don't want to grow then a ground cover crop should be planted to keep soil healthy and feed.
Dr. Livinggood, MD-Thank you so much for the extensive research and teaching on supplements and the document. I am so grateful! This is awesome!!!!
If it's not for the Lord my faith and trust solely on Him, I believe we all be dead already. But it's the Lord that gives life and takes it. Some people as myself can in no way afford your stuff. But by the Grace of God and His help I try to do my best to eat right. Jesus loves me, this I know for His Word tell's me so! 🙏
Amen
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Yes, our God made us, gave us, foods and herbs to heal our bodies naturally. Changing your diet is hard these days, but doable. Taking synthetic supplements doesn’t really give you what you need so no need to waste your money on those anyway.
Amen
Amen. Pray over food & drinks. ❤
Depletion of soil is relevant only to crop productivity not to nutrition, plants are not sponges, it can make fewer cells but not a partial cell.
What the soil is missing the fruits n vegies are missing too,soil has been depleted of good stuff that our bodies need,hence many health probs these days compared to previous yrs
Plants absolutely are “sponges“…. They uptake and transfer any nutrients or lack of.… it can be measured.
Thank you for all the FREE & amazing info you give ❤
Have a wonderful day 😊
EXCELLENT INFORMATION... MANY THANKS
Thank you for your generosity!!!!
His bank account is attached to this video you know..
This video needs to come up first when people are researching synthetic vitamins
Question: why isn’t b1 on the list? Is it never synthetic?
We recommend Vitamin B1 in the form of Thiamine. I would recommend our B Vitamins! drlivingood.pulse.ly/o7p6gbgo9w - LGD Team
Thank you for all you do for us.
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Thank you Sir for sharing the Truth…. so to those who will have ears to hear it and receive it, then it will make a difference!
Thank you so much for this! I suffer from multiple autoimmune diseases, migraines, and a migaraine variant called CVS (Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome). It's awful. I was hospitalized over 20 times between 2014-2021 because of CVS alone. Thankfully, I was able to get on a "Mito-Cocktail" that includes many vitamins and supplements. This is very helpful. I appreciate the free information. Thanks, and God bless you and your family!
Preformed Vit A is what you want it comes from animal sources such as fish eggs butter cheese milk and of course you want grass fed pasteur raised whereas it's more nutrient dense! Vitamin A is a supplement that's hard to find good accurate information on
I love your videos and your advice has helped me so much. Your information is very much appreciated.
Thank you for this informative material. Where can I find the PDF?
Here is the link! 🙂 - amazonaws.pulse.ly/mcfc87kcuj - LGD Team
actual info starts at 4:02 .
You are right doctor
Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together and sharing it with us. God bless you.
Thanks for being here with us! -LGD Team
Thank you for your hard work and caring enough for others to share this valuable information! God bless you!
Can’t forget the snake oil powders, and inhalers, and lavers.
🙄whatever dude
No one is coming to save us we must stand up for our own health thanks Dr
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Thank you for this comprehensive list. It will be so helpful.
Wow, thank you so much for taking the time to explain and break down the real ingredients found in our vitamins in such a clear and easily understandable way. This was such good and eye-opening information on what to look for when choosing our supplements.
Thanks for being here with us! -LGD Team
Is Silica safe?
Silicon dioxide is not harmful if added to certain supplements in small quantities during manufacturing (it helps to prevent as much clumping). You can also find it naturally in leafy greens, beets, bell peppers, and certain vegetables. -LGD Team
Thank you so, so much for this information. It’s priceless. I’m saving this
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Hallelujah u are the superhero we beed today!!!! Thank u soo much. Love u sincerely!
Unfortunately, vitamins like this are too large for me to be able to swallow.... I end up using a multitude of different brands to find ones that I can actually swallow... Manufacturers should seriously take this into consideration. I would take multiple capsules if need be to get an adequate dose of something but it is impossible to swallow the size capsules that alot of supplements come in.
Most of our capsules can be broken up and added to a healthy food or beverage of your choice. -LGD Team
Amazing video Dr!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!
Thank you,,,,,❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Excellent info thank you 🙏
Thank you for the information and Guide. Appreciate it.
I have bad genetic so I can’t absorb enough vitamins and minerals from food. One thing I cannot do is convert Beta Carotene from vegetables to Vit A and I don’t absorb B Vitamins well. My Vit D, despite spending time in the sun, was also extremely low.