How to Read the Supplement Facts Box

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Vitamin A Complex

Item

Source Given As:

Type of Vitamin


Vitamin A

Wheat Grass Juice, Barley Juice, Alfalfa Juice powder, Carrot Juice Powder,  Duniella salina,  Wheat germ,  Kelp,  Bee Pollen, Yellow dock root,  blue green algae, Rose Hips.

NWC Naturals

natural


Vitamin A

Fish Oils

NWC Naturals

natural


Vitamin A

Acetate

NWC Naturals

Synthetic


Vitamin A

Palmitate

NWC Naturals

Synthetic




Vitamin B Complex

Item

Source Given As:

Type of Vitamin


Vitamin B1

Rice Bran, Alfalfa Juice powder, Wheat Grass Juice Brewer’s Yeast, Torula yeast,  Chlorella,  Wheat germ,  Kelp,  Bee Pollen,  Flax seed,  blue green algae,  Rose Hips

NWC Naturals

natural


Vitamin B1

Thiamine Mononitrate

NWC Naturals

Synthetic from
Coal tar


Vitamin B1

Thiamine Hydrochloride

NWC Naturals

Synthetic from
Coal Tar


Vitamin B2

Rice Bran, Alfalfa Juice powder, Wheat Grass Juice Brewer’s Yeast, Torula yeast,  Chlorella,  Wheat germ,  Kelp,  Bee Pollen,  Flax seed,  blue green algae,  Rose Hips

NWC Naturals

natural


Vitamin B2

Riboflavin

NWC Naturals

Synthetic


Vitamin B6

Rice Bran, Alfalfa Juice powder, Wheat Grass Juice Brewer’s Yeast, Torula yeast,  Chlorella,  Wheat germ,  Kelp,  Bee Pollen,  Flax seed,  blue green algae,  Rose Hips

NWC Naturals

natural


Vitamin B6

Pyridoxine Hydrochloride

NWC Naturals

Synthetic
(usually from coal tar)


Vitamin B12

Rice Bran, Alfalfa Juice powder, Wheat Grass Juice Brewer’s Yeast, Torula yeast,  Chlorella,  Wheat germ,  Kelp,  Bee Pollen,  Flax seed,  blue green algae,  Rose Hips

NWC Naturals

natural


Vitamin B12

Streptomycin Fermentation

NWC Naturals

Crystalline (Not yet synthesized)


Vitamin B12

Cyanocobalamin USP

NWC Naturals

Synthetic
(usually from coal tar)


Folate

Rice Bran, Alfalfa Juice powder, Wheat Grass Juice Brewer’s Yeast, Torula yeast,  Chlorella,  Wheat germ,  Kelp,  Bee Pollen,  Flax seed,  blue green algae,  Rose Hips

NWC Naturals

natural


Folic Acid

Pteroylglutamic Acid

NWC Naturals

Synthetic


Pantothenic
Acid

Rice Bran, Alfalfa Juice powder, Wheat Grass Juice Brewer’s Yeast, Torula yeast,  Chlorella,  Wheat germ,  Kelp,  Bee Pollen,  Flax seed,  blue green algae,  Rose Hips

NWC Naturals

Natural


Pantothenic
Acid

Calcium Pantothenate

NWC Naturals

Synthetic


Choline

Soy bean, cereal, grasses, wheat grass, barley, etc.

NWC Naturals

Natural


Cholin

Choline Bitartrate (or if mentioned not as above, it is synthetic)

NWC Naturals

Synthetic


Inositol

Soy bean, cereal, grasses, wheat grass, barley, etc.

NWC Naturals

Natural

Inositol

All that is commercially used is...

NWC Naturals

Crystalline (not yet synthesized)


Biotin

Liver, Rice Bran, Alfalfa Juice powder, Wheat Grass Juice Brewer’s Yeast, Torula yeast,  Chlorella,  Wheat germ,  Kelp,  Bee Pollen,  Flax seed,  blue green algae,  Rose Hips

NWC Naturals

Natural


Biotin
(Vitamin H?)

D-Biotin

NWC Naturals

Synthetic


Nicotinic Acid

Yeast, Cereal, Grasses, Wheat Grass, Barley, Etc.

NWC Naturals

Natural


Nicotinic Acid

Niacin

NWC Naturals

Synthetic


Para-aminobenzoic Acid

Yeast, Cereal, Grasses, Wheat Grass, Barley, Etc.

NWC Naturals

Natural


Para-aminobenzoic Acid

Anything other than listed as above is...

NWC Naturals

Synthetic




Vitamin C Complex

Item

Source Given As:

Type of Vitamin


Vitamin C

Rose Hips,  Carrot Juice powder,  Chlorella, Kelp,  Bee Pollen,  Flax seed,  Yellow dock root,  Dunaliella salina

NWC Naturals

Natural


Vitamin C

Ascorbic Acid (This is from fermented corn syrup)
Most supplements that say "with rose hips" are misleading, as they have minimal amounts of rose hips mixed with good ol' synthetic Vitamin C.
Find out how synthetic ascorbic acid is made

 

NWC Naturals

Chemically Altered.


Vitamin C

Calcium Ascorbate

NWC Naturals

Synthetic


Vitamin C

Ester C

NWC Naturals

Synthetic, it's a combination of ascorbyl palmitate and ascorbic acid.




Vitamin E Complex

Item

Source Given As:

Type of Vitamin


Vitamin E

Wheat germ oil, wheat germ, nuts , seeds and cereal grasses.

NWC Naturals

Natural

Vitamin E

Alpha tocopherol, beta tochopherol or mixed tocopherol

NWC Naturals

Crystalline and synthetic


Vitamin E

D-Alpha-Tocohpheryl Succinate

NWC Naturals

Synthetic


Vitamin E

Di-Alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate

NWC Naturals

Synthetic




Vitamin K Complex

Item

Source Given As:

Type of Vitamin

Vitamin K

Alfalfa Wheat Grass and Other Cereal grasses

NWC Naturals

Natural

Vitamin K

Menadione

NWC Naturals

Synthetic
(Crystalline costs 60 times more than synthetic)

 



Minerals

Item

Source Given As:

Type of Vitamin


Coral Calcium

Coral Calcium is the same as Calcium carbonate

NWC Naturals

Not chelated you might as well eat dirt or munch on an oyster shell. Coral calcium also has the highest is lead content.


Calcium

Calcium carbonate

NWC Naturals

Not chelated, this is one of the least absorbed


Calcium

Calcium Amino Acid Chelate

NWC Naturals

True Patented molecular chelate. Look for patent number on the label!


Calcium Hydroxyapatite

Calcium Hydroxyapatite

NWC Naturals

Not chelated, this is the least absorbed of all calcium


Calcium

Bitartrate

NWC Naturals

Synthetic, not chelated


Calcium

Calcium lactate

NWC Naturals

Not chelated


Calcium

Calcium gluconate

NWC Naturals

Synthetic, not chelated


Copper

Copper Gluconate

NWC Naturals

Synthetic, not chelated


Copper

Copper Amino Acid Chelate

NWC Naturals

True Patented molecular chelate. Look for patent number on the label!


Iron

Iron fumarate

NWC Naturals

Synthetic, not chelated


Iron

Iron gluconate

NWC Naturals

Synthetic, not chelated


Iron

Ferris sulfate

NWC Naturals

Synthetic, not chelated


Iron

Iron Amino Acid Chelate Total-Nutrition Program supplies this mineral and so does.

NWC Naturals

True Patented molecular chelate. Look for patent number on the label!


Iodine

Potassium Iodine

NWC Naturals

Synthetic, not chelated


Iodine

Kelp

NWC Naturals

Natural


Magnesium

Magnesium Gluconate

NWC Naturals

Synthetic, not chelated


Magnesium

Magnesium Oxide

NWC Naturals

Synthetic, not chelated


Potassium

Potassium gluconate

NWC Naturals

Synthetic, not chelated


Potassium

Potassium chloride

NWC Naturals

Synthetic, not chelated


Trace Minerals

Colloidal minerals or ionic minerals

NWC Naturals

Extracted from oil shale, not chelated, small particles of dirt


Complete mineral complex

From living fruits and vegetables (Total-Nutrition Program™)

NWC Naturals

Natural

 

NOTE: Mineral aspartates and mineral orotates all are artificial. If you have been told that colloidal minerals are the answer, read the Truth About Colloidal Minerals.

NOTE: The synthetics are so much cheaper that commercially they have actually replaced most crystalline. only a few crystallines are still commercially used. such as b12. alpha tocopherol (PARTIALLY REPLACED) and inositol. But crystallines are not natural, not whole food, and are not suitable for human nutrition.

NOTE: Legally, crystalline can be called natural because it was isolated from a natural product, but it is NOT natural as it applies to human nutrition.