Absorption, Vitamin Effectiveness and the Food Matrix
Nutrients found in food are recognized by the body, and the body uses them for nourishment. In 1999, Dr. Gunter Blobel[1] was awarded a Nobel Prize for his research when he discovered the exact mechanisms of how nutrients are transported into the cells of our bodies.
These complex nutrients are in the form of a food matrix with vitamins and minerals bound to many elements, such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, enzymes and bioflavanoids. It is these nutrients in this matrix what the body considers food, not isolated chemicals "vitamins." Scientists have developed a way to work with nature to produce Food Matrix nutrients, a real food vitamin mineral combination that has all of the important cofactors bound to the vitamins and minerals your body needs.
Food Matrix supplements keep all of the essential co-factors and chaperones of the nutrients intact and delivers them to the specific parts of the body that require them. Taking other nutritional supplements that don't have all the essential co-factors and chaperones intact, is equivalent to sending your mail without addressing the envelope. It never gets to where it needs to go.
To get an idea of how well these Food Matrix supplements work, researchers at Scranton University tested the effectiveness of Food Matrix supplements versus the chemical isolates used in a majority of todays dietary supplements. These tests were conducted on baby mammals.
FoodMatrix Versus Other Multivitamins
In this study, two different vitamin and mineral combinations are compared in a growth rat assay. Equal amounts of the two combinations were given to weanling rats. The growth of the rats is used as a measure of the relative bio availability of the suplements.
After feeding them nutrient deficient food for two weeks they began feeding one group isolates and the other Food Matrix nutrients for four weeks weighing them and charting the progress. These babies, whose cells were screaming for nutrition received no benefit from the isolated nutrients. As a matter of fact, their weight soon began to decline and they started to die! In contrast the Food Matrix group thrived, and their weight almost doubled in the four-week period. This study clearly shows that isolated nutrients give very little or no help to growing cells. Consider that our cells need to grow and flourish for our bodies to heal, grow stronger and fight off the ravages of time. Which type of nutrient are you going to feed your cells?
The USP Isolate group continued to maintain a relative constant weight indicating both stores of vitamins and minerals were not being repleted. At the end of three weeks one of the USP Isolate group rats died. At the end of four weeks another USP Isolate group rat died.
To be effectively used by the body, vitamins need cofactors. These "helpers" consist of bioflavanoids and other natural substances that work with the vitamin to produce positive results. Without these cofactors the effects of mass produced isolated chemicals are minimal at best.
[1] http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/1999/
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