If you ask a chemist to explain the difference between natural and synthetic vitamins, most will tell you that there is no structural difference in terms of ability to prevent vitamin deficiency.
They will also tell you that anything that has a coal in molecular structure is "organic" because of carbon in it's molecular structure. For example take look at the label on the loaf of bread among other vitamins it lists barley, malt and ferrous sulfate. Ferrous sulfate is used as a preservative and a weed killer, and thiamine mononitrate that is also added to enriched breads comes from coal tar similar to the one used on roofs.
Natural Vitamins are found in foods, they are unaltered and come with other minerals and interrelated nutrients which body recognizes as food. They are not broken down into molecular structure that would change their biochemical function. The food source that they come from should be listed on the label. When looking for natural vitamins the label should clearly say "Whole Food Product".
When using whole food vitamins body will select the need for absorption and remove the excess. In natural vitamins other nutrients and vitamins are present, which help proper absorption, while in synthetic vitamin these co-factors for assimilation are absent.
Synthetic Vitamins are man made in laboratory. They are chemically altered and reconstituted . They are taken from food source and manipulated with heat and chemicals to extract particular vitamin as a stand alone source. Nutrients in nature do not occur alone, they come with other minerals and nutrients that work synergistically.
With synthetic vitamins body has no choice but to take large doses, which overloads the system with toxins. That is the reason why sometimes when synthetic vitamins are taken in large doses they make you feel great for the first week, after that some actually start feeling fatigued as a result of pyruvic acid build up.
By supplementing your diet with whole food products, and being aware of what you put into your body is just one way you can take charge of your health right now, so that you can prevent illness later.
