Here are 10 questions you might want to ask a provider to evaluate a brand of food supplements.
1. Is your multi-supplement a plant-based product that includes vitamins, minerals,
and phyto-nutrients?
2. If the multi-supplement is plant –based, is it derived from a variety of plants?
3. If the multi-supplement is plant based and derived from a variety of plants, does the
manufacturer own its own land and grow, harvest, and concentrate its plants?
4. Does the Vitamin C supplement contain the whole-plant concentrate, including
associated phyto-nutrients?
5. Are the supplements certified organic from the soil and seed up?
6. Is the disintegration time on the tablet about 30 minutes or less?
7. Does the manufacturer voluntarily adhere to Good Manufacturing Practices from
the seed to end product and to The Council for Responsible Nutrition for its fish oil products?
8. Does the manufacturer assay its entire line for heavy metals, microbiological contaminants
and pollutants, and desirable nutrient compounds?
9. Does the manufacturer have published Bio-Assays that I can easily access?
10. Does the manufacturer publish an ORAC score on its anti-oxidants that is based on a wide
range of Free Radical Groups?
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