Comments on: How do vitamin supplements affect the environment? http://www.antioxidantpacksupplement.com/how-do-vitamin-supplements-affect-the-environment How do natural antioxidant supplements work Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:54:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: måggi @ngel ®ëløådëd http://www.antioxidantpacksupplement.com/how-do-vitamin-supplements-affect-the-environment/comment-page-1#comment-5027 måggi @ngel ®ëløådëd Sun, 20 Jun 2010 02:16:20 +0000 #comment-5027 try this link http://vegetarian.about.com/ kiss, maggi try this link

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]]> By: Nemo http://www.antioxidantpacksupplement.com/how-do-vitamin-supplements-affect-the-environment/comment-page-1#comment-5026 Nemo Sun, 20 Jun 2010 02:16:20 +0000 #comment-5026 Vitamins are packaged in plastic containers. The industries of the world contribute to global warming, due to wastes. Vitamins are carted around the world, which uses fossil fuels to transport, leading to global warming. Vitamins are packaged in plastic containers. The industries of the world contribute to global warming, due to wastes.
Vitamins are carted around the world, which uses fossil fuels to transport, leading to global warming.

]]> By: Silver http://www.antioxidantpacksupplement.com/how-do-vitamin-supplements-affect-the-environment/comment-page-1#comment-5025 Silver Sun, 20 Jun 2010 02:16:20 +0000 #comment-5025 The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) has a section of their site devoted to vitamins and supplements with links to a bunch of articles you could pursue: http://organicconsumers.org/nutricon.cfm Also in that section are excerpts from "The Vitamin Myth Exposed" by Brian Clement of the Hippocrates Health Institute exploring how vitamins work, synthetic versus natural and more: Prologue & Chapter 1 http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_3697.cfm Chapter 2 http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_3900.cfm == The supplement industry is huge and big business so like corporate food it tends to go for profit at the expense of the ingredients. Because of loopholes basically the only oversight is that as long as people don't die and no claims are made (such as "Vitamin C keeps colds from occurring..." -- this keeps us from getting good info on benefits possible too) then pretty much anything can be sold as a supplement. There is many reasons to go with a more expensive vitamin. Just as an aside, low B12 is often the cause of anemia (in everyone not just veg*ns who don't seem to show more susceptibility to deficiency for lack of meat -- 40% of the population is low while only 3 to 5% of the population in the US is veg*n) even though most people believe anemia is from lack of iron. This can be dangerous because iron is easy to get too much of yet few are aware of how badly it can affect things. http://www.vitamins-nutrition.org/vitamins/iron-overdose.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_poisoning http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/vitamin-b12-deficiency-anemia-topic-overview The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) has a section of their site devoted to vitamins and supplements with links to a bunch of articles you could pursue:
http://organicconsumers.org/nutricon.cfm

Also in that section are excerpts from "The Vitamin Myth Exposed" by Brian Clement of the Hippocrates Health Institute exploring how vitamins work, synthetic versus natural and more:

Prologue & Chapter 1
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_3697.cfm

Chapter 2
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_3900.cfm

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The supplement industry is huge and big business so like corporate food it tends to go for profit at the expense of the ingredients. Because of loopholes basically the only oversight is that as long as people don’t die and no claims are made (such as "Vitamin C keeps colds from occurring…" — this keeps us from getting good info on benefits possible too) then pretty much anything can be sold as a supplement. There is many reasons to go with a more expensive vitamin.

Just as an aside, low B12 is often the cause of anemia (in everyone not just veg*ns who don’t seem to show more susceptibility to deficiency for lack of meat — 40% of the population is low while only 3 to 5% of the population in the US is veg*n) even though most people believe anemia is from lack of iron. This can be dangerous because iron is easy to get too much of yet few are aware of how badly it can affect things.
http://www.vitamins-nutrition.org/vitamins/iron-overdose.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_poisoning
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/vitamin-b12-deficiency-anemia-topic-overview

]]> By: celtic.piskie http://www.antioxidantpacksupplement.com/how-do-vitamin-supplements-affect-the-environment/comment-page-1#comment-5024 celtic.piskie Sun, 20 Jun 2010 02:16:20 +0000 #comment-5024 Good lord, that's far too wide a question to get meaningful answers. Either focus on one company, or one vitamin. There are so many supplements out there, and so many different companies making them in so many different ways. Many are purely synthetic in nature, some are extracted, and others are natural. Try focusing one one vitamin, or one manufacturing method. Otherwise it's far too much. EDIT : Your health is foremost, try to find an enviromentally friendly company that manufactures it, but please don't let yourself get ill. Otherwise who will fight? Good lord, that’s far too wide a question to get meaningful answers.

Either focus on one company, or one vitamin.

There are so many supplements out there, and so many different companies making them in so many different ways.

Many are purely synthetic in nature, some are extracted, and others are natural.

Try focusing one one vitamin, or one manufacturing method. Otherwise it’s far too much.

EDIT : Your health is foremost, try to find an enviromentally friendly company that manufactures it, but please don’t let yourself get ill. Otherwise who will fight?

]]> By: Rikki S http://www.antioxidantpacksupplement.com/how-do-vitamin-supplements-affect-the-environment/comment-page-1#comment-5023 Rikki S Sun, 20 Jun 2010 02:16:20 +0000 #comment-5023 well.. if rabbits took vitamin B supplements then they wouldnt need to eat their own crap.. therefore there would be more rabbit poo around.. which in turn could contribute to more plants :D! Genius right? I have no idea what you're actually asking lol well.. if rabbits took vitamin B supplements then they wouldnt need to eat their own crap.. therefore there would be more rabbit poo around..

which in turn could contribute to more plants :D !

Genius right?

I have no idea what you’re actually asking lol

]]> By: Kim N http://www.antioxidantpacksupplement.com/how-do-vitamin-supplements-affect-the-environment/comment-page-1#comment-5022 Kim N Sun, 20 Jun 2010 02:16:20 +0000 #comment-5022 It would take a term paper to cover how the production of vitamins effects the environment. The most damage would come from strip mining to get minerals. Just make sure your buying vitamins made by a company that has a good environmental track record. I'd ask in the Environment forum of YA. It would take a term paper to cover how the production of vitamins effects the environment. The most damage would come from strip mining to get minerals.

Just make sure your buying vitamins made by a company that has a good environmental track record. I’d ask in the Environment forum of YA.

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