Multivitamins

Synthetic vitamins in mass-market supplements are fundamentally different in biological effect from food-derived vitamins because they lack the enzyme systems, phytonutrients, and mineral cofactors present in whole-food complexes. Calcium carbonate, the predominant ingredient in mass-market multivitamins, requires approximately 12 biochemical conversion steps to be absorbed. Some mass-market multivitamins use soybean or corn oil as a capsule fill, directly counteracting any anti-inflammatory benefit of taking the supplement. Reading the "other ingredients" list of any supplement is as important as reviewing the active ingredients.