Mannatech® Products Blog — phytomatrix
Synthetic vs. Plant Based Vitamins
Posted by Angie Schumacher on
When you go to the grocery store to buy vitamins, you probably don't give a thought to where they come from, how they're made, or what is really in them. Over 90% of vitamins and minerals on the market today are synthetic, which basically means they're fake. When you buy a bottle of vitamins, you have about a 9 out of 10 chance of consuming ingredients that you normally would cringe at if served on a plate at dinner such as petroleum, coal tar, and rocks. Synthetic vitamins are typically used in supplements because they are cheaper to produce...