Synthetic multivitamins (the biggest scam of all time?)

This blog post is based on the original newsletter #133 from Heart and Soil .

Many industries make a fortune by selling false promises:

Plant-based meat substitutes? Check ✅
Beauty industry with its toxic products? Check. ✅
Oat milk? Definitely check it out! ✅

One industry that is rarely criticized, however, is the multi-billion dollar synthetic (petroleum-based) multivitamin industry.

You know the drill. They promise a once-a-day pill or gummy bear that's supposed to cover all your nutritional needs.

The big problem is that millions of people are lulled into a false sense of security about their health.

"I don't have to give my child eggs or milk because he gets calcium and B vitamins from multivitamin gummies..."

"As long as I take my Burgerstein, I can eat pasta and ice cream for dinner instead of meat or organs..."

Do you see the problem?

It is assumed that up to 99% of the biochemical components in our food have not yet been discovered . It is therefore naive to believe we can meet all our nutritional needs with a synthetic multivitamin.

And we know that synthetic multivitamins don't work as promised because, even though one in three Americans takes one regularly, micronutrient deficiencies are still very common:

• 92% have a choline deficiency
• 88% have a vitamin E deficiency
• 67% have a vitamin K deficiency
• 50% have a magnesium deficiency
• 43% have a vitamin A deficiency

( Source )

Do we want to end up like the Americans?

There are very good arguments that nutrients from animal foods such as meat, eggs and liver are far superior to nutrients from synthetic supplements.

This makes perfect sense when you consider that we are animals too... and have always eaten animals.

Synthetic vitamins are made from chemical compounds produced in a laboratory ( even from petroleum! ). They often contain very high amounts of nutrients to compensate for the body's inability to absorb (synthetic substances). They also often lack other forms of vitamins normally found in foods, which can impair their effective absorption and utilization by the body.

In contrast, animal nutrients reflect the nutrients already present in our bodies, meaning we can fully utilize them.

They come in the correct form that our bodies have learned to utilize over millions of years, meaning they are highly absorbable and bioavailable. So, you don't need an extremely high concentration all at once. A normal amount, like what we find in natural foods, is sufficient.

...and they come with the necessary cofactors, enzymes and synergistic nutrients for optimal utilization.

Let's take a closer look 👀

Here is a very popular "once-a-day" multivitamin that promises essential nutrients, including vitamin D and iron, in a single daily capsule:

However, an examination of the ingredients reveals several problems:

⚠️ The iron is in the form of Ferrous fumarate a non -heme iron from iron salts, which is not the form our body prefers. As mentioned, we are animals, which means that the iron in our bodies is equivalent to the iron in other animals (such as cows). Therefore, iron from steak or liver, a heme iron found in the protein complexes of hemoglobin and myoglobin, is more bioavailable and easily absorbed.

⚠️ The Vitamin A consists of Beta-carotene , a low-quality form of vitamin A. Not only does your body have to convert it from beta-carotene to vitamin A, but the conversion factor is also poor, ranging between 3% and 10%. Vitamin A from egg yolk or beef liver, on the other hand, comes in the form of Retinol that doesn’t need to be converted at all!

⚠️ The magnesium is partly in the form of Magnesium oxide , an inorganic form synthesized industrially from magnesium ore. In contrast, the organic form of magnesium in whole foods is bound to proteins to facilitate absorption.

⚠️ The Vitamin B12 is not declared at all. It is probably in the form of cyanocobalamin, a non-bioavailable form of vitamin B12, which does not occur in nature...

We could go on and on, explaining why each nutrient in such products is inferior to its whole food equivalent, but we think you've probably gotten the point by now.

And what about the other ingredients (additives)?

This Fillers, binders, stabilizers, solvents and coating agents are nothing more than a An attack on our intestines . They have no place in the human diet and are a stark reminder of the enormous differences between these multivitamin products and real, whole foods.

At Raw Animal, we don't sell supplements. We sell the planet's most nutrient-dense foods, freeze-dried in capsules. Our products are made on farms, not in chemical labs. It's real nutrition from real foods, without additives.

Do you see the difference?

We have made it our mission to disrupt the massive multivitamin industry and open people's eyes to this enormous problem.

Because too many people have been deceived into believing that a "once-a-day" pill is an adequate substitute for the most nutrient-dense foods on the planet.

If we can convince more people to swap their synthetic multivitamin for a bottle of Beef Organs, we can make a big difference to people's health.

Because beef organs are what a multivitamin SHOULD BE. An incredible source of bioavailable nutrients, as close to nature as possible – in the convenience of capsules.

But we need your help to spread the message!

So if you know someone in your life who would benefit from a real multivitamin (that actually works), Please forward this blog post to them .

Best regards

Your Raw Animal Team