"FOOD STATE" VMS
Several companies have addressed the 'bio-availability' issue by using VMS made by culturing the raw materials with yeast cells. This method is called "food state", or just "foodstate". It allows the yeast to incorporate the supplement into itself - absorbing it into its structure naturally. Then the cell walls of the yeast are digested away - removing all yeast traces - and the remaining supplement is highly bio-available.

It is claimed that only about a quarter of the dosage is needed with 'food state' VMS. We have no reason to doubt it.

"Foodstate" (or "food state") links:
www.flair.co.uk/cytoplan/main.htm
www.naturesway.ie/
www.megafood.com/howwe.htm

DO WE ACTUALLY NEED VITAMIN AND MINERAL SUPPLEMENTS?
VMS practitioners say that today's food has much lower amounts of vitamins and minerals than it did historically - so VMS supplementation is necessary.

I am sure that foods are less nutritious than they were.

But that does not necessarily mean that everyone need VMS. Certainly, you stand a much better chance of getting by without VMS if your diet includes rich sources of vitamins and minerals - especially if it is supplemented with appropriate, nutrient rich, herbal supplements.

NATURAL VITAMIN AND MINERAL SOURCES
This is why I recommend eating large amounts of vegetables and fruit, your main sources of these vital elements.

In the West, a deficiency of carbohydrate or protein is very rarely a problem. But we do need the vital vitamins, minerals, trace elements, and UNDISCOVERED nutrients which vegetables and fruit provide.

(YES! Some components of food have yet to be discovered!
Nutrients are still being found - and there are more left to be found. This is why some foods have benefits for health which have yet to be fully explained.)

It is also why you will never be able to live satisfactorily on chemicals alone. Food is just better for you than any chemicals. Which is common sense really!

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