Why are supplements sold in grocery and health food stores cheaper then many sold at wholesale to holistic practitioners?
Many supplements sold through grocery, drug, and health food stores are cheaply manufactured from synthetic ingredients, are poorly assimilated by the body, usually contain insufficient amounts of specific nutrients to boost the immune system, and are usually not fresh because they are produced in such large quantities. You really do get what you pay for! Some examples: a. Supplements from natural products are superior to synthetics since any naturally associated nutritional factors may be missing from synthetically reproduced ingredients. The human body knows when it is being tricked! b. Organically grown and/or wild-crafted (picked in the wild) are preferred over ingredients grown with synthetic fertilizers and sprayed with pesticides. c. Each nutrient should be in a form determined by research to be most easily assimilated by the body. For example, calcium citrate is better assimilated then calcium carbonate. d. Each nutrient should be selected for its potency. For example, Panax gi
