Why All-Natural Health Products Are Superior

Why All-Natural Health Products Are Superior

If you follow medical news, you’re aware of the vast array of supplements available on the market designed to promote good health.  However, not all products are created equal, and there is growing evidence that suggests supplements composed entirely of all-natural products are far superior over the long term to those that contain manufactured pharmaceutical ingredients, for several reasons.  Let’s take a look at a few examples which illustrate this advantage:

·         Personal Health and Hygiene Products – Think of things like skin creams, moisturizers, even shampoo and conditioner products.  You see how many of them advertise that they are chemical and odor free these days?  This isn’t a coincidence; people are aware that additives to these products designed to be applied to your skin can easily cause rashes, irritation, or even allergic reactions in some people.  Chemical free and natural is the quite obviously the way to go when buying these products.

·         Hormone-disrupting Substances – Another class of substances that was in heavy use in health products are called phthalates.  This is a particular kind of plasticizing agent, commonly used as coating for pills, tablets, and other products which are ingested.  Other industry uses for the chemicals?  Industrial lubricants, emulsifiers, detergents, glues, paint, and more.  Sounds exactly like something you want to put into your body, doesn’t it?  Tallow is another example here; the parabins used in deodorant have been linked to alarming rates of cancer development in laboratory animals.

·         Anti-oxidants and ORAC Scale Rating – Health products which use all natural substances are often rich in anti-oxidants, the benefits of which are well-known.  They also tend to have higher oxygen radical absorbance capacity (otherwise known as their ORAC rating or value); this means that your body is better able to process and absorb the nutrients and valuable supplements.  Manufactured products tend to have low values on this scale, which means that most of the beneficial vitamins and nutrients end up in your bladder, expelled in your urine; not where you want them to be!

Remember, this list is hardly exclusive of all the benefits natural health products offer!  Products based on natural herbs often are significantly better for you from a nutritional standpoint as well, and can carry heavy doses of the everyday vitamins you need the most of, such as vitamins B, C, and D.  So the next time you’re buying health products, buy natural, botanical, vegan, or PETA certified products; your body will thank you.