Our bodies cannot utilize vitamin and mineral supplements, most of which are synthesized from coal tar or other petroleum derivatives. Just as we cannot digest vaseline, we also cannot digest these vitamin pills.

Even supplements made from real food are not useful, as scientific technology is not capable of extracting a single vitamin or mineral from a food without first killing it. Even if it could, it would not be useful to the body, because we cannot use a single vitamin or mineral by itself. For example, we cannot utilize calcium without vitamin D and phosphorus.

All natural whole foods contain the correct balance of vitamins, minerals and enzymes that allow all of them to be utilized by the body. Our bodies work as a balanced system and therefore we must eat foods that are balanced and whole.