In my last blog we talked about synthetic vitamins vs plant based. There is another category that looks appealing when you're browsing the many choices of vitamins. That category is yeast based which is typically labeled "organic". Here's a quick description of the process for many whole food organic vitamins.
It's a mixed bag of tricks so to speak. It starts with a synthetic vitamin C for example, next add food that contains C naturally. In order to convert the non organic to organic they add yeast which binds these two compounds together theoretically making it an organic compound. Next they need to destroy the yeast which is done by adding a bacteria. However, whether the yeast is dead or alive, you're still getting it.
The problem(s) with the above process is many people are allergic to yeast, and there is a debate as to whether it feeds the bad yeast already present in your gut. Defense Nutrition makes a plant based multi vitamin which you can find here and Dr. Mercola has a true "whole foods" multi vitamin which you can find here
I hope this helps to sort out the many choices there are out there on the market. I've typically bought "natural", "organic" "natures best" etc without really understanding the process. The good news is there is a source for buying truly plant based or whole food items. Both of the websites I refer to above are a wealth of information with product offerings that hold true to an organic lifestyle.
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