Q: What is the advantage of certified organic whole-food vitamins and minerals like those in Vita Synergy?
A: The overwhelming majority of vitamin and mineral supplements are actually some of the most refined and artificial chemicals on the market today. You will not find these isolated, chemically synthesized vitamins and minerals anywhere in nature. Why should this matter to you? Very simply, because it matters greatly to your body! Over hundreds of thousands of years, our bodies have become adapted to receiving nourishment in whole-food form. Because your body knows the difference between synthetic isolates and real food, we formulated Vita Synergy, a 100% natural, certified organic whole-food multiple vitamin, mineral and herb formula. Vita Synergy's Organically Grown Nutrients ™ deliver essential vitamins and minerals in the natural form that your body was designed for and can most easily absorb and utilize—whole, natural foods. When you consume Organically Grown Nutrients, your body recognizes them as nourishment and knows exactly what to do with them. The Synergy Company uses certified organic whole foods in all of its products, as we believe that they are the only language of nutrition that our bodies truly understand and are also what is pure and safe.
Q: I really love both Pure Synergy and Vita Synergy! Can I take them both every day, or would that be “overkill”?
A: Pure Synergy and Vita Synergy are complementary products that have been formulated to be used together for optimal, full-spectrum nutrition. All of us here at Synergy enjoy taking both Pure Synergy and Vita Synergy together. If you’re just starting out, we always recommend that people begin slowly with each product, ideally taking one product for two weeks before beginning the second. This approach allows your body to adjust to new levels of nutrition gradually, as well as providing you with the time you need to pay attention to the experience and notice how your body responds to the inclusion of these new supplements into your diet. Together, Pure Synergy and Vita Synergy provide an amazing spectrum of organic, whole-food, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phytonutrients, and other health promoting compounds essential to good health.
Q: Is Vita Synergy safe for pregnant women?
A: Vita Synergy is a whole-food multiple vitamin, mineral and herb formula, completely safe for pregnant women and nursing mothers. Any woman who has been using the product and then becomes pregnant can continue to use the product as before. If a woman is pregnant and wishes to begin using the product, we suggest starting slowly and gradually working up to the full six tablets per day. Please note that Vita Synergy for Women is not a prenatal vitamin. It does, however, contain an adequate concentration of folic acid which is required during pregnancy.
Q: Why is there no iron contained in Vita Synergy?
A: Our Vita Synergy formulas intentionally contain no iron. While iron is an essential nutrient for hemoglobin production within our red blood cells, one is not advised to supplement with iron unless one is guided by a healthcare practitioner. Excessive iron oxidizes inside our cells and can therefore produce unwanted free radicals, causing damage. For a safe form of iron, chlorophyll-rich plants are a good source of organic iron, making Pure Synergy an excellent source of naturally occurring iron in a safe, daily dosage.
Q: Can any of the botanical extracts in Vita Synergy (for example, holy basil) affect a woman’s ability to get pregnant, due to their effect on hormones?
A: None of the herbs we are utilizing have direct hormonal effects. All the botanicals in Synergy Company products are included in nutritional amounts, not therapeutic amounts. Vita Synergy is appropriate for pre-conception, pregnancy and nursing.
Q: Is Vita Synergy safe for people with candida?
A:Yes! The certified organic nutritional yeast used in our Vita Synergy has been used for thousands of years as a food for humans. It is not the pathological yeast associated with candida. These yeasts do not feed each other, nor can they reproduce with one another. Thus, Vita Synergy is appropriate for people with candida, as well as other nutrient-depleting health challenges.
Q: I am aware of the critical importance of antioxidants. How can I know that the ingredients in Vita Synergy are addressing this need?
A: Antioxidants are indeed important! There is a scientific method, developed by the USDA, for reliably quantifying the antioxidant capacity of foods, including fruits and vegetables. It measures the degree to which a sample inhibits the action of an oxidizing agent (free radical), and how long it takes to do so. These measurements are integrated into a single measurement called the ORAC value. Scientific evidence now suggests that antioxidant intake should be between 3,000 and 5,000 ORAC units daily. We have tested all Synergy products for their ORAC value. Along with the large array of nutrients provided in Vita Synergy, you are also receiving the ORAC value (in six tablets per day) of 4,187 (averaged) ORAC units - the approximate amount offered by five servings of vegetables and fruits!
Q: What are tonic herbs?
A: Tonic (also known as adaptogenic) herbs are a special category of herbs that help support, balance, and strengthen different organ systems, the immune system, the endocrine system, and our whole bodies, without being stimulants. Unlike other herbs that are used for specific symptoms, tonic herbs are highly nutritive and nourishing. Thus, they are most effective when used in moderate quantities, daily, over long periods of time. What makes this category of herbs unique is that they help the body to adjust to the effects of stress. Stress is associated with a myriad of undesirable health effects, and tonic herbs help the body to adapt in a more positive way and maintain its equilibrium.
Q: How come there’s not more calcium in Vita Synergy for Women?
A: The issue of calcium supplementation is complicated. Some people require additional megadoses of calcium, and some do not. Moreover, research indicates that adding megadoses of calcium or magnesium to a multiple vitamin and mineral formula is not an effective way to deliver supplemental calcium or other vitamins and minerals.
It is also really important to keep in mind that calcium is not the only nutrient, or even the only mineral, required for healthy bones. Strong bones require vitamins C, D, and K as well as calcium, magnesium, boron, silica, manganese, and other nutrients. For these nutrients to be optimally utilized in the body, they must be in proper proportion to one other. If these ratios are destabilized by a disproportionate amount of just one mineral, the absorption and utilization of all minerals is adversely affected. So while a large quantity of calcium in Vita Synergy might seem desirable, a significant amount of it would imbalance the mineral ratios and might adversely affect the utilization of other minerals in Vita Synergy. For this reason, most nutritionists and healthcare practitioners recommend that if you need extra calcium, you should take a separate supplement that contains calcium and other bone nutrients by itself at bedtime (in other words, not with your other supplements). This reduces the possibility that one of your supplements will negatively affect the absorption of another and it might enhance your body’s utilization of calcium. Calcium seems to be most effectively deposited into bone tissue when we are sleeping.
Q: What is the effect of Vita Synergy on men’s libido?
A: Vita Synergy contains herbs and botanicals that nutritionally support a man’s entire body including his endocrine system, which is in charge of his hormones. We are unable to make any kind of specific claims about our products; however, many of our customers have reported an increase in their virility while taking Vita Synergy.
Q: Is Vita Synergy a vegetarian product?
A:Vita Synergy is acceptable for most vegetarians. The vitamin D is derived from lanolin (naturally occurring oil in sheep’s wool). The sheep are simply brushed (just like brushing your dogs or cats at home), and the lanolin is collected for producing our D. The sheep are in no way harmed from the collection of this lanolin. The lanolin is then saturated with a special UV light (the same as natural sunlight) and is transformed by our certified organic process into certified organic D3 – pure and natural. There is a form of D that comes from fish, but we do not use that. Additionally, there is a form called D2 that is synthetically produced and that does not use lanolin; however this D2 is not only synthetic but also not well absorbed by the body, and not certified organic.
Q: Can I give Vita Synergy to my children?
A: Vita Synergy was specifically formulated for women and men and is not for children. All of the botanical extracts in the product are included in small, safe, tonic amounts that are appropriate for everyday use. However, these extracts are designed to nutritionally support the physiological systems of an adult. You can give Vita Synergy to your child once he or she reaches puberty.
