Did you know there are hydrogenated oils in your supplements

[NaturopathMan]

[DanSco]

If you think a particular web page has something valuable to say, you should post a link to it. So instead of the big post above, you could have just done this:
http://www.drrons.com/why-no-additives.htm
We don't mind a particularly interesting line or two as a teaser, but don't copy whole web sites into the forum. OK?
Are you Ron Schmid by chance?

[ofonorow]

You make a good argument for taking high quality supplements. (I guess I sort of take it for granted that people know to look at the label, and select the supplement with the least "hard to pronounce" words that are not the chemical name for the vitamins.)

As far as vitamin E, that is one reason I recommend Unique-E from A. C. Grace, you can be assured of no trans fats/hydrogenated oils. See:

http://vitamincfoundation.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8

I'm also willing to bet that you are also safe using supplements from Douglas Labs and other high quality suppliers.

[ascorbicjoe]

I have checked out magnesium stearate before and I never saw anything other than it is a fatty acid naturally found in both animals and plants.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium_stearate

Does someone have a specific link to it being similar to a hydrogenated oil?

[Cis4me]

stearates are basically what soap (the kind you make with lye and your favoriate fat/oil) is made out of. In the case of the Pharma/suppliment industry I'm pretty sure they are made syntheticly (just like 99.999% of the Vitamin C you buy) so assuming there is some decent amount of quality control I can't say I'd really care what the feedstock is (vegatable oils, lard, tallow - you might if you are vegan/vegitarian) Sterates, judging by a quick look at the chemical formula, would need a saturated fat to begin with which could come from saturated animal fat (i.e. lard or tallow), a saturated plant-based fat such as coconut oil (expensive), or by hydrogenating some cheap vegitable oil (soy, corn, cottonseed etc). Regardless of the feedstock, the end result will be the same (given that a quick search didn't turn up any differences between various isomers).

http://www.chromatography-online.org/di ... /page.html

[NaturopathMan]

If you think a particular web page has something valuable to say, you should post a link to it. So instead of the big post above, you could have just done this:
http://www.drrons.com/why-no-additives.htm
We don't mind a particularly interesting line or two as a teaser, but don't copy whole web sites into the forum. OK?
Are you Ron Schmid by chance?

Easy there rude guy. No I am not Ron Schmid, I did work for him and just found he was one of few not using stearates.

[uzuile.geller]

Food organizations started utilizing hydrogenated oil to help increment time frame of realistic usability and save costs. Hydrogenation is an interaction where a fluid unsaturated fat is transformed into a strong fat by adding hydrogen. During this made part of the way hydrogenated preparing, a sort of fat called trans fat is made. But if I wanted to stay healthy and fit, I'd still consider exercising and maintain my body posture through physical therapy. Mine is in Physiotherapy Fort McMurray and it is the best Physical Therapy Clinic