Which ingredients are used to start with? Please don't say "cellulose" or "vegetable magnesium stearate" or "dicalcium phosphate". For example, which plants are used and how are their leaves, roots, etc., processed. Are they boiled, crushed, roasted, etc., and how does it all end up in a tiny pill?
2006-12-13 02:59:49 · 3 answers · asked by Jarvis 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Large quantities of vitamins are used in food processing for the enrichment of bread, margarine, milk, etc.
Four of the ten best-known vitamins are now manufactured in chemical works on a tonnage basis. The total annual production of synthetics and concentrates exceeds $100 million.
2006-12-13 03:08:29 · answer #1 · answered by Pey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they synthetically make it in a lab after they find out the chemical makeup of the vitamin in the natural state. thats why its better to eat your veggies as opposed to taking vitamins alone.
2006-12-13 03:02:15 · answer #2 · answered by Bistro 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most vitamins and minerals are produced artificially and that's how all that good stuff gets put in a tiny pill.
2006-12-13 05:55:10 · answer #3 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋