Synthetic Vitamins

What to Avoid
When Choosing a Multivitamin

The following is a list of ingredients typically found in synthetic vitamins that you need to avoid or risk multivitamin side effects.

Go grab your supplement bottle and make sure none of these are in them! Protect your homeschool family.

What to Avoid

How to identify Common Synthetic Supplements on the label - any vitamins with names ending in:

Acetate
Hydrochloride
Mononitrate
Palmitate
Succinate

Additional Specific Synthetic names may end in:

Ascorbic Acid
Pteroyglutamic acid
Beta-carotene (if source not given)
Menadione
Riboflavin
Phytonadione
Niacin
Calciferol
Calcium D-Pantothenate
DI-alphatocopherol
Mixed tocopherols (unless Plant-sourced)

How to identify commonly used mineral salts or mineral/organic acid mixtures in a supplement:

Ascorbate
Aspartate
Carbonate
Chloride
Citrate
Gluconate
Glycerophosphate
Hydroxyyapatite
Iodide
Lactate
Malate
Methionine
Disulfide
Orotate
Oxide
Dibasic phosphate
Tribasic phosphate
Picolinate
Pyrphosphate
Silicon dioxide
Stearate

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