Showing posts with label hexane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hexane. Show all posts

Friday, May 24, 2013

Supplement Dangers: Are your vitamins processed with hexane?

Dr. Axe

Many of us take vitamins and other supplements regularly in hope they will make us healthier and maybe to fill in gaps in less than perfect diets. But, the significant problem with the supplement industry is that many companies do not disclose toxic solvents used to process the vitamins they make. Of particular concern is a substance called hexane, generally used as an industrial-strength cleaner,  degreaser and a component in gasoline, but is also used in a variety of supplements and other natural food products to extract certain nutritional components.

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