TYPES OF VITAMINS

- Many of us are accustomed to obtaining our nutritional support from bottles of vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants. Yet, from the beginning of recorded history until the last 60 years or so, people received their daily nutrition from the food they ate.  
 
- Although fresh food is far more readily available, the nutritional value of most 'fresh' foods has dropped significantly over time. For example, certain studies have shown that a typical serving of fresh spinach in the early 1950's contained over 50mg of iron, while the same type of serving today contains less than 3mg of iron.

- The short and long term benefits of taking both crystalline and synthetic types of nutrition is still debated; and it is widely agreed upon that most people need extra nutritional support.

- Nutritional supplementation is available in three basic forms: Crystalline, Synthetic and Natural.

1. Crystalline vitamins are from natural sources, but have been chemically treated to reduce them down to one specific crystalline nutrient. Vitamins in this form are missing most of the enzymes, co-enzymes, minerals, mineral activators and other substances that work with vitamins which allow them to be absorbed and fully used by the body.
2. Synthetic vitamins are created in a laboratory from man made sources. They are a reconstruction of the crystalline structure of individual nutrient molecules.
3. Natural nutrition is unquestionably the most effective form of nutrition. This is because the body is designed to expect, absorb and use nutrients that come to it in the form of raw, whole food. 
   

- We have become used to consuming man made nutrition in extremely large doses in an attempt to get as close to the same benefits that natural nutrition easily delivers. There are more and more health challenges that are being directly associated with the consumption of man made nutritional supplements.

- There is very little difference to the end user when comparing the benefits of synthetic and crystalline vitamins. 
 
- No matter how perfectly vitamins and minerals are duplicated in the laboratory, they are simply not as effective as their natural counterparts. This is because they do not contain the vast array of intricate and interconnecting nutrients that are only found in fresh, sun ripened raw foods.  

- Three of the more common processes in manufacturing natural nutritional supplements are: juicing, extracts and freeze drying. Excessive heat during any manufacturing process (over 110 to 140 degrees F) destroys many of the necessary components that makes raw whole foods so beneficial.

1. Juicing collects what ever liquid that can be squeezed out of a food, sometimes leaving the fiber and other nutrients out. There is low and high temperature juicing.
2. Extracts use only a portion of the whole food, leaving out many components. 
3. Freeze-drying uses the entire whole food.  There is low and high temperature freeze-drying.

- Our research concludes that low temperature freeze-dried supplements offer the most complete 'natural' nutritional benefits.

- On The Rock Nutrition uses as many as possible low temperature freeze-dried whole foods in its formulas to provide unequaled nutritional support. (Not all high quality fruits vegetables and herbs are available in a freeze dried form at this time)

- OTRN also combines low temperature juiced whole food ingredients and high purity/high potency extracts when appropriate to the formula.

OTRN formulas support how the body naturally functions with ingredients that it naturally wants to use; and lets nature take care of the rest. This maximizes your health and provides more energy for what you want to do.

WOMEN'S MIX
Targets important health concerns that women face using nutrient rich fruits, vegetables and herbs; such as supporting normal healthy bones, normal life/menopausal changes and natural immune system functions.