If we know that our bodies cannot benefit from vitamins and minerals in their chemical isolation forms, then we should we rather not depend on an improved diet to address our micro-nutrient needs?

There are several factors that indicate that is essential to take vitamins and minerals in a food state:

• In spite of an abundant food supply in developed countries, we  often do not obtain sufficient quantities of essential nutrients from food;
• It is well understood that our agricultural soils have become depleted of essential minerals compromising the nutritional quality of conventionally-produced food;
• The nutrient integrity of food has also been eroded through modern processing, transportation and the preoccupation of food producers with appearance and shelf life at the expense of nutritional quality;

These factors, combined with poor food choices and imbalanced diets contribute to an inadequate intake of vital nutrients.  Nutritional supplementation of a wide range of micro-nutrients in a food state is essential in our modern world.