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The following explains some of the differences between a nutritional supplement and a pharmaceutical medicine.
Nutritional Supplement vs Pharma drug
| 1. The use of vitamins,
minerals, amino acids, etc. to which the body has been exposed for centuries |
1. The use of molecules which are foreign to the body | ||
| 2. Emphasis on the correction of deficiencies in the body |
2. Emphasis on the treatment of disease symptoms | ||
| 3. Gentle treatment with generally negligible side effects |
3. Often aggressive treatment with acceptance of side effects | ||
| 4. Emphasis on helping the body to correct problems naturally |
4. Attempt to have a selective treatment of disease | ||
| 5. Do not normally cause side effects or a long-term detrimental effect
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5.Side effects, non responders and long-term deterioration in the condition if the root cause is not addressed. | ||
| 6. More limited in their commercial potential |
6.Have far larger commercial sales and global sales and marketing operations. | ||
| 7. Lack patents, medical licenses and the ability to make medical claims in a increasingly regulated environment. | 7.Patented, licensed and backed up by extensive clinical proof of efficacy and large scale human studies. |
Vitalogic aims to combine the best of both approaches