Vitamins

[denibear]

Today is Day 15 of my Whole30 and I just realized I have failed. Some of my vitamins have ingredients that are not approved. 

I've gotten rid of all the ones I know aren't ok for my restart, but I have questions on a few... any help would be appreciated... 

Please note that these are all just vitamin capsules, not substitutions for food. I like chewing!

Pneumoven: Bromelain from pineapple, Ananas comosus), N-acetylcysteine, Cranberry (fruit), Garlic extract (bulb) (Allium sativum), Turmeric (rhizome) (Ccurvuma longa), Organic Kelp (whole) (Ascophyllum nodosum), Organic Chlorella (whole, broken cell wall) (Chlorella sorokiniana), Organic Marshmallow (root) (Althaea officinalis); other ingredients: vegetable cellulose capsule

Absorbmax: Protease SP, Protease S, Aspergillopepsin, Amylase, Glucoamylase, Lipase, Lactase, Alpha Galactosidase, Phytase, Cellulase, Beta Glucanase, Hemicellulase, Pectinase, Xylanase, Bromelain, Cayenne Pepper, Trace Minerals, Ginger Rhizome; other ingredients: Vegetable capsule (hypromellose, water, gellam gum)

Premier Digest: Amylase, Diastase, Protease, Opti-pH Protease, Lipase, Lactase, Invertase, Cellulase, Noni (fruit) (Morinda citrifolia), Apple Cider vinegar, Pepsin (vegetarian source); other ingredients: vegetable cellulose capsule 

Adaptogen: Calcium (as carbonate from Aquamin F), Rhodiola rosea (root) Extract, Eleuthro (root) (Eleutherococcus senticosus), American Ginseng (root) (Panax quinquefolius), Prickly Pear (leaf) (Opuntia ficus-indica), Maca (root), (Lepudium meyenii), Aquamin F Mineralized Red Algae (whole) (Lithothamnion sp.), Blueberry (fruit), Indonesian Cinnamon (bark) (Cinnamomum burmannii), Fermented Cordyceps (mycelia) Extract (Cordyceps sinensis), Turneric (root) (Curcuma longa); Other ingredients: Vegetable Cellulose Capsule 

AdrenaVen: Fermented Cordyceps (mycelia) Extract (Cordyceps sinensis), Eleuthro (root) (Eleutherococcus senticosus), Organic Bladderwrack (frond) (Fucus vesiculosus), Organic Chlorella (whole; broken cell wall) (Chlorella sorokiniana), Burdock (root) (Arcticum lappa), Bromelain (from pineapple), Aloe (leaf) (Aloe principle), Japanese Knotweed (root) Extract (Polygonum cuspidatum), Humic Acid, Rhodiola Extract (root) (Rhodiola rosea); Other ingredients: Vegetable cellulose capsule  

XenoStat: Organic Bladderwrack (frond) (Fucus vesiculosus), Kelp (whole) (Ascophyllum nodosum), Kelp (frond) (Laminaria digitata), Broccoli (stem, florets) (Brassica oleracea italica), Organic Chlorella (whole; broken cell wall) (Chlorella sorokiniana), Organic Milk Thistle (seed) (Silybum marianum), Irish Moss (whole) (Chondrus crispus), Turmeric (rhizome) (Curcuma longa), Reishi (fruiting body) Ganoderma lucidum), Aquamin F Mineralized Red Algae (whole) (Lithothamnion sp.), Hyssop (leaf, stem) (Hyssopus officinalis), Milk Thistle (seed) Extract (Silybum marianum); other ingredients: Vegetable Cellulose Capsule

Tranquinol: Calcium, Magnesium, Proprietary blend of patented extracts from Magnolia (bark) Magnolia officinalis) and Jujube (seed) (Ziziphus Spinoza), Turkey tails (mycelia, fruiting body, spore) (Coriolus versicolor), Organic chlorella (Chlorella sorokiniana), L-Theanine, Olive Leaf Extract, Valerian (root) Extract (Valeriana officinalis), Tumeric (rhizome) (Curcuma longa), Japanese Knotweed(root) (Polygonum cuspidatum); other ingredients: Dolomite, Green Tea (leaf) Extract, Vegetable Cellulose Capsules

PrimMost: Organic Evening Primrose Oil, Tocomin SupraBio, Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Sqalene Plant Oil, Cardioaid; other ingredients: Gelatin, Glycerin, Purified Water, Annatto

 

Meanwhile, I assumed these ingredients were NOT ok for W30... if I'm wrong, please let me know... 

Stabilized Rice Bran

Organic alfalfa (herb) (Medicago sativa)

Organic Barley Grass & Organic Oat Grass

And imagine my dismay to learn that my wondeargue probiotic "contains milk and soy"  GAH!!!

 

My sincere apologies if I made any typos. This was harder than I expected, and iPhone did everything in its power to make it even more difficult! 

Thanks in advance for any help with this!!

~Denise

[slc_melissa]

So, I did not read most of your ingredients, but to your questions at the end:

Barley grass (and by the same logic oat grass) is ok: http://forum.whole30.com/topic/24574-spirulina-and-green-barley/

alfalfa, also a grass, should be ok: 

rice bran is not compliant (in the do not eat grains section): http://whole30.com/whole30-program-rules/

 

[ShannonM816]

6 hours ago, denibear said:

Today is Day 15 of my Whole30 and I just realized I have failed. Some of my vitamins have ingredients that are not approved. 

I've gotten rid of all the ones I know aren't ok for my restart, but I have questions on a few... any help would be appreciated... 

Please note that these are all just vitamin capsules, not substitutions for food. I like chewing!

Pneumoven: Bromelain from pineapple, Ananas comosus), N-acetylcysteine, Cranberry (fruit), Garlic extract (bulb) (Allium sativum), Turmeric (rhizome) (Ccurvuma longa), Organic Kelp (whole) (Ascophyllum nodosum), Organic Chlorella (whole, broken cell wall) (Chlorella sorokiniana), Organic Marshmallow (root) (Althaea officinalis); other ingredients: vegetable cellulose capsule

Absorbmax: Protease SP, Protease S, Aspergillopepsin, Amylase, Glucoamylase, Lipase, Lactase, Alpha Galactosidase, Phytase, Cellulase, Beta Glucanase, Hemicellulase, Pectinase, Xylanase, Bromelain, Cayenne Pepper, Trace Minerals, Ginger Rhizome; other ingredients: Vegetable capsule (hypromellose, water, gellam gum)

Premier Digest: Amylase, Diastase, Protease, Opti-pH Protease, Lipase, Lactase, Invertase, Cellulase, Noni (fruit) (Morinda citrifolia), Apple Cider vinegar, Pepsin (vegetarian source); other ingredients: vegetable cellulose capsule 

Adaptogen: Calcium (as carbonate from Aquamin F), Rhodiola rosea (root) Extract, Eleuthro (root) (Eleutherococcus senticosus), American Ginseng (root) (Panax quinquefolius), Prickly Pear (leaf) (Opuntia ficus-indica), Maca (root), (Lepudium meyenii), Aquamin F Mineralized Red Algae (whole) (Lithothamnion sp.), Blueberry (fruit), Indonesian Cinnamon (bark) (Cinnamomum burmannii), Fermented Cordyceps (mycelia) Extract (Cordyceps sinensis), Turneric (root) (Curcuma longa); Other ingredients: Vegetable Cellulose Capsule 

AdrenaVen: Fermented Cordyceps (mycelia) Extract (Cordyceps sinensis), Eleuthro (root) (Eleutherococcus senticosus), Organic Bladderwrack (frond) (Fucus vesiculosus), Organic Chlorella (whole; broken cell wall) (Chlorella sorokiniana), Burdock (root) (Arcticum lappa), Bromelain (from pineapple), Aloe (leaf) (Aloe principle), Japanese Knotweed (root) Extract (Polygonum cuspidatum), Humic Acid, Rhodiola Extract (root) (Rhodiola rosea); Other ingredients: Vegetable cellulose capsule  

XenoStat: Organic Bladderwrack (frond) (Fucus vesiculosus), Kelp (whole) (Ascophyllum nodosum), Kelp (frond) (Laminaria digitata), Broccoli (stem, florets) (Brassica oleracea italica), Organic Chlorella (whole; broken cell wall) (Chlorella sorokiniana), Organic Milk Thistle (seed) (Silybum marianum), Irish Moss (whole) (Chondrus crispus), Turmeric (rhizome) (Curcuma longa), Reishi (fruiting body) Ganoderma lucidum), Aquamin F Mineralized Red Algae (whole) (Lithothamnion sp.), Hyssop (leaf, stem) (Hyssopus officinalis), Milk Thistle (seed) Extract (Silybum marianum); other ingredients: Vegetable Cellulose Capsule

Tranquinol: Calcium, Magnesium, Proprietary blend of patented extracts from Magnolia (bark) Magnolia officinalis) and Jujube (seed) (Ziziphus Spinoza), Turkey tails (mycelia, fruiting body, spore) (Coriolus versicolor), Organic chlorella (Chlorella sorokiniana), L-Theanine, Olive Leaf Extract, Valerian (root) Extract (Valeriana officinalis), Tumeric (rhizome) (Curcuma longa), Japanese Knotweed(root) (Polygonum cuspidatum); other ingredients: Dolomite, Green Tea (leaf) Extract, Vegetable Cellulose Capsules

PrimMost: Organic Evening Primrose Oil, Tocomin SupraBio, Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Sqalene Plant Oil, Cardioaid; other ingredients: Gelatin, Glycerin, Purified Water, Annatto     

 

Meanwhile, I assumed these ingredients were NOT ok for W30... if I'm wrong, please let me know... 

Stabilized Rice Bran

Organic alfalfa (herb) (Medicago sativa)

Organic Barley Grass & Organic Oat Grass

And imagine my dismay to learn that my wondeargue probiotic "contains milk and soy"  GAH!!!

 

My sincere apologies if I made any typos. This was harder than I expected, and iPhone did everything in its power to make it even more difficult! 

Thanks in advance for any help with this!!

~Denise

Did your doctor prescribe these? If the doctor prescribed them, keep taking them, regardless. Doctor's orders trump Whole30 rules.

Moderators here are volunteers, and none of us are going to google every one of these items to double check whether they're compliant or not. Frankly, a big part of Whole30 is you learning to pay attention to what you're putting in your body and taking responsibility for those choices -- and that applies whether we're talking about ingredients in bacon or in vitamins.

Many of these ingredients I have never heard of, so I don't know what they are, I would literally have to sit here and google each of them to answer your question thoroughly. I do know that one of these products listed glycerin, and that is a sweetener, so it's not okay. I would suggest you look up each ingredient, figure out what they all are, and then try to determine whether they are things that sound like they are in keeping with Whole30's goal of eating real, whole foods. You can google Whole30 + whatever you're looking for, or Whole30 forum + whatever you're looking for, and if it's been discussed on the forum, you should find it.

Here's a helpful article about choosing supplements, and here's the Sneaky Sugars list with other names for sweeteners you should avoid, and here's a list of other additives and whether they are okay or not.

If you narrow it down to just a couple of particular ingredients that you're not sure about, come back and post again and we'll see if we can help.

 

[denibear]

3 hours ago, ShannonM816 said:

Did your doctor prescribe these? If the doctor prescribed them, keep taking them, regardless. Doctor's orders trump Whole30 rules.

Moderators here are volunteers, and none of us are going to google every one of these items to double check whether they're compliant or not. Frankly, a big part of Whole30 is you learning to pay attention to what you're putting in your body and taking responsibility for those choices -- and that applies whether we're talking about ingredients in bacon or in vitamins.

Many of these ingredients I have never heard of, so I don't know what they are, I would literally have to sit here and google each of them to answer your question thoroughly. I do know that one of these products listed glycerin, and that is a sweetener, so it's not okay. I would suggest you look up each ingredient, figure out what they all are, and then try to determine whether they are things that sound like they are in keeping with Whole30's goal of eating real, whole foods. You can google Whole30 + whatever you're looking for, or Whole30 forum + whatever you're looking for, and if it's been discussed on the forum, you should find it.

Here's a helpful article about choosing supplements, and here's the Sneaky Sugars list with other names for sweeteners you should avoid, and here's a list of other additives and whether they are okay or not.

If you narrow it down to just a couple of particular ingredients that you're not sure about, come back and post again and we'll see if we can help.

 

Hi, Shannon. Thank you for your response. I apologize - I didn't mean to imply that anyone should look all these up... I was hoping for just what you did - spotting that one sneaky thing and calling it out. I may go look up all the ingredients (which I was trying to avoid) or I may just toss them in a drawer for the restart (no, they aren't prescribed). 

On the ones I listed that I thought were problems (at the bottom of the post) do you agree those are off-limits?

Thanks again!

Denise

[ShannonM816]

@slc_melissa was correct -- the grasses are okay (even though the actual grains wouldn't be -- the seed/grain part is the problem, not the leafy green part of the plant), but the rice bran is not okay.

[denibear]

On 12/12/2016 at 2:11 PM, ShannonM816 said:

@slc_melissa was correct -- the grasses are okay (even though the actual grains wouldn't be -- the seed/grain part is the problem, not the leafy green part of the plant), but the rice bran is not okay.

@ShannonM816 thank you. Would that also be true of "sprouts" -- as in "organic quinoa sprouts" (and a bunch of other similar non-gluten-grain and legume sprouts? This is in Greens Superfood capsules. If grasses are ok then the sprouts are the only questionable thing. 

Really kicking myself for messing this up because now I can't restart until late January. }:-<

Thanks for your help!