Organic Herbs That Complement Probiotic Nutrients? New Chapter provides you an organic probiotic alternative to isolated or USP vitamins and minerals. All of our vitamins and minerals are cultured in organic soy and whole foods using nature?s most prized and studied probiotics, featuring Lactobacilli acidophilus, bifidus, rhamnosus, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. New Chapter?s Organic Probiotic Nutrients? deliver biotransformed vitamins and minerals in their finest cultured form, much in the same way as miso, kefir, tempeh, and yogurt. New Chapter believes in the healing wisdom of whole foods and herbs, and our Probiotic Nutrients are thus cultured with the finest whole foods to create what could be called ?kefir in a capsule, tempeh in a tablet, or miso in a morsel.? But even with the whole-food glory of our Probiotic Nutrients, it is traditional to eat cultured foods with supportive herbs. In Japan, millions of people daily drink green tea and eat ginger and wasabi along with their miso. In Indonesia, people enjoy Jamu herbs like ginger, turmeric and galanga along with their tempeh. In India, people feast on teas and spices along with their yogurt drinks (lassi) and cultured rice (idli). The French eat their cultured foods [wines and yogurt], but their mouths also crave garlic, scallions, rosemary, thyme, basil and other culinary herbs. In other words, it is not enough to create the finest Probiotic Nutrients: we and our ancestors believe they work best when delivered with the appropriate herbal accompaniments. For more than a decade, the value and benefits from New Chapter Probiotic Nutrients have been expertly enhanced by the addition of time-tested herbals and tonic mushrooms. So while C Food Complex delivers its multiple antioxidative and cell-protective benefits, it is ?super-charged? by one of nature?s most valuable and life-supportive herbal combinations namely ginger and turmeric extracts. And while our Every Man and Every Woman series formulations deliver more than 25 different Probiotic Nutrients, they are supplemented with a full spectrum of herbals that have been revered through the millenia and lauded in modern research as profoundly anti-oxidative, energizing and digestive supportive. While culturing herbals has been a tradition in Europe and Asia, New Chapter is proud to bring the art to a new level in the United States. Utilizing a proprietary dual-stage culturing process, the essence of the herb is preserved while its efficacy promoted. Selecting from nature?s most appreciated herbals, five different blends or ?responses? have been formulated to further enhance the value of probiotic nutrient formulations. Men's LifeShield Response Delivers the balancing and energizing benefits of schizandra and maca combined with the digestive support of artichoke and fenugreek.* Women's LifeShield Response Offers the hormonal support of vitex and uplifting benefits of maca combined with the digestive and mineral advantages of artichoke and nettle.* Immune Support Response Time-honored mushrooms reishi and maitake enhance resistance while herbals astragalus and elderberry boost systemic response during stress.* Antioxidant Response Nine of nature?s greatest herbal free radical scavengers including cinnamon, oregano and rosemary are combined to maximize cell protective and anti-aging effects.* Optimal Stress Response The soothing benefits of chamomile and lavender are combined and enhanced with the adaptogenic effects of eleuthero and American ginseng.* *This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Note that we do not price match these products with some sites