Rapaire, I do grow many medicinal herbs, many I can't because of the growing zone I'm in (I push zone 4 plants, some with success). I also know the woods are full.
I tried to find where you found this info before answering about this but I couldn't, so I'm going to go blind on this.
Of all the doctors I know or have gone to, none of them believe in the power of herbs, with one exception, my chiropractor. This leads me to believe they are invested into the drug companies! (One of these days I'm going to ask my Dr. if he is)
All know, that herbs were the first medicines and still many drugs are extracted from herbs, many are synthetic. I will not dispute the fact that there are herbal companies out there that are doing the same thing corporate drugs are. Trying to make the big bucks. That is a sad fact. But, there are also many companies that have what they say in their capsules.


But, this really wasn't my point to begin with. My point is the regulations of vitamins and minerals. Sure I can eat a bag of oranges to get the Vitamin C, I can eat a field of spinach to get my calcium,I can go out and grind up some rocks to get my minerals, but I confess, it's really easier to eat my daily dose of calcium and multi-vitamin from a pill. Damn I'm lazy huh?

The codex alimentarius is little known to people because it's one of those secrets kept quite untill it's too late to change it. It seems to me it's another take over by the rich.
Don't get me wrong though, some people who take supplements probably do mis-use them. That's what labels are for and so what is going on in effect, is once again people are being dumbed and controlled as if they can't make a decision for themselves on how much vitamin D they can take.