Susan, << I am leary of supplements because what are they really made of? And they are cooked, no? >> Well the word "supplements" covers a huge amount of ground. So, to answer your question, they are made of everything almost - from wholly synthetic creations, to mixtures of plant or animal products, some cooked, some not. We'd really have to get specific to answer your question, since there are vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, co-factors, herbal compounds, glandular extracts, hormone mixtures, amino acid and protein concoctions, dried grasses, algaes, plant parts, animal parts, what-have-you. A trip to your local health food store would show you what I mean - it is mind boggling the numbers of things there are to take as medicines or health aids or whatever you want to call them, that all fall under the category of "supplements." As far as cooked or not, that in my mind is not the key issue at all. That issue is dwarfed in comparison to the other issues related to supplement usage. But to answer that question - I think the vast majority of supplements are "cooked" in some form or another, (I mean, would you call a laboratory- created synthetic substance 'cooked?' or 'raw?'), although there are things you can buy, such as refrigerated lactobacteria or flax oil, or some of the dehydrated green products, that are not cooked. << Is it suvitaminam is neat to know what foods miaappreciate I would like to > >> Susan, I have to say that after reading and re-reading this sentence many times, I am at a total loss. It looks a little like Pakistani (especially that third word) but its the word _order_ that's throwing me most for a loop. My English is not that great - is the fifth word from the end a word a synonym for "dislike?" Or, is it Italian, beginning with the first-person personal pronoun? ;-)) ;-)) Love, Liza [log in to unmask] (Liza May)