What is the difference between a herb and a vitamin?
Vitamins are naturally occurring compounds present in most foods, which are essential for all body functions. Herbs are also natural products consisting of plant material or plant extract. However, herbs are not essential to the human body. Vitamins have a substantial body of research exploring their function in the human body, intake requirements and safety of intake. Herbs have limited research in these areas and do not have recommended intake levels since they are not essential to human life. Vitamins have strict government regulations ensuring their quality and safety. Herbs lack any legal standards for processing, harvesting or packaging and consequently may not consist of pure products and may vary in potency.
