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GMP Registered | GMP Certified | GMP Compliant
All supplements under the brand names “Dr. Clark Store”, “Dr. Clark Purity” and “Vitamins Without” are manufactured in our own factory, which we have direct control over. Our very own Dr. Clark Store/Self Health Resource Center factory, known under the legal name Nutritional Supplement Manufactures, Inc. (PureNSM.com), is certified by the Largest and most reputable GMP Auditors in USA.

In addition to all of the Dr. Clark manufacturing procedures, our processes are meticulous, detail oriented and geared to hinder mistakes. We have comprehensive SOPs, MBRs and MPRs. This ensures meticulous record keeping and quality assurance.

1. SOP – Standard Operating Procedures

1. MPR – Master Production Records

1. BPR – Batch Production Records

No Flow Agents
Magnesium Stearate, a common flow agent, has increasingly been criticized for hindering absorption. Some research has been done on this and of course refuted by industry. We never use Magnesium Stearate in Dr. Clark’s supplements. Purity and Potency Go Hand in Hand.

For three reasons superior potency cannot be achieved without attention to supreme purity.  First, if you use flow agents the body has to work extra hard to break it down before enjoying the benefits of the nutrients delivered in the supplement. Second, micro toxins that are often found in highly processed excipients are poison to the body and makes the immune system, again, work extra hard. Both the above are devastating for a person with depleted immune system.  Finally nutrients should have no restriction to breaking down in the stomach for maximum absorption in the colon.

 Take a look at this picture. The yellow part in the middle is the nutritional element; it has jagged edges and obviously will not flow very well.  This is why it has been coated with a flow agent, indicated in blue. This makes the particle flow fast without caking up in the encapsulation machine. This increases profits for the manufacturer because now he can run his equipment faster, but it is bad for you.

Heavy Metal Tested
All our incoming materials are tested for on an ICP-OES (Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectroscopy) for total heavy metals (metallic + plant based). Each product passes NSF, USP and the strict CA Proposition 65 standards when taken according to the label. Heavy metals are found naturally in plants in two forms, plant based and metallic. Dr. Clark was only concerned with metallic versions of heavy metals which she identified using Syncrometer® Testing, We of course continue Dr. Clark’s tradition with the able help of Syncrometer® testers she personally trained.

Batch Metal Tested
In addition to testing our raw materials for Heavy Metals we metal detect every single capsule and every single grain of herb at the end stage of manufacturing. We use a metal detector from Safeline that swiftly reject ferrous, non-ferrous and stainless-steel contaminants in our products.

Tested for Microbes
We meticulously test all herbs for microbiological growth using our top of the line automated BioLumix and other systems. Our suppliers know better than to send us contaminated herbs, we only get the best available herbs because our vendors know we return all herbs that don’t test pure.  We also test our equipment and table surfaces. We guarantee that the product we manufacture meet the following criteria in accordance to USP or NSF standards:

Many herbs come from root vegetables.  Roots grow in the ground of course, and what else is in the ground?  Bugs galore!  Lots of them! One gram of natural soil, about enough to cover a nickel, contains up to a billion organisms. You are better off with our supplements, because you don’t have to waste your precious immune power on battling microbes hiding in your herbs.

No Hidden Ingredients
It is a common misnomer that if you take a certain mg amount of a supplement that it does not matter in what form it is, how it is packaged and with what it’s packaged. Take Vitamin C for example. You can get it in many forms and some are more absorbent than others. Even if you see “Ascorbic Acid” on the label of two different products, the ingredients can vary. One manufacturer may use 90% Ascorbic Acid with 10% Corn Starch and Lactose (for better handling in manufacturing).  Of course a manufacturer that focuses on purity will use 100% Pure Ascorbic Acid.  Unfortunately, this is true for lots of ingredients, including the following:

The worst thing is if you are buying from a “manufacturer” that does not manufacture their own products, he may not know exactly what’s in the supplements. Contract manufacturers typically don’t disclose such information and will even substitute “similar” ingredients into the mix if they run out of a particular raw material – without telling anyone!

Whole Herb
Dr. Clark did not want people with depleted immune systems to use extracts because extracts are often highly processed. Invariably Dr. Clark would find contamination from the extraction process in the herbs.
Dr. Clark explained to us that the more an herb is processed, the greater the likelihood of incorporating pollutants in addition to leaving out wholesome nutrition. That is why we use the whole herb such as wormwood in our herbal supplement products.

“The complex, multicomponent mixture obtained after using a solvent to dissolve components of the biomass. Extracts may be in dry, liquid, or semi-solid form. Excipients may be added to extracts to adjust the concentration, enhance stability, limit microbial growth, and improve drying, flow, or other manufacturing characteristics" -- Definition of “extracts” from a dietary supplement association.

Only Pure Capsules
The more you process something, the more likely you are to contaminate it.  This holds true for veggie caps.  It is much harder to make sturdy capsules out of vegetables than to make it out of animal products.

It is counter intuitive; many people erroneously think that everything vegetarian is healthier, but that is not the case.  I respect people that don’t want to eat animals but it is counterproductive to paint all vegetable based food as healthy.  A good example: highly processed tofu hotdogs.

The same principal applies to the vegetable based capsule.  It came on the market in the 1980’s when gelatin capsules had been on the market for decades. Only after complicated processing involving various solvents and chemical compounds can you make a vegetable capsule.

But aren’t gelatin capsules made with bones that might carry “Mad Cow” prions?  No. Because not all gelatin capsules are made with bones.  We only use bovine gelatin capsules that are certified BSE free. Our gelatin capsules are also Halal and Kosher.