About Attogram

After 28 years in business we feel very significant (even though we evidently do not weigh a lot) !

Cornell University has recently defined Attogram in terms of a single DNA molecule which was found to weigh “a shade more than 1 attogram” (10-18 grams).
Cornell University News Service, 5.18.05 ( viewed 9.25.06)

Attogram Corp., a natural health product manufacturer founded in 1978 by pharmacist Andrew Gutauskas, is dedicated to assisting health care practitioners help their patients through the use of dietary supplements, herbs and other natural remedies. After a number of years working in retail pharmacies, Andrew concluded that assisting the body’s own healing forces made more sense, in fact was more effective and less harmful than conventional pharmaceuticals which usually produce immediate effects but have no potential for affecting a cure. In September of 1978, Andrew retired from pharmacy.

In partnership with Dr. Leo Roy, a naturopathic and medical doctor, Attogram Corp was born in December of 1978. It began as a dietary supplement distribution service to health care practitioners and soon expanded to include the manufacture of natural health products. By 1981, a number of other naturopathic doctors had also invested in Attogram Corp. Among these was Dr. Joe Boucher, after whom one of Canada’s two naturopathic colleges is named. The wealth of knowledge gained by close association with prominent ND’s over the years continues to be invaluable for the development of new and innovative products.

Attogram’s products are made from the highest quality natural, raw materials available. Our proprietary formulas are clinically tested and have proven effective

Government GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practices) ensure quality of drugs but not necessarily of natural health products. Drugs generally do not cooperate with the body but rather are sophisticated poisons designed to elicit specific and immediate effects. Not surprisingly, then, drugs need not maintain any structural affinity to anything natural, and therefore GMPs are sufficient to ensure their quality.

Natural health products, on the other hand, assist the body in its innate efforts to correct its own problems. Generally, what physically differentiates NHPs from drugs is their closeness to the naturally occurring systems from which they are derived. Those that are the closest have the greatest potential for fitting into the human system and producing the most remarkable results. Those that are the furthest away behave like drugs.

Attogram Corp. believes that the complexity of natural systems is beyond the ability of humans to fully understand, that we do not need to fully comprehend them to experience their healing benefits, and that this complexity must be preserved when processing a natural health product so that it produces the best possible healing effect. To this end, as necessary, our manufacturing processes are free of heat, chemicals, and contact with oxygen (air) at critical stages.

The true GMPs of natural health products.