The Art of Choosing a Good Vitamin
Supplement
Selecting a good vitamin
supplement can be a challenging ordeal. There are
literally 1000's of supplements to choose from - some are good,
some aren't so good.
Many vitamin companies depend on the average consumer not
being very well informed and they'll take billions of dollars
from them this year.
In this article, you'll learn vital facts
90% of vitamin buyers do not know. Plus -
5 foolproof ways you can use to judge every new vitamin
supplement that comes along. Once you're armed with the
information revealed here, you'll be protected against
vitamin supplement hype.
HOW DOES THE SUPPLEMENT DISSOLVE IN THE
STOMACH?
Not too long ago a TV news program showed a couple vitamin
supplements found in hospital bed-pans. They were completely
whole. You could even see the brand name on one of them. It was
one of the most popular drug store vitamin supplements sold in
America today. The hospital staff finds these often and call
them "bed-pan bullets".
There are basically 3 types of vitamin supplement delivery
systems. Liquid, tablets, and capsules.
Liquid, of course, is ready to go but there's not currently
many choices. Liquid supplements are a bit inconvenient and
taste like cough syrup. But, they're perfect for those having
trouble swallowing pills - and for youngsters.
Tablets are the most common vitamin supplement. They are formed
by mixing in an organic or inorganic cement and compressing
into shape. To dissolve properly, an organic cement should be
used - but it's more costly for the company. Also, there are
coated tablets, as mentioned above, that look like little
candy-coated M&M's. These are quite common with the one or
two per day cheap drug store vitamins.
Capsules are loosely packed gelatin containers that dissolve
quickly. My first choice. Because they're not
compressed like tablets, you will usually have to take two of
these to equal one tablet.
HOW WELL ARE THE VITAMINS AND MINERALS
ABSORBED?
Fact is - studies have shown individual
vitamin isolates in supplements are about 10% absorbed. Compare
this to vitamins directly from a fresh plant
source which are 77% to 93% absorbed. Minerals in a
supplement are even worse - 1% to 5%. But, from a plant source
like raw broccoli, the minerals are 63% to 78% absorbable.
The reason for this difference is, in nature, each vitamin and
mineral molecule is attached to a protein
molecule.
Dr. Gunter Blobel, in 1999, received a Nobel Prize for proving
this attached protein molecule acted as a "chaperone". It's the
chaperone that tells the body the vitamin or mineral is food,
not just another chemical. He discovered this was the KEY to
getting the vitamin or mineral into the blood-stream - and,
most importantly, into the cells.
Vitamins in supplements are the very basic isolated form of
each vitamin - completely stripped of any proteins. Like a
Christmas tree with all the limbs cut off.
That's why vitamin supplements MUST be taken
with meals - unless stated otherwise on the label.
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