| Nowadays, it is hard to escape hearing about so | | | | suppositories (which are prescription items and are |
| called liquid vitamins, as they are advertised | | | | not applicable to supplements). |
| everywhere on the internet it seems. | | | | 5) No specific delivery system. |
| An example of one of the most popular of these | | | | It is the last category that cheap vitamins you |
| liquid multi vitamins is called Seasilver(TM) | | | | buy in the supermarket fall into, as well as so |
| , although FTC action has been taken against this | | | | called liquid multi vitamins. |
| company so it may be no longer available. | | | | In short, these cheap supplemements and liquid |
| Liquid vitamin supplements -- it is claimed by many | | | | vitamin supplements are simply drank as is, or |
| of these companies and their Distributors -- have | | | | mixed with water or juice before imbibing. They |
| an almost total absorption rate, often quoted as | | | | then enter the stomach where the vast majority |
| high as 98%. | | | | of the active nutrients are destroyed. |
| Accompanying this claim is another one: 90% of | | | | The bottomline is that these companies that |
| the nutrients taken in a tablet or pill form are | | | | market liquid vitamin supplements are taking |
| going straight down your toilet. | | | | advantage of the fact that most people are not |
| But are these claims true? Are there any real | | | | equipped with an understanding of the principles |
| benefits to liquid vitamins? Are there drawbacks? | | | | behind absorption and bio-availability, and can |
| At we will present the facts, and let each of you | | | | present their liquid vitamins as having greater |
| make up your own minds. | | | | efficacy than they truly do, while at the same |
| The facts on Liquid Vitamins: Liquid Vitamin | | | | time "knocking down" supplements that come in |
| Supplements | | | | tablet or pill form. |
| First, let's begin with the claim that supplements | | | | Other facts that manufacturers of Liquid Vitamins |
| taken in tablet or pill form are 90% excreted and | | | | don't want you to know |
| wasted. | | | | If you follow the latest breaking health trends as |
| This is a very misleading statement. | | | | we do, you may be aware of the many benefits |
| Here's why: there is a huge variation in | | | | of enzymes, which have been revealed to |
| supplement quality. | | | | possibly help disorders ranging from the |
| On one end of the spectrum, you have cheap | | | | caridovascular to the circulatory to the health of |
| vitamins mass produced and sold in supermarket | | | | the lungs, kidneys, liver, and even brain. A good |
| chains. These supplements are made using the | | | | amount of this research is being conducted by |
| cheapest ingredients possible, as well as the | | | | Medical Scientists at the prestigious Harvard |
| cheapest excipients (excipients are what bind the | | | | Medical School. |
| ingredients together). | | | | Many sellers of liquid vitamins will often extol the |
| Because of the excipients used, the nutrients are | | | | virtues of enzymes and claim their products |
| mostly released in the stomach, and, therefore, | | | | harbor all of the beneficial enzymes that you |
| destroyed by the stomach acids. | | | | need. |
| In the case of these supplements, 90% of the | | | | Don't buy the hype. |
| vitamins can indeed end up wasted in the toilet. | | | | The fact of the matter is that the enzyme |
| On the other end of the spectrum, though, there | | | | component in these products are negligible |
| are companies that manufacture highly | | | | because the enzymes are not added, and |
| sophisticated supplements, often referred to as | | | | therefore only contain trace amounts, which were |
| nutraceuticals. These companies can use | | | | present in the food matrix. |
| extremely expensive all natural, potent ingredients | | | | What's worse, enzymes cannot be added to liquid |
| and excipients. | | | | vitamins because enzymes are highly sensitive |
| Some of these supplements, due to these | | | | and can only survive in a liquid form for |
| differences, have highly sophisticated delivery | | | | approxiately 2 to 3 hours. |
| systems. For example, the best of them have | | | | Enzymes, however, can be a viable component in |
| excipients that ensure the nutrients are absorbed | | | | complex tablet form nutraceuticals and not suffer |
| via the lining of the walls of the upper intestine, | | | | destruction like they do in liquid vitamin |
| allowing them to enter the bloodstream where | | | | supplements. |
| they go to work. | | | | Nutritional-Supplement-Info's Verdict on Liquid |
| In short, it is dishonest for these purveyors of | | | | Vitamins |
| liquid vitamins to try and claim all tablet or pill form | | | | In our opinion, liquid vitamins are on a par with |
| supplements have poor absorption. Comparing | | | | respect to efficacy as cheap supplements you |
| supermarket variety vitamins to sophisticated | | | | can buy in any supermarket. Unfortunately, most |
| nutraceuticals is like comparing apples to oranges. | | | | of these liquid vitamin supplements are not cheap |
| Absorption of Liquid Vitamins | | | | (especially for what you are getting) at all. |
| Now, let's discuss the alleged 98% (or greater) | | | | Indeed, many of them command prices of 40 |
| absorption claimed by some of these liquid vitamin | | | | dollars and upwards -- this is primarily due to the |
| supplements. | | | | way these liquid vitamins are marketed, which is |
| Sadly, this is also misleading. | | | | MLM (Multi-level-marketing). Multi-level-marketing |
| There are only a few different ways in which | | | | schemes have a strong tendency to inflate the |
| nutrients can get into your bloodstream: | | | | retail prices of the products because there are |
| 1) By injection...must be performed by a clinic or | | | | many levels of payment made to those |
| physician. For example, vitamin B12 or Human | | | | marketing them. |
| Growth Hormones can be introduced into the | | | | In the final analysis, the only real benefit we can |
| body using this route. | | | | ascertain of taking liquid vitamin supplements is |
| 2) Through the mucous membranes of the mouth | | | | that some people have difficulty swallowing any |
| via a sublingual tablet or liquid. This can be highly | | | | tablets. |
| effective for certain nutrients, but does not work | | | | If you are one of these people, then taking a |
| for many others simply because many nutrients | | | | liquid multi vitamin will probably be better than |
| possess molecules that are too large to be | | | | taking nothing at all. |
| absorbed via the mucous membranes. | | | | However, liquid vitamin supplements cannot |
| 3) Via the lining of the walls of the upper | | | | compare to sophisticated nutraceuticals for the |
| intestines. (Discussed above, this is how many of | | | | reasons cited above -- and many more in our |
| the best nutraceuticals work). | | | | opinion. |
| 4) Via the lining of the colon walls using | | | | |