| All vitamin supplements available in the market are | | | | a usable form for more than a few hours. Hence, |
| not the same in terms of quality. Three basic | | | | the nutrients get destroyed when they reach the |
| types are available: tablets, capsules, and liquid | | | | stomach acids before they reach the upper |
| form. Tablets are the most common, formed by | | | | intestine, where the highest absorption occurs. |
| mixing organic or inorganic binders and | | | | The same enzyme can be a useful, stable agent |
| compressed into tablet form. They have poor | | | | in a high-quality tablet vitamin supplement. |
| absorption rate, often less than 30%. The | | | | However, people who have trouble with |
| absorption also depends on the quality of binders | | | | swallowing, as well as those for whom absorption |
| used. High-quality vitamin supplements use | | | | of solids is difficult, have been observed to get |
| expensive organic binders, which makes their | | | | good results with vitamin supplements in their |
| nutrients get absorbed in the upper intestinal walls | | | | liquid forms. |
| straight into the blood stream. | | | | Natural foods are the best source of vitamins and |
| Liquid vitamin supplements, claimed to have | | | | nutrients, which work wonders for the body in a |
| high-absorption rates, are available in a wide range | | | | holistic manner. For example, natural vitamin E is |
| of flavors. However, the claim that these are | | | | clinically proven to be far more effective than |
| capable of effecting an almost 90% absorption | | | | synthetic vitamin E. Fortunately for the consumer, |
| must be regarded cautiously. They cannot be | | | | the nutraceutical industry has taken note of this |
| assumed to be better than tablets, since faster | | | | and begun encapsuling and packaging nature's best |
| absorption is not the key issue, but better | | | | vitamins and nutrients, retaining their natural forms |
| assimilation and optimum utilization of the nutrient | | | | and making them available to the discerning |
| for the body's well being. Vitamins, when | | | | vitamin seeker without the perils of chemicals, |
| suspended or dissolved in a fluid, can become | | | | binding agents, and preservatives. |
| quite unstable. They cannot carry the enzymes in | | | | |