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Liquid Vitamins vs. Pill Form-Which is better?

By: Michael Manning

Liquid vitamins vs. pill form can be asked from several different positions, some of which are inter-related. The most notable consideration is quality followed by absorption ratio. Not unimportant is the cost of each. We view these variables all important but in my opinion nothing is more important than quality so the discuss that first.

From a quality standpoint concerning liquid vitamins vs. pill vitamins the winner in this arena is "liquid vitamins". The rationale for this is the fact that vitamins in pill form have to go through a drying process that requires heating. The heating process is always a challenging aspect of preserving nutrients for shelf life of nutritional supplements. In 2000 I attended a conference where a keynote speech was given by the economist Paul Zane Pilzer who was giving a speech on the soon to be trillion dollar wellness industry. He spoke of the fact that, of the top 18 vitamin producers in a marketplace of thousands, only 6 lived up to their potency and composition claims on their packaging. These vitamin producers are rated by the NSF and 2/3 of the top 18 failed to measure up. The reasons for this are many but, most importantly, is the fact that pill vitamins, at this point in time, rule the marketplace.

It is, obviously, much easier to produce vitamins in pill form than liquid vitamins. The problem is, again, the drying process, which destroys important nutrients. Nutrient potency almost always suffers from the transportation process, whether by rail or truck, both of which expose the product to decay and environmental pollution. One of the down sides of farming and production is the time required to transport the raw form product to the manufacturer and this has a direct impact of the preservation of the important compounds used in nutritional supplements. A manufacturer also owns the fields where plants are harvested and has an onsite manufacturing facility this can minimize this problem with the "field to factory" system.

The other problem with pill vitamin quality is that they loaded with fillers that often times minimize the absorption of any remaining nutrients. Liquid vitamins or nutraceutical supplements maintain their quality with the absence of necessary fillers that pill vitamins contain. In liquid vitamins vs. pill form debate there is no question that the liquid nutrients are much more easily absorbed by the stomach and intestinal tract and assimilated more rapidly as these products are often in their natural and raw states. My suggestion is that you seriously investigate liquid nutrients or nutraceuticals and come to you own conclusion. I highly recommend liquid vitamins to those on weight loss programs due to the lack of nutrient dense foods and poor absorption rates of pill vitamins.

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