Gel Touted as Superior Delivery System
Natural Products Insider recently published an article extolling the benefits of Gel Suspension as a means for delivering nutrients to the body. “Gel for Optimized Timing and Absorption of Nutrients” was published in its most recent Newsletter. Natural Products Insider is a top publication in the dietary supplement and functional food industry with more than twelve thousand direct subscribers.
“Although pills and capsules are easy to carry, they rely on liquid consumption to swallow and push them into the body, and these supplements have thick outer shells. The availability of the nutrients in food supplements is of paramount importance. If nutrients are not available for uptake in the gastrointestinal tract, they are essentially useless; and because pills and capsules take time to break down in the body nutrients are lost to the natural process of discretion. While powder releases more quickly in the body, it inconveniently demands liquid and rigorous mixing. Bars offer nutritional value, but they are also full of calories and fillers, and many times do not offer a variety of supplements; they are, therefore, good for high protein and meal replacement, but not great for many other nutritional concerns.
Juice is seen as a solution for many people but, when studied, is found to be inconsistent as the nutritional pulp is not easily measured during the bottling process. One bottle might contain a full amount of nutrients and the next will have a different value. The other critical gap is during consumption, when it is easy to leave a small amount at the bottom of the glass and because heavier elements settle, the nutrients are washed down the sink or thrown away instead of ingested.”
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http://www.naturalproductsinsider.com/articles/2009/12/gel-for-optimized-timing-and-absorption-of-nutrients.aspx
