3 Little Known Tips For Taking an Antiaging Quality Supplement That’s Actually Absorbed
One of the biggest problems consumers face is evaluating the absorption of an antiaging quality supplement. Is it absorbed at all? Most people know which ingredients to look for on the label and they might even know what the optimal dosages should be. But they never consider if a particular supplement will make it through stomach acid intact. Or if nutrients are harmed in the stomach, are they still any good to you?
On a supplement bottle label, you only read what the supplement company wants you to know. This article takes you passed that; we’ll discuss info that can really help you determine if a supplement is effective. With these 3 new evaluating criteria, you’ll be able to find a professional-grade antiaging quality supplement.
(1) Disintegration & Dissolution - If, How, and Where Your Supplement Breaks Up?
This is how it works with supplement; you swallow it and forget it. You just trust that it will fracture into tiny bits and dissolve into your blood. But with a good majority of supplements, especially the cheaper ones you find in stores and online, this does not happen.
Some supplements break up too slowly and dissolve in the wrong spot in your body. While others, shockingly, pass through your body—without ever breaking up. Top supplements, however, should break up in 20-30 minutes in the small intestine.
The United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) and British Pharmacopoeia (BP) publish disintegration and dissolution standards for dietary supplements and pharmaceutical drugs. However, they’re only guidelines, not laws that are enforceable. Only buy from supplement companies that voluntarily manufacture according to USP and BP levels.
You can be confident that your supplement breaks up and dissolves properly if your anti-aging quality supplement meets these standards.
(2) Listed Last on the Ingredient List - Excipients
They may be the last thing you read on the label. Heck, you probably just skip over them; they’re not as interesting as the main ingredients. But they are important when determining a supplement’s absorption. Excipients give supplements form and consistency and they hold all the nutrients together. Which ones and how many of them affect a supplement’s ability to disintegrate and be absorbed.
Best - natural excipients:
- gelatin
- magnesium stearate
- (colloidal) silicon dioxide
- silica
- titanium dioxide
- microcrystalline cellulose
- (di) calcium phosphate
- calcium sulphate
- potassium aspartate
- pregelatinized starch
- sodium starch glycolate
- croscarmellose sodium
- sodium citrate
- ascorbyl palmitate
- stearic acid
- carob
- acacia gum
- guar gum
- vanilla
- beeswax
- lecithin
- tapioca flour
- purified water
- vegetable acetoglyceride
- hydroxypropyl methylcellulose
- rice/flour/bran powders
- modified corn starch
- sodium chloride
- shellac
- soap
- maltose
- sucrose
- fructose
- mannitol
- sorbitol
- stevia
- glycerine
- maltodextrin
- dextrose
Worst - artificial excipients:
- colorings
- sweeteners (including sucralose/Splenda)
- sodium benzoate
- propylene glycol
- aluminum silicate
- wheat, corn, yeast, dairy, soy (allergenic substances)
An antiaging quality supplement will only have 5-10 natural excipients. Beware of any supplement that includes more than that.
(3) Safe from Stomach Acid - Enteric Coating
Like we said in the intro, stomach acid destroys many vital nutrients such as enzymes, l-glutathione, alpha lipoic acid, and herbal extracts. For help in this area, supplement companies look to the pharmaceutical industry. Like it or not, big drugs companies are on the cutting edge of delivery systems—this is why their products work so fast and effectively.
They developed enteric coating, which is a protective layer that allows a pill or supplement to pass unharmed through the stomach. Once it reaches the small intestine, the coating strips away and nutrients are safely released. Absorption depends on enteric coating.
Without it, a supplement’s effectiveness takes a nosedive. But, surprisingly, most supplement companies don’t use enteric coating. They would rather use only vitamins and minerals in their supplement—because they’re unaffected by stomach acid. Enteric coating is expensive and requires expertise to use. Supplement companies driven by profits see it as an unneeded expense and a big hassle to use.
So much for quality, huh?
Okay, that’s it. Now you’ve learned the 3 things it takes for an antiaging quality supplement to be absorbed:
- Following disintegration & dissolution guidelines
- Including only a few natural excipients
- Using enteric coating
This will save you time and money in your future search for supplements. Use these criteria or you may take a supplement for years and never realize that it’s poorly absorbed.
There are thousands of people taking supplements like that right now. Don’t be one of them.
Choose wisely - an antiaging quality supplement is a long-term investment in your health.
Zach Zufall is the author of the free 6-Day Mini-Course, "The Consumers’ Guide to Choosing a Supplement That’ll Slow Your Aging Process". Drop by Dietary Supplements Guide for your free copy.
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