Enviro Nutrients Update

Link: http://www.environutrients.com/bioavailable.html

The National Cancer Institute states that bioavailable is: "The ability of a drug or other substance to be absorbed and used by the body. Orally bioavailable means that a drug or other substance that is taken by mouth can be absorbed and used by the body."

From the standpoint of nutrition, bioavailable means that our digestive system will be able to extract nutrients from the product in a form that can be absorbed into the bloodstream.

Why Is This Important? This is important from a nutrition standpoint in that, the body gets more of the available nutrients if the supplement is in liquid form. Most nutrition supplements are in a pill form. According to the Physicians Desk Reference (Page 1542, #49), 85-90% of nutrients in liquid supplements are absorbed within 22-30 seconds. In pill form, it takes four hours and then only 10-20% of the nutrients are absorbed into the body.

So What Does This Mean? With the average absorption rate of 15%, this means that for every $100 you spend for pill supplements, $85 goes into the toilet. Also, you are not getting the healthy, nutritional supplementation that you thought you were. Nutrients in liquid form have a 98% absorption rate. This is also good news for people with digestive problems because much of the fillers in pills is never digested.

Learn More About Nutrition: www.FDA.gov. AlsoPhysicians Desk Reference

Learn More About Bioavailability: www.answers.com/topic/bioavailability