Are you absorbing your vitamins?
Many people understand that they need nutrients to feel and be their best. However, the way a nutrient enters the body matters a great deal to how much the body can get all the benefits of that nutrient. The nutrients delivered by supplements vary greatly in how much benefit they can deliver and premium vitamins like Recoop are superior both for the quality of their ingredients and for the support those ingredients get to work their best in your body.
A substance will only deliver an effect if it can be absorbed by the body, so bioavailability is the key to creating a vitamin that delivers proven ingredient benefits. Bioavailability is a measure of how much a nutrient is able to access the circulation and reach a target area. It is affected by absorption (how much the body gets it) and secretion (how much the body gets out).
Nutritional scientists know how important bioavailability is to health. For example, when you eat, the food is carried through your digestive system. Helpful nutrients are then absorbed into your bloodstream and are either stored or used by your cells. However, your body is not perfectly efficient and not all the nutrient molecules will be absorbed: some nutrients are destroyed in the stomach and intestines, while others are excreted back into the bloodstream; some simply fail to go inside the cells.
Foods, particularly carbs and fats, are the most easily and readily absorbed by the body. The nutrients founds in supplements are often much more difficult to absorb, which is why there is a common perception that nutrients from food are “better” than nutrients from supplements. Many low-cost supplements get destroyed by the acids in the stomach before they can ever get absorbed by the cells in the body that would benefit from them. Buyer beware!
In reality, nutrients from supplements can be similarly effective and powerful when they’re delivered with activating agents for bioavailability, making these nutrients from supplements more efficient and effective than they otherwise would be. Taking supplements at the right times of day or with (or without) the right foods can also have an impact on bioavailability.
Bioavailability in supplements can be affected by a wide variety of factors, including:
Formulation - some nutrient form factors are more easily absorbed than others
Delivery - capsules can be more effective than tablets in some cases for example
Meal Composition - taking a supplement with water or with a meal as instructed can affect absorption and a feeling of ease in digesting the supplements
Interactions between supplements - some supplements are better absorbed alone or only in certain combinations with others while some need time between taking them
Gut health - gut inflammation and excess acid in the gut can make it harder for a nutrient to get absorbed in the bloodstream
Recoop’s formula includes two ingredients specifically designed to target and improve bioavailability and absorption in the body.
Coconut powder (found in Recovery): Coconut Oil Powder helps to improve bioavailability of vitamins and nutrients.* High quality coconut oil is known to help support the digestive process for nutrient absorption.* In addition, coconut oil is a medium chain fatty acid (MCFA), which helps support your digestive system to absorb nutrients from the foods and vitamins we consume, including Recoop.*
Black Pepper (found in Balance) : The piperine found in black pepper helps support absorption, making our ingredients, such as Curcumin and Turmeric, more readily available to be used by your body.* One study on Black Pepper reports Piperine's bioavailability enhancing property is also partly attributed to increased absorption as a result of its effect on the ultrastructure of intestinal brush border, essentially saying piperine helps support nutrient absorption from the foods you eat or vitamins you take through digestion.
