Vitamin Absorption

When formulating supplements and manufacturing vitamins, it is absolutely essential to consider vitamin absorption. Regardless of the nutrients in a supplement, if they are not absorbed by the body, then they are useless. For this reason, Vitarich Laboratories considers vitamin absorption in all our products.

Vitamin absorption is affected by a wide variety of factors, but the one that stands apart as most important is the quality of the ingredients in a supplement. Generally speaking, higher quality ingredients allow greater bioavailability, meaning vitamin absorption is greatly increased. However, these ingredients are also more expensive, and many distributors choose to find a median between price and quality that best suits them and their customers.

Vitamin absorption is also affected by outside factors, including lifestyle choices. Vitamin absorption can be compromised by certain behaviors such as smoking and excessive consumption of alcohol. Further, certain medications can interfere with vitamin absorption, and anyone taking a medication should consult with his or her doctor about possible deficiencies caused by this interaction.

Diet can also have an impact on vitamin absorption. Certain vitamins are fat-soluble while others are water-soluble. What this means is that fat-soluble vitamins are stored in fatty tissues, while water-soluble vitamins are excreted and must be replaced daily. For those on extreme low-fat diets, vitamin absorption of fat-soluble vitamins may be an issue because certain amounts of fat are needed for digestion and absorption of these vitamins.

When you choose Vitarich Laboratories for your vitamin and supplement products, you not only get the best services available, but you also get our decades of experience working to provide you with superior products. To learn more about vitamin absorption and absorption of nutrients in general, call or e-mail Vitarich Laboratories today.