Why I'm Rethinking the Way Supplements Are Delivered
About this episode
Dr. Mercola discusses rethinking the delivery methods of supplements to better integrate them into daily meals.
Supplements were never meant to be miniature drugs. They exist to complement a nutrient-dense diet, not to override a poor one the way pharmaceuticals are used to suppress symptoms Compliance is the supplement world's quietest failure. Good intentions are common; the willingness to swallow a fistful of capsules every day is not, and a supplement sitting in your cabinet does nothing for you For certain ingredients, I'm moving toward clean, sprinkle-on-food powders in foil pouches and canisters instead of capsules in bottles. When the supplement becomes part of your meal, taking it stops being another chore to remember. This is not a blanket rejection of capsules. Some ingredients genuinely need a capsule, a softgel, enteric protection, or a shield from oxygen, light, and moisture, and those will stay exactly as they are I'm also rethinking glass. It sounds like the obvious premium choice, but in the real world it's heavy, breakable, costly to ship, and — like any bottle or jar — it lets in a fresh charge of air every time you open it. For several items in our line the better answer is aluminum-foil packaging: pouches and foil-lined canisters flushed with nitrogen and packed with…
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