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Liposomal Technology for nutrient delivery: explained
Liposomal technology is revolutionising the way we deliver nutritional supplements, allowing us to provide better results, better value for money, and better convenience.
This new technology enables us to deliver the right ingredients, in the right format, and in the right quantity, so that you can get the most out of your supplements.
In this article I’ll explain how liposomal food supplements give you unparalleled results, and why you are wasting your money on ordinary pill-based supplements.
You are what you absorb
If you are not able to absorb the supplements you are putting into you body, then what is the point?
A nutrient will only make a difference it can be absorbed and used by the body. Otherwise you are quite literally flushing your money down the toilet. Another word for this is bioavailability. Bioavailability is the only measurement that matters when it comes to supplements.
It is a measure of how easily a nutrient can be absorbed by the body and how quickly it enters the circulatory system to reach the desired area, so that it can take effect.
Some foods absorb better than others (bioavailability)
You ever wonder why doctors tell us to have medicines with food? Turmeric and Vitamin D are both good examples of this.
Doctors often recommend taking vitamin D with food because it is a fat-soluble vitamin, which means it dissolves in fat and is best absorbed in the presence of dietary fats, whereas the digestive system is a watery environment.
For this reason, in order for fat-soluble nutrients to absorb correctly, they need to somehow be made to be water-soluble.
It’s the same story with Turmeric. Although its main compound, curcumin, breaks down quickly in the liver and intestines, it is poorly soluble in water, limiting its absorption.
Insoluble nutrients end up clumping together, preventing them from being absorbed through the gut lining, and as a result, they end up getting flushed down the toilet:
How can we increase bioavailability?
First we need to properly understand the factors that determine bioavailability, and let’s continue with our example of Curcumin. It comes down to:
Concentration
Format
Stability
Solubility
Permeability
Let’s take these one at a time...
Concentration
It’s fairly obvious that if you don’t get a sufficient amount of a nutrient in your body, it isn’t going to make a difference. Many people (including us in the past) take ‘Organic Turmeric’ pills, or they buy Turmeric shots from the supermarket.
What they don’t realise is that the bit that makes Turmeric amazing for inflammation is actually a compound within it called Curcumin, which is only 3% of Turmeric by volume. So unless you are taking curcumin supplements, you aren’t getting the benefit of Turmeric in an efficient way.
Many supplement manufacture get around this by increasing concentration levels of Turmeric. You will often see manufacturers touting “3000mg” of turmeric per capsule. We include only the active ingredient: Curcumin. This means we don’t need to add 2000mg in two capsules - you get the right amount in just one tablespoon.
Format: why liquid supplements perform better
Without an explanation you know this is true but you may not know why.
The reason is down to the fact that in order for any nutrient to reach the cells of the body, it must first be suspended in a solution.
Or in other words it must be liquid.
As a rule, the nearer a nutrient is to liquid form, the quicker and more completely it will assimilate and take effect in your body.
Medical studies have shown that liquid extracts have faster absorption rates; higher optimisation rates and is more easily digestible whereas capsules, pills, and tables can take from 20-30 minutes to break down, before the body can even start to assimilate them. In short, you hunch was correct.
Liquid supplements are incomparable to pills when it comes to absorption. Pill fatigue is real. If you aren’t taking supplements because you forget or because you don’t want to take pills then absorption is obviously zero!
SO...if we can increase concentration, and if we can make the supplement in a liquid format then we have three problems left to solve: Stability, Solubility, and Permeability.
Liposomes solve all of these these problems
Liposomes improve bioavailability by encapsulating nutrients in tiny fat-like spheres that mimic cell membranes, allowing them to pass more easily through the digestive system and into cells.
This protective layer helps prevent the nutrient from breaking down prematurely, ensuring more of it reaches the bloodstream where it can be effectively utilised.
In their natural state, key nutrients like Vitamin C are unprotected and vulnerable to being destroyed in our digestive system. To get around this, we wrap nutrients in the same building blocks that make up the walls of our cells. These building blocks form a shield around the nutrients. We call this shiels a “liposome” — this is how we transport precious cargo at a tiny scale!
Increased stability
Against sunlight
Vitamin D degrades in sunlight because UV radiation breaks down its molecular structure, reducing its potency and effectiveness. This degradation process protects the body from accumulating too much active vitamin D, which could lead to toxicity.
Liposomes can increase stability against sunlight by encapsulating and shielding sensitive compounds like vitamin D from direct UV exposure. The lipid bilayer of liposomes acts as a protective barrier, reducing the rate of degradation and preserving the compound’s potency when exposed to light.
Against stomach acid
As awesome as our bodies are, the human digestive system is not perfectly efficient, and many nutrients are excreted or destroyed in the stomach and intestines.
Liposomes protect nutrients from stomach acid by encasing them in a phospholipid bilayer, which resists breakdown in acidic environments.
This protective layer shields the nutrient inside, allowing it to pass through the stomach intact...
Increased solubility and permeability
Liposomes help nutrients pass through the gut lining by leveraging their small, consistent size and structure, which allows them to move through the fine, sieve-like walls of the intestinal lining without clumping.
Their uniformity prevents aggregation, allowing them to be absorbed more effectively as they reach and merge with the cell membranes of the gut lining, and pass efficiently into the bloodstream for onward delivery to the areas of the body where the nutrients are needed.
Intra-cellular delivery
Liposomes deliver nutrients directly to cells by using their phospholipid bilayer, which is structurally similar to human cell membranes.
This similarity allows liposomes to fuse with cell membranes, effectively bypassing many typical barriers in the digestive tract. When the liposome merges with the cell membrane, it releases the nutrient directly into the cell.
Summary: massively increased bioavailability (8x)
Along with transformative results and much better value for money.
This is why our flagship product for Pain & Inflammation, Deflame, combines nutrient-dense ingredients with liposomal technology for results you can feel.
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Deflame
30 Sachets | 15ml (one sachet)
A natural anti-inflammatory blend using Liposomal Technology to reduce excess inflammation and alleviate pain.
- Gentler, more holistic alternative to OTC painkillers
- Helps ease symptoms of hormonal change
- Relief for achy joints and muscles