I always tell my lecture attendees:
-to find out if the vitamin company you buy from is investing money into your health, call the 800 number and ask a question.
-if they have no 800 number/website, throw them away
-if they have a number but the rep doesnt look up the info or gives you like a 5th grader, throw them away
-if they have a department specifically for hard questions, an frequently asked question database, a nutritionist that answers the phone....that's your company!
I was buying some melatonin replacement and saw extended release oral spray from Source Naturals (great turmeric/pepper combination antiinflammatory capsule btw) and wondered "if it isnt covered in a slow to digest shell/tablet/capsule....how the heck do individual droplets slowly get released once you spray them into the mouth. Here is their answer:
Source Naturals NutraSpray Melatonin Timed Release Sublingual employs microscopic lipid spheres to slowly deliver melatonin. As stated in the product description - http://www.thresholdenterprises.com/publications/controlled/100182.pdf - “[a} quick spritz of NUTRASPRAY under the tongue delivers thousands of microscopic lipid spheres, each full of nutrients. These lipospheres are readily absorbed and retained by the mucosal tissue of the mouth. Here they release their nutrients quickly, but steadily, into the bloodstream.”
Nice answer....I think I'll keep it! For info on how I use melatonin.....see my slideshare.net lecture DrRic Good Night. http://www.slideshare.net/DrSaguil/get-back-to-sleep-slide-share-edition
....I love Whole Foods Market (John Mackey has changed the paradigm of grocery shopping) and the 365 brand but to give a shout out to a local company, I also like Now Foods from Bloomingdale IL- great nutrition department staffed with folks that field customer calls and they give plant tours!
