How to care for your supplements.
Did you ever think that your nutritional supplements might decompose right before your eyes? Well many of them will. What happens to them? They oxidize. Once the bottle of supplement is opened to the air, the oxygen in the air attacks weak bonds in the pill and the oxidation is on it's way. If you keep your vitamins at room temperature (in a cabinet), the heat of the room will accelerate the decomposition. How do you know that your supplement pills have started to decompose? There are two tell tail signs. One is a change in color. The color gets darker for example. The second sign is the odor. When you first open the bottle, take a whiff. If there is a strong odor, the supplements are well on their way. Can the decomposing supplements be saved? The answer is NO!
How can you prevent this from happening? By keeping your supplements in the refrigerator....so simple. Do all supplements decompose? No. All of the vitamins and oily supplements, like vitamin E, flaxseed oil, omega 3, primrose oil, etc. Herbals can also decompose e.g., ginseng, St. John's wort, milk thistle, ginkgo, resveratrol, etc. Mineral supplements in their inorganic state (calcium carbonate, ferrous sulfate, magnesium oxide, etc) do not decompose. The better absorbed forms (calcium aspartate, calcium citrate, ferrous gluconate, magnesium aspartate) do decompose slowly over time. Four years at room temperature is about the limit. This can be prolonged in cold storage.
Can these oxidized supplement hurt you? Yes! The oxidation product are usually reactive. They can cause mutations, thus causing degenerative diseases like cancer.
We hope this brief explanation helps you.
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