Hi Shar,
You must have overlooked the point of my post. Sublingual lozenges are designed to be dissolved under the tongue, where their ingredients will be absorbed directly into the bloodstream. They never enter the intestines, so that's why malabsorption problems in the intestines are a moot point for sublingual delivery of vitamins. For all practical purposes, the sublingual tablets seem to be as effective as using an injectible form.
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Tex
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Shar,
Oops. Sorry. I must have missed a line in your post
Malabsorption doesn't mean zero absorption — it just means reduced absorption capability. The amount of reduction depends on the amount of accumulated small intestinal damage, and the motility/transit rate. The faster our food goes through us, the less-completely it is digested, and the lower the amount of nutrients absorbed. If we take a high enough dosage of supplements, even in tablet form, we can still usually get what we need (by adjusting the dosage up).
Probably 95 % of vitamin D is absorbed in the first few inches of the duodenum (where the damage due to gluten sensitivity is usually the worst).
Tex
Oops. Sorry. I must have missed a line in your post
Malabsorption doesn't mean zero absorption — it just means reduced absorption capability. The amount of reduction depends on the amount of accumulated small intestinal damage, and the motility/transit rate. The faster our food goes through us, the less-completely it is digested, and the lower the amount of nutrients absorbed. If we take a high enough dosage of supplements, even in tablet form, we can still usually get what we need (by adjusting the dosage up).
Probably 95 % of vitamin D is absorbed in the first few inches of the duodenum (where the damage due to gluten sensitivity is usually the worst).
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Hi Tex,
No worries, I tend to write as if I were speaking to you face-to-face which often doesn't work with one-dimensional email. So sorry. :)
You gave me the answer I needed though, and for that I thank you! As a precaution, I am going to order the "sublingual Vitamin D". I just feel more comfortable knowing I AM going to absorb it, not "maybe" because my level was quite low.
Thanks Again,
Shar
No worries, I tend to write as if I were speaking to you face-to-face which often doesn't work with one-dimensional email. So sorry. :)
You gave me the answer I needed though, and for that I thank you! As a precaution, I am going to order the "sublingual Vitamin D". I just feel more comfortable knowing I AM going to absorb it, not "maybe" because my level was quite low.
Thanks Again,
Shar