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Back to Pure NewsCaps Home 01/16/2008


Featured Articles

-Healthy Weight Management for a New Year

-Joint Optimizer: An Interview with Sam Yanuck

What's New in January?

-Best-Rest Formula

-Joint Optimizer

-CarbCrave Complex

-Fiber Cal/Mag

-PureBears (with iron)

Product Highlights

-Read more about our weekly product specials

Featured Abstracts

-Multivitamin and mineral supplementation, particularly with vitamins A, B6, B12, C and folate and minerals iron and zinc, supports verbal learning and memory in children...*

-Chromium picolinate helps lessen appetite and carbohydrate cravings in this double-blind, multicenter study...*

-Partially hydrolyzed guar gum is a well-tolerated fiber supplement that promotes GI comfort and regularity...*

-Vitamin D supplementation may promote overall health, as indicated in this meta-analysis involving 18 trials and almost 60,000 individuals...*

Frequently Asked Questions

-Is vitamin D absorbed differently in liquid versus capsule form?

Quick Fact

-Partially Hydrolyzed Guar Gum



Frequently Asked Question

Q: Is vitamin D absorbed differently in liquid versus capsule form?

A: Fat-soluble vitamin D is generally considered to be easily absorbed. Because it is fat-soluble, it is incorporated into the chylomicron fraction and absorbed through the lymphatic system. About 80% of vitamin D is absorbed through this system. Pure Encapsulations vitamin D is cholecalciferol, otherwise known as vitamin D3. Research has shown that cholecalciferol may be better metabolized than ergocalciferol (vitamin D2).

Vitamin D3 is well absorbed in both capsule and liquid form. For optimal absorption, its recommended to be taken with a meal containing some fat.


For educational purposes only. Consult your physician for any health problems.

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food & Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.


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