‘Good v Better v Best’, is often the value statement attached to each new nutritional product innovation as it enters the market…making the existing and older forms, according to the pattern, ‘Bad’…or ‘Inactive’, certainly ‘Superseded’ etc. But changing the form of any given nutrient, simply results in changes in one or more aspects of its pharmacokinetics (liberation, absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination), or the homeostatic response of the individual (regulation). That’s how it can produce different effects & evoke different outcomes – that’s why we say, ‘Form Determines Function’
NRC & NMN have their niche actions but can’t fulfil our needs for niacinamide: the OG of B3
LIkewise, MK7 while a boon for our bones, is MIA when it comes to the full suite of actions we require from the essential K1
& [shock horror!] Magnesium oxide & sulphate both continue to constitute ‘the form that fits best’ in a number of applications
And when it comes to the options we have on offer for Vitamin D, sunlight [the OG of all OGs 😎] Cholecalciferol, Calcifediol & Calcitriol, there is a ‘prescription pocket’ each one occupies. Every one a different tool for a slightly different job: ‘all wrenches but for differently sized bolts’. But do you always know, ‘Which form when?’
Vitamin D Decisions – Which Form Fits Best
Every prescription is the culmination of numerous individual decisions we have made, from choice of form to different aspects of dosing and sometimes this happens understandably on autopilot. We all have ‘favourite forms’ and ‘familiar formulations’, but it is important to remember that every decision we make is an active one that can make a difference to overall outcomes. In this episode we dig into the decision-making process regarding Vitamin D forms to ensure we know how to answer the question: Which Form When?
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