Josh TrentIdentity Transformation Architect and award winning Host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast—a decade-strong show with over 750 episodes and 15M downloads.

Ditch IV, suppository is better! #nad #suppository #biohacking #healthtips

30 Nov 2023 · 1 min

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Short transcript excerpt arguing that suppository delivery of nutrients can outperform oral administration and even IVs because digestive/gastric juices degrade many nutrients taken orally; suppositories provide slow release (claimed 5–7 hours) resulting in greater cellular absorption. The speaker contrasts peak plasma timing between methods and emphasizes intracellular uptake as the key to benefit.

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And so I started to do some research on suppositories. And I learned that the gastric juices and your digestive juices break down a lot of nutrients. And there's certain really powerful nutrients that you can't get orally because of that. You just have to increase the dosages if you're taking it orally. That's why a lot of people go to IV clinics and they get IVs, right? Suppository delivery actually has an advantage over an IV. It comes down to something called peak plasma. So if you take something orally, it's going to be available in your blood for a certain period of time. So when you take a suppository, there's a slow release over five to seven hours. So ultimately, where nutrients really make the benefit is if you get them into the cell. So the absorption into the cell through something that is a slow release like that is going to be way higher than even an IV.