Gel capse

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I buy a bag of gel caps at the health food store and transfer the

enzymes because my boys prefer to swallow capsules. I also get one

size larger, and start by emptying the powder from the large part of

the veggie capsule into the large part of the gel cap. When the gel

cap gets full, I invert the smaller veggie cap and pack down the

enzymes, then keep filling it. Then I empty the smaller top of the

veggie cap on top of the now really full gel cap and let it sit on

top. Then add the top of the gel cap on top and click shut. After

you get the hang of it, the process goes pretty quickly. I only use

the gel caps about 1/3 of the time now because I got better at

planning to give the enzymes 30 minutes ahead of time.

For most all other supplements, it really doesn't matter whether or

not it comes in a gel or veggie capsule because the dissolving time

and release of the contents is not that critical. All the test I ran

put them both within about 25 minutes of each other. However,

because enzymes work on CONTACT with the food and the idea is to get

as much food broken down before it leaves the stomach (45-90 minute

window), you want to maximize the time the two are in contact

together in the stomach. This whole capsule thing came up when a few

parents weren't seeing consistent results in the beginning - not

consistently positve and not consistently negative. Changing the

timing resulted in improved consistent results. So although this

isn't based on lab test tube tests or double-blind clinical studies,

it proved to be very helpful in real life with everyday people

eating everyday food.

The reason there is a general move toward veggie capsules for ALL

supplements is because of the mad cow issue and/or using animal

substances at all.

For the person considering putting one capsule in another, I don't

think this will really work best. I found that the veggie capsule

tends to continuously re-fold back on itself and reseal as parts of

the capsule dissolves. I would see a " hole " puncture in the veggie

capsule starting as soon as 8 minutes after ingesting, and a little

enzymes would escape into solution, and some liquid would go into

the capsule...but then the capsule would reseal keeping the rest of

the enzymes inside and the rest of the liquid out. Then another bit

of capsule would dissolve away... some enzymes escape and then the

capsule would reseal. This would go on with most of the enzymes

staying inside until about 20-25 minutes later until the entire

capsule would dissinegrate. The gel capsules uniformly

dissintegrated within 3 minutes - almost vanishing completely in

solution all at once.

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Thank you for the information on gel caps. I was looking for a

shortcut in the hopes of dh being more supportive...the easier this

is for him, the easier he perceives it to be on our son and the more

cooperative he is.

Thanks again...you have been so extraordinarily helpful! BTW, I have

more questions but will post separately.

Donna

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> For the person considering putting one capsule in another, I don't

> think this will really work best. I found that the veggie capsule

> tends to continuously re-fold back on itself and reseal as parts of

> the capsule dissolves. I would see a " hole " puncture in the veggie

> capsule starting as soon as 8 minutes after ingesting, and a little

> enzymes would escape into solution, and some liquid would go into

> the capsule...but then the capsule would reseal keeping the rest of

> the enzymes inside and the rest of the liquid out. Then another bit

> of capsule would dissolve away... some enzymes escape and then the

> capsule would reseal. This would go on with most of the enzymes

> staying inside until about 20-25 minutes later until the entire

> capsule would dissinegrate. The gel capsules uniformly

> dissintegrated within 3 minutes - almost vanishing completely in

> solution all at once.

>

> .