Hey everyone,
I’m sure this question has been asked before, but for the life of me I can’t find it on a forum search so I’ll ask again.
Are there any negative connotations to putting supplement capsules into a protein shake? My gf has a huge problem with downing pills and capsules and I’m looking for an effective way to get around this and was thinking I could just grind them up in a protein shake for her.
Would this affect the efficacy of the supplement at all? Are there any that would be okay and any that would not be okay?
Forgive me if this is a repeat question - please steer me towards the answer.
Thanks for your input.
I personally would not do that, As alot of suppliments or any kind of pill has coating on them to delay releasing the ingredients contained, not to immediately be blasted by, saliva, stomach acids or whatever. If something that was to be absorbed in the colon, would possibly be destroyed in the stomach for instance.
Most of the supplements that are in caps taste like total shit.
Try chewing your multivitamin, or some tribs.
If you ground them up in a shake, you’d need some serious shit to cover up the taste.
Like whiskey.
[quote]Mr.Bill wrote:
I personally would not do that, As alot of suppliments or any kind of pill has coating on them to delay releasing the ingredients contained, not to immediately be blasted by, saliva, stomach acids or whatever. If something that was to be absorbed in the colon, would possibly be destroyed in the stomach for instance.
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That’s an interesting point. Any ideas on how to get around the inability to swallow pills?
[quote]Hadow Khan wrote:
Most of the supplements that are in caps taste like total shit.
Try chewing your multivitamin, or some tribs.
If you ground them up in a shake, you’d need some serious shit to cover up the taste.
Like whiskey.[/quote]
MMMM TRIBEX. Yeah - had a capsule come open in my mouth once. Why didn’t I think of whiskey at the time?!?
[quote]cunninglinguist wrote:
Mr.Bill wrote:
I personally would not do that, As alot of suppliments or any kind of pill has coating on them to delay releasing the ingredients contained, not to immediately be blasted by, saliva, stomach acids or whatever. If something that was to be absorbed in the colon, would possibly be destroyed in the stomach for instance.
That’s an interesting point. Any ideas on how to get around the inability to swallow pills?[/quote]
Perhaps she could try plopping one in her mouth with some food she’s already chewed, and swallow the whole thing without chewing the cap or pill.
I could go somewhere else with the whole swallowing thing, but I’ll let somebody else go there.
[quote]cunninglinguist wrote:
My gf has a huge problem with downing pills and capsules[/quote]
My girlfriend had problems with capsules, too, until I taught her this trick. Tell her to put the capsule in her mouth, drink some water, and tilt her head FORWARD before swallowing. The air in the capsule makes it float right into the throat.
I used to have trouble swallowing pills, but I found that learning how to take a double shot of bacardi 151 made it possible to swallow anything.