LESS IS MORE
NUTRITION ON POINT
ABSORPTION 101
Bioavailability is the percentage of a nutrient your body actually absorbs and uses. For most supplements, it averages just 16%—meaning 84% goes to waste.
Three main factors significantly limiting absorption:
1. STOMACH DEGRADATION (ACID TAX)
- The Problem: The stomach's highly acidic environment (pH 1.5–3.5) and digestive enzymes destroy unprotected vitamins and minerals before they ever reach the intestines for absorption.
- The Evidence: The stomach's acid causes 40–70% destruction of the actives. Source
- Point Five Solution: We encapsulate active ingredients inside acid-resilient liposomes or micelles(phospholipid bilayers). This nanoscale physical armor completely shields delicate nutrients from stomach acid and enzymes, ensuring they survive transit intact.The Evidence: Source
2. INTESTINAL BARRIERS (THE PERMEABILITY PROBLEM)
- The Problem: Most supplements are too large, unstable, or poorly formulated to pass through the microscopic structures of the small intestine.
- The Clinical Reality: Nutrients must penetrate a thick mucus layer and a tightly bound cellular wall (the epithelial barrier). Traditional molecules simply bounce off and are excreted. Our nano scale delivery systems (like liposomes and micelles) are necessary to penetrate these defenses.Source
- PointFive Solution: We engineer our liposomes and micelles down to the nanoscale level so they can easily navigate dense intestinal mucus. Because their exterior matches the exact lipid material of human cell membranes, intestinal cells recognize them and actively swallow them whole (a process called endocytosis).Source
3. FIRST PASS METABOLISM (HEPATIC/LIVER FILTER
1. The Vessels
- Traditional Pills: Nutrients are absorbed into standard blood through capillaries lining the intestinal wall.
- PointFive: Liposomes are absorbed by lacteals, specialized vessels designed exclusively for dietary fats.
2. The Highway
- Traditional Pills: Blood merges into the Hepatic Portal Vein, a massive vein leading directly to the liver.
- PointFive: Fats enter the Lymphatic System, a parallel network of tubes that do not connect to the portal vein.
3. The Checkpoint
- Traditional Pills: First-Pass Metabolism: The liver inspects the blood, identifying and metabolising actives.
- PointFive: Bypass: The actives travels in lymphatic fluid, completely flying over the liver's chemical filter.
4. The Destination
- Traditional Pills: A fraction of the surviving nutrients is eventually released into the general bloodstream.
- PointFive: The Direct Drop: Lymphatic vessels travel up and empty nutrients directly to the general bloodstream via the Subclavian Vein.
5. The Result
- Traditional Pills: 80% Destroyed
- PointFive: Near 100% Retained
