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The bioavailability question — why milligrams on a label tell you almost nothing

Two products can list the same dose and deliver wildly different outcomes. Our head of research walks through the chemistry your body actually absorbs.

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Dose tells you what the manufacturer put in the capsule. Bioavailability tells you what reaches your bloodstream — and the gap between the two is where most supplements fail. In this piece, we trace three case studies across the B-vitamin family, showing why methylated forms outperform their cyanocobalamin counterparts in absorption studies, and why the cheapest version on the shelf is rarely the most effective.

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