The Problem with Supplements

In our age of inferior nutrition as the result of false academic studies by Harvard and other universities we are left with the requirement to supplement our diets with suitable high quality dense nutrition or suffer the consequences of these studies 'bought and paid for' by the modern food industry in that effort to enrich their coffers at the expense of the health of the populace.

Toward that end, I engage in a nutritional supplement program which has been in effect since the late 1970s because I simply do not trust any aspect of data set forth by the so-called higher educational systems whose primary focus is the almighty dollar rather than the truth.

This has been a telling feature of higher education over the years. The stupid yale students screaming for safe spaces, the disproven accuracy of scientific investigations falling to the realm of 'fake science' and of course, the ivy league institutions affixing their name as though it is some badge of credibility when they are the some of the absolute worst bottom feeding scoundrels of them all.

Once upon a time only some institutions were 'diploma mills'. Nowadays the vast bulk of them are and they go hand in hand with the public school system which is forced to "pass" the unsuitable and inept with the same credentials they provide to scholars after a set period of time. A college degree simply means you've paid your money and here's your paper. Too many stupid people walk around sporting masters degrees anymore.

No wonder the Asians are beating us on the so-called 'educational' front and the pitiful Americans can't compete effectively anymore ,,, but I digress yet again !
 

My issues with dietary supplements all surround the dreaded 000 capsule ... which is not only the largest, but one of the more common sizes for the intake of powders and particulates from herbals and such.

This horse choker frequently finds itself lodged in the upper esophagus of individuals who dare to go there because they are derived from gelatin and lack adequate surface moisture prior to swallowing.

As the capsule descends the esophagus it is hydrophillic and therefore absorbs that moisture indigenous to the path it is taking and ends up adhering to the side of the conducting tube early in it's travels.

The results is a feeling of something being caught in the throat.

Having experienced the ecstatic pleasure of this sensation a number of times over the years I now make sure that I swish all gelatin capsule supplement containers around in my mouth with some liquid — typically coffee in the early am. If the surface of a gelatin capsule is sufficiently moist it will not adhere to the mucosal lining of the esophagus nor lodge there to provide discomfort. It will slide right on down to the stomach posthaste.

So if you're like me and distrust the earlier mainstream nutritional data provided by the money grubbing fake data producing ivy league educational institutions who would just as soon sell you up the river as look at you ...

Just remember to give those dry capsules a good swish with whatever you're drinking and voila — no more stuck capsules in your throat to drive you crazy for that periods it remains above that point it should have passed immediately.

I'm sorry your teacher couldn't teach you better than this. Sometimes it's far better to acquire your own data and figure things out for yourself.