Does anyone try spray vitamins?

[Fiona2011231]

Hi everyone,

Today I read an article from The Times, which said that the best way to take vitamins is 'spray vitamins'. With just a spritz under the tongue, active ingredients can pass through the mouth's membranes directly into the bloodstream.

I have never tried this before and was wondering if anyone sees the difference by using this method.

My sincere thanks,

Oral absorption may be a little faster, but I've never seen it suggested that (if you need vitamin supplementation) speed of absorption is an issue.

Possibly not, but if you have low stomach acid then absorption through the mucous membranes of the mouth can enable you to absorb when otherwise you wouldn't.

A greater amount is absorbed by using a sublingual spray apparently and faster. I have a B12 spray from Holland and Barrett that perks me up quite effectively.

OP: if you have malabsorption issues, then it's probably best to talk to someone in your GI team about preferred route for all supplements and drugs.

I have a spray vitamin D which is good. My mum needs it too (both of us have low vitamin D levels) and on the tablets she got really bad indigestion, but none with the spray.

I recommend eating proper food.

no-one in normal health who eats a proper varied diet needs vitamin supplements; sprayed, up nose or into any other orifice. So the posters who have vit D problems need it, but they are not in normal health.

I've got the Times; the article was written by a beauty journalist.

Do you have reason to believe that you have a vitamin deficiency?

What is the cause of it?

"Sprayed into any other orifice" haha
May try them anally. Some people just need extra apart
From a balanced diet. I have 3dc and a full time uni degree and 12 hour hospital placements to contend with so yes my vit spray is required. Apologies I don't have time to add up all my vit intake per day and I need a little boost. Silly unhelpful comment that did not answer the op

I use a vit B12 sublingual spray because I don't absorb it properly through the stomach, but am not deficient enough to need injections. I also use a sublingual vit D, in the winter and spring, when I get deficient. It's quick and easy.

I had my vitamin levels checked 2 years ago when I lived in Australia and I was vitamin d deficient and vitamin B12. I take Vit D and sublingual B12 tablets and my levels are now at a normal level although I do need to keep taking them.

Specialsubject - you are wrong; most people have some vitamin deficiency but are unaware of it.

Many many people have vitamin D deficiency.

BTW can anyone tell me where I can get my vit levels tested here? Did it regularly when lived overseas but it doesn't seem to be a service I can get at my GP etc. I live in Kingston Upon Thames.

I've never heard of spray vitamins.. I'm very interested though as I absorb very few nutrients via my stomach and so have regular b12, vit D and iron infusions and occasional top ups in hospital with Pabrinex etc.

My GP tested me for vitamin D deficiency. They can do other vitamin deficiency tests too, but there must be some reason for them doing it I think, rather than you just wanting them, so I guess it's up to your GP to decide. Worth an ask though.

I know that insufficient exposure to sunlight can cause Vitamin D deficiency.

Is there another common cause?

I didn't say 'no-one is vitamin deficient'. I said 'no-one in normal health eating a normal diet needs vitamin supplements.'

admittedly I omitted the bleeding obvious bit about going outside sometimes.

My GP arranged for blood tests to check B12 and D. Perhaps they only do so if you are symptomatic or have a history of specific deficiency or medication that can lead to deficiency.

Specialsubject, try telling that to my (Ugandan Asian) friend who was discovered to have chronic Vitamin D deficiency for over 20 years that has led to her knees crumbling (during her many outdoor training sessions). It's a facile response to say just eat food. Everybody's circumstances are different.

It is very common for people in the UK to be deficient in vitamin D as we just don't get enough sun light or get out in it enough when we do - and the summers recently have been very wet. You generally can't get enough vitamin D from food alone - so you do need a supplement if you are deficient.

How common is "very common?"

I don't think even most fair-skinned people in the UK are getting enough sunlight on bare skin, let alone darker-skinned people.

And the biggest source of vitamin D is sunlight. It's very hard if not impossible to get enough from food.

I have ordered some spray vitamins from Amazon. They werearound £5-10 a bottle. I'll let you know.

I don't know how common "very common" is, but that's what my doctor told me. She said most people have some level of deficiency, though not everyone will need to supplement - just because there are simply not enough hours of sunlight for us, especially over the past few summers which have been very wet. Darker skinned people in northern climates like ours are more likely to be deficient but as duchesse said, most fair-skinned people in the UK aren't getting enough sunlight on bare skin.

Just looked it up: Patient.co.uk says "How common is vitamin D deficiency?
It is very common. A recent survey in the UK showed that more than half of adults in the UK did not have enough vitamin D. In the winter and spring about 1 in 6 people have a severe deficiency. It is estimated that about 9 in 10 adults in the UK of South Asian origin may be vitamin D-deficient. Most affected people either don't have any symptoms, or have tiredness or vague aches and pains, and are unaware of the problem."

Vitamin D deficiency is extremely common however because it is a natural substance it cannot be patented therefore there is no cash in it for pharmacy companies. That is why we don't hear a lot about it. They don't care.

www.vitamindcouncil.org