Resveratrol can yield incredible health benefits. However, its bioavailability is low and as such, is metabolized and dissolved too quickly by the body even before it reaches the digestive system. Since it is eliminated rapidly, the body cannot fully utilize these benefits. Micronization helps counter this problem.
Micronization is the process where powder particles in supplements are finely ground to help improve the body’s absorption rate while maintaining the ingredients’ efficacy.
Traditionally, micronization relied heavily upon friction to reduce the size of particles, with milling and grinding among the most common methods. Milling involved a large, cylindrical metallic drum that contained steel spheres. As the drum is rotated, the spheres collide with the contents, crushing them into smaller diameters.
Modern methods include the rapid expansion of supercritical solutions (RESS) process, the supercritical anti-solvent (SAS) method and the particles from gas saturated solutions (PGSS) method. These methods allow for the shrinking of particle diameters further into nanometers.
Micronization has enabled PureandHealthy to maximize resveratrol’s benefits. A micron is one millionth of a meter and a strand of human hair is roughly 200 microns. With a particle size of 1.2 microns, PureandHealthy’s Resveratrol is better absorbed by the body as it is small enough to be able to easily pass through mucous membranes. An increased absorption rate means that you get the maximum benefits of PureandHealthy’s 98% pure trans-resveratrol.
