Global Healing’s Obsession with Absorption & Bioavailability
At Global Healing, we’ve spent nearly 3 decades pursuing one mission: helping people heal naturally. That mission comes with a responsibility. If we’re going to create supplements to support your health, we need to care about more than what goes into the bottle. We need to care about what happens when those ingredients reach your body.
Before a nutrient can support your body, it has to make it through digestion, reach the appropriate site of absorption, cross into circulation, and become available for your body to use. We think about this journey from the beginning, and it influences the nutrient forms we choose, the ingredients we pair together, the amounts we use, and even how we deliver them.
You could call it an obsession with absorption. We call it responsibility. Creating the most absorbable, bioavailable supplements is fundamental to what we’re trying to accomplish. It pushes us to look closer, ask better questions, and pay attention to details that most others overlook.
It Starts With the Form of the Nutrient
Choosing an ingredient is easy. Choosing the right form of that ingredient requires deeper consideration. Many vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients exist in multiple forms. They might look and sound similar on a Supplement Facts panel, but they can behave very differently once they enter the body. The specific form influences stability, solubility, absorption, metabolism, and utilization. Those differences matter if you want your supplement to work.
We evaluate ingredients based on what will serve your body best. That means we don’t automatically choose the least expensive form or the one that’s easiest to source. If a more specialized form better aligns with what we’re trying to accomplish, that’s the one we pursue.
Every Ingredient Should Make the Formula Better
The body is remarkably interconnected. Nutrients don’t enter isolated systems where they work independently. They interact with enzymes, cofactors, tissues, and other nutrients as part of countless biological processes. We believe a thoughtfully formulated supplement should reflect that reality.
Instead of asking how many desirable ingredients we can fit into a formula, we consider how those ingredients belong together.
- Are the ingredients synergistic?
- Is there a cofactor that’s important for utilization?
- Can another ingredient support the same function through a different pathway?
This is the thinking behind formulas like CoQ10 & BioPQQ®. We combine bioidentical CoQ10 with BioPQQ® and Himalayan shilajit to create complementary support for mitochondrial function and cellular energy production. It isn’t just a formula that contains three notable ingredients. There’s an intention behind using them together.
We apply that same scrutiny to the amount of each ingredient.
A long ingredient list can be impressive at first glance. But if there isn’t enough of an ingredient to be effective, its presence doesn't say much about the formula's quality. We use clinically effective amounts as a guide and consider each ingredient within the context of the complete formula.
The goal is to create a thoughtful balance: an appropriate amount, in an appropriate form, alongside ingredients that strengthen the formula.
We Take Responsibility for Nutrient Delivery, Too
Once a formula is complete, the nutrients still have an entire journey ahead of them. The digestive system is designed to break down what you consume and selectively absorb what the body needs. Along the way, supplement ingredients encounter changing pH levels, digestive enzymes, bile, and physical barriers.
In other words, the amount of a nutrient you take isn’t necessarily the amount you absorb. Everything else leaves your body through digestion, which is why there’s a saying that vitamins are just expensive pee. But that saying generally applies to supplements formulated to be produced quickly for maximum profitability.
There are several supplement delivery methods, and the most effective one depends on the supplement. However, we found that in most cases the available delivery methods didn't adequately support what we wanted to achieve. Instead of accepting the limitation, we started working on a better approach.
That pursuit led to the development of MicroSomal® Technology, our proprietary lipid-based delivery system designed to enhance bioavailability. The process creates ultra-fine nutrient particles that improve absorption by up to 20%.
More importantly, MicroSomal® Technology represents something bigger about the way we formulate. We're willing to go further. We're willing to invest in research, specialized processes, manufacturing capabilities, and new technology when we believe there’s an opportunity to improve a formula.
Get More From Your Supplements With Global Healing
There are countless decisions behind every supplement we make. Many of them are details you won’t see on a Supplement Facts label, but that doesn’t make them any less important.
When we formulate, we ask:
- Will this ingredient remain stable until it reaches the appropriate site of absorption?
- Are we using a form the body can readily access and use?
- Does it rely on other nutrients or cofactors for metabolism or utilization?
- Are we including enough to meaningfully serve the body?
- Are we delivering it in a way that makes sense for the compounds inside?
Our mission has always been rooted in healing, and that requires us to respect the intelligence and complexity of the human body; to look beyond what you swallow and think about what your body can actually receive.
That's why we're obsessed with absorption. It's why we'll spend more for the form we want. Why every ingredient has a reason to be there. Why we care about meaningful amounts. Why we've invested in developing our own delivery technology. Why we keep looking for ways to improve.
To us, this is craftsmanship. This level of detail isn't extra to us. It's who we are. It’s what we do.
†Results may vary. Information and statements made are for education purposes and are not intended to replace the advice of your doctor. If you have a severe medical condition or health concern, see your physician.
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Dr. Edward Group, DC
FOUNDER | HEALER | ADVOCATEDr. Group, DC is a healer and alternative health advocate, and an industry leader and innovator in the field of natural health who is dedicated to helping others. He is a registered doctor of chiropractic (DC), a naturopathic practitioner (NP), and proud alum of Harvard Business School and MIT Sloan School of Management. Dr. Group, DC is the founder of Global Healing – a mission and vision he has shared through best-selling books and frequent media appearances. He aims to spread his message of positivity, hope, and wellness throughout the world.
