Tablets or Capsules?

When I was a teenager in the 1970’s, it was all the rage to put mementos into a metal tube and bury it. They called it a “time capsule.” Towns did it; schools did it; families did it. I remember watching on television as a group of people put items they felt would explain the sense and environmental feelings of 1974. Before sealing the tube, and waterproofing it, each person placed an article which they hoped to dig up at some time in the distant future.  And the unspoken hope was, in my own thoughts at the time, that when the capsule was re-discovered in thirty or forty years, doing so would allow them to relive and re-experience the good moments they had forgotten.

Have you ever wished you could go back and recapture a moment in your past, when you made a decision, and change the choice you made?  Wouldn’t it be great if you could shift things, based on what you know now? I know there are many places in my own life where present 20/20 hindsight tells me I could have taken a right turn instead of a life/wrong one.

Don’t you wish?

But there is another way to learn, rather than just wishing for a “mulligan.” I can listen to the warnings and lessons of those more experienced than myself who offer the lessons they have learned; things gathered and garnered during difficult seasons. These days, when I meet a person such as this, I find myself admiring the unseen strand of “pearls” they carry within.

What do they know, I wonder? What can they teach me? What would they have buried in a time capsule? What hard-earned wisdom and experience will they leave for those who come behind them?

One such lesson I have learned in my years is like most such lessons: simple yet profound.

In my last blog post, I mentioned the fact that I took a mitt-full of supplements and vitamins each day for years. In fact, I can remember taking a daily vitamin each day since I was a child. My mother even distributed a brand of organic vitamins back in the day. And, I must say, we ate healthy foods, and had very little junk food.  Even though I “fell off the wagon” when it came to eating properly somewhat, I did maintain the habit. As I became older, I added vitamins and herbs to my regimen, hoping to maintain health and energy, fight stress and fatigue; in short, to keep me “on top of things.”

Our nation is very health-focused these days. Vitamins and supplements are a millions-a-year industry.  However, nation-wide, water-sewage treatment plants routinely expect, the task of removing tons of undigested vitamins, unidentified tablets, and partially dissolved medications from waters going through purification.

I have wondered over the years, just how many of the vitamins I took actually had any effect on my physical body at all. And what did it mean when a “gag and choke” reflex happened every time I forced myself to swallow that mitt-full of herbal supplements?  So just how “healthy” was I ….. really?

I realize now that my body was trying to tell me something. The capsules weren’t working. In fact, the multiple times I was nauseated after taking them, expelling them into the commode…… should have told me something. And they were all water-soluble…. After all.

But I didn’t get the signal. Not even close. I willed myself to continue. I just knew that sometime soon I would "get used to the regimen." 

You know, I can look back now and see junction places where I could have made a change. In fact, several well-meaning friends even mentioned liquid supplements to me. But I felt committed to my path.  It had to work…. Sometime ….. I was doing all the right things….

Wasn’t I?   

What I have learned is that liquid supplementation is far more potent… far more healing than solid supplements. And, since the human body is 98% water…… We all know that liquids are absorbed much more quickly, and utilized more efficiently than tablets or even semi-solids.

Strange, I realized recently, that the oils I’m using now are also liquid….  

So, now, I add liquid health additives into the vegetable juices I make. And powdered vitamins….. one scoop at a time. I can tell they are working, because I can tell a difference when I don’t take them.  Wish I had learned this years ago……

Next up:  How does a person use oils…. And do they really work?

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Disclaimer: Although I am a counselor, and hold my doctorate, I am not a medical doctor. So, the views and suggestions which have helped me in my own healing journey may or may not work for you. While I hope that my stories and suggestions will help and encourage you, nothing I post here should be taken as a diagnosis or medical opinion. If you are concerned about your health, please seek the advice of a professional.