The Science and Advantage of Isotonix



What does isotonic mean?


Broken down to it's roots, iso means 'the same' and tonic means 'pressure or tone.' When used to describe solutions that are meant for consumption, isotonic means having the same fluid pressure as bodily fluids. Tears, blood plasma, lymph and other bodily fluids are all isotonic. When we digest food, gastric (or stomach) juice is secreted onto the food, and muscular contractions of the stomach mix the contents until a reasonably uniform solution is achieved. The solutions of food (or chyme) that enter the small intestine for absorption are made isotonic by the action of the stomach in a time-consuming process.


Th fluid pressure of food or isotonic solutions across semi-permeable membranes, such as the walls of the small intestine, is generally referred to as having a particular osmolality or tonicity. Osmolality is measured in units referred to as milliosmoles/kilogram of water (mOsm/kg). It can be said that when solutions on opposite sides of a membrane have the same osmolality, they are iso-osmotic or iso-tonic. Normal human blood serum (the fluid portion without cells and platelets) has an osomolality of 288 mOsm/kg, as do most other fluids in the body. Therefore, in physiological terms, whens a solution's osmolality is the same, or nearly the same, as that of normal human blood serum, it is referred to as isotonic.


The Isotonix Delivery System


Isotonix products are formulated with the proper balance of fructose, d-glucose, citric acid, potassium bicarbonate and other key ingredients to assure that they are isotonic when properly prepared. This combination of ingredients is necessary to maintain the flavor, isotonic character, pH and delivery effciency of these nutritional supplements.


Normally, when you ingest a daily vitamin or nutritional tablet, your body must work for up to fiur hours digesting and absorbing the vitamins and nutrients. During this lengthy breakdown process, a percentage of the nutritive value is lost. But because Isotonix products are powders, none of the fillers, binders and lubricants that are common to tablet manufacturing are necessary. There are no gelatin capsules or fillers. As a result, the amount of time and work necessary to absorb a supplement is greatly decreased.


Concentration & Absorption


Concentration and absorption are factors that go hand in hand for the proper use of nutritional supplements. Concentration - the amount of nutrient dissolved in a given amount of a solvent such as water or stomach fluid - is usually directly related to the efficiency of nutrient absorption. This is especially true in the process of passive diffusion. Passive diffusion works when the concentration of nutrients in the lumen of the small intestine is higher than the concentration inside the intestinal cells. The nutrients "flow" down the gradient from high to low concentration. Since Isotonix products experience little dilution in the gastrointestinal tract, they arrive at the absorption sites in high concentration and ensure efficient absorption.



The Science and Advantage of Isotonix



Why is gastric (stomach) emptying time so important?


The longer a supplement stays in the stomach, the longer the time before absorption can begin, because no appreciable absorption occurs drom the stomach. Often the rate-limiting step in the absorption process is the time it takes for the tablet or capsule to disintegrate, and the nutrients to dissolve ans equilibrate to the proper state (isotonic) to leave the stomach. When all this has been completed - the diluted, acid attacked nutrients can enter the small intestine for absorption.



Why is gastric emptying time stressed when talking about Isotonix?


Nutrients that are already isotonic do not need to be broken down into an isotonic state, therefore, gastric emptying occurs more rapidly. Biological sensors in the gastroinstestinal tract detect that the ingested solution is isotonic and at the right pH. This causes the pyloric valve at the lower end of the stomach to remain open, allowing the concentrated solution to be squirted into the small intestine by stomach contractions. Absorption of the nutrients by the intestinal mucosa then starts to occur.


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Devin

Hi Devin,
Have you got any scientific trials (gold standard) where Isotonix was used for any specific illness or disease, perhaps gout or some other form of arthritis?
Cheers

Hello John,

Not sure if I can post a link or not without getting into trouble, but there is science to back this up.

Check out http://www.marketamericascience.com

Hi Devin,
This is just marketing hype mate I meant proper science,gold standard like an abstract.(placebo controlled double blind, cross over with random selection)
Cheers

Yeah that site definitely just looks like a bunch of marketing hype with little or no scientific evidence to back it up. I hope you can find some scientific information to back it up, because it's seems like some interesting concepts.

Hello Again,

Hope everyone has a great holiday!

Going back to the the quote that says "this site looks like a bunch of marketing hype", on the site http://www.marketamericascience.com you will find scientific studies that backs the products as well as news. For instance lets take OPC3 an antioxidant for example,on the site you would chek health and nutrition and check OPC3. Then you would check more info. I hope this helps. It shows Benefits, ingredients, news, customer reviews, science, uniqueness, label and FAQS.

DevinM

Thank you for taking the time to clarify your information DevinM.