Vitamin Pills and tablets have been around for a long time. They are still the most common form of nutritional supplements. But in recent years liquid vitamins have increasingly become more and more popular with health conscious individuals who want to use the best form of supplementation in order to achieve optimal health.

The biggest advantage that liquid vitamins have over vitamin pills and tablets is in their ability of getting absorbed by the digestive tract more easily and readily. While pills, tablets and even chewable tablets may pass through the body unabsorbed and in the hard form.

The liquid form makes it possible for the body to almost immediately absorb the nutrients just like your digestive tract would absorb nutrients from a fruit smoothie. It is more acceptable for your body to absorb the nutrients when it is in liquid form. It is estimated that up to 90% of nutrients taken in the pill form just pass through the digestive tract unabsorbed by the body. Liquid vitamins are almost fully absorbed, as high as 98%.

Another advantage in taking liquid vitamins instead of pills is that it is easy to swallow. Many people have great difficulty swallowing large pills. We eat and chew our food, we drink fluids, but we don't normally swallow things whole unless if we have to. Swallowing pills is just not a natural thing for us to do. That is one reason why many times people will decide to start taking a supplement, then after some time, stop doing it, because it does not feel comfortable. Not having to swallow pills is an important factor for the elderly and children, who need to take vitamins and minerals the most to stay healthy.

Pills, tablets and even chewables tend to have binders and fillers in order to give it their form, but these binders and fillers are useless to your body. The liquid form eliminates the need for any of these things. Purified water and/or fruit juice is usually used as a base for the nutrients in the liquid vitamins.