Better Ingredients Deserve Better Delivery.

Liposomal (LY-poh-SOH-mul) describes a nutrient that has been packaged inside tiny, fat-like particles before you take it. This form is designed to be easier for the body to take up, helping more of the nutrient reach the cells where it is used.

A liposome is a microscopic sphere built from phospholipids, the same fatty molecules that make up the membranes around your cells. When a nutrient is enclosed inside this structure, the liposome acts as a protective vehicle that helps carry it through digestion and toward absorption.

A liposomal vitamin is simply a vitamin or nutrient that has been wrapped inside a liposome, the phospholipid sphere described above. Encapsulating the nutrient this way is intended to support how well it moves through the digestive process and into circulation.

Liposomal encapsulation is designed to support intestinal absorption, help maintain the stability of the nutrient, buffer the digestive tract from ingredients that can be harsh on their own, and support the overall bioavailability of what you are taking.*

Because the nutrient is shielded inside a phospholipid layer, a liposomal form is designed to support absorption and help more of the nutrient become available to the body compared with conventional oral forms. For nutrients that are naturally difficult to absorb, this delivery approach can make a meaningful difference.*

Liposomes act as delivery vehicles. They help transport the nutrient they carry through the digestive process, working as a protective shell that supports absorption into the body's cells.*

Yes. Although most people know liposomes as a delivery system, the same structures occur naturally throughout the body. Every one of your roughly 30 trillion cells is wrapped in a membrane, and a large share of that membrane is made from phospholipids, the very molecules liposomes are built from.

Liposomes are typically derived from lecithin, often sunflower lecithin, which is a source of phospholipids. To make them, nutrients are blended with these phospholipids using high-speed homogenization, a process that encapsulates the nutrient inside uniform, nanoparticle-sized liposomes.

Phospholipids are the primary building block. They are amphiphilic molecules, meaning each one has a water-loving head and water-repelling fatty tails. That dual nature is exactly what lets them self-assemble into the protective bilayer that surrounds a nutrient.

Liposomes were first described by researcher Alec D. Bangham in 1965 at the Babraham Institute, University of Cambridge. They have been studied and used as delivery vehicles ever since.

The most common route is a natural cellular process called endocytosis, in which the cell takes in small particles, including liposomes, from its surroundings. This is one of the pathways that allows the encapsulated nutrient to become available to the cell.

Liposomes have been used as a delivery approach for decades and are generally well tolerated. As with any supplement, individual needs vary, so patients should always consult their practitioner about what is appropriate for them.