But we have all kinds of pills to look forward to as we age - blood pressure medicine, hormone therapy - It's part of life.

If you opened up the vitamin capsules into a little paper cup, you would see that they are sort of "concentrated" food or nutrient powders in the bottom of the cup.

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If you were asked to take a protein drink (a powder), it wouldn't be that big of a problem, right ? You just stir some powder into water, juice or milk and theoretically it won't taste too bad.

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So if you stirred the opened vitamin capsule powders into a glass of juice or milk, how do you think it would taste ?  In most cases - horrible !!!

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The pills and capsules protect us from that horrible taste and give us measured doses - that's all. They are just a way of getting those awful tastes past our palate.

And most important - they are a way for making up for our genetics, our nutrition, stress, and aging.

They can compensate for what nature hasn't given us or what life has taken from us. And they can be used in higher doses as powerful therapeutic agents.