Creating your own liposomal supplements.

Hi,

So as most of you might know, there are all these liposomal supplements now that you can buy that are supposed to be absorbed a lot better than regular supplements.

Examples are:

Liposomal glutathione
Liposomal vitamin c
Liposomal turmeric curcumin

So what is a liposome? Well it's a fat-soluble membrane that encapsulates a water-soluble interior.

So a simplified example would be something like: sodium ascorbate (Vitamin C) is water soluble, and in order to make it liposomal, you would put a membrane around it that's fat-soluble (such as sunflower lecithin).

That membrane is often lecithin (from either sunflower lecithin or soy lecithin).

The problem with liposomal products (for me anyway), is that it's relatively expensive.

Because of that, I've been watching all these videos and reading articles about how to make your own liposomal supplements.

What I've learned is that the process for creating liposomal glutathione includes:

- Distilled water
- Regular L-glutathione
- Sunflower Lecithin
- Ultrasonic Cleaner

The ultrasonic cleaner (which cost about $50 for those wondering) is where you put everything in.

The theory is that once you put the ultrasonic cleaner on and it starts vibrating on a high frequency, that the L-glutathione will then be encapsulated by the sunflower lecithin and become a liposomal form.

For those of you who prefer a video (like me), here is a how to video that runs through the entire process:

https://youtu.be/7hlnga22vni

The process starts at 7 minutes and 55 seconds into the video.

Anyway, I was doing all this research and there is one thing I can't figure out.

Which is: how important is alcohol in this process?

In the video above for example, the lady uses alcohol as part of the process.
But there are also "recipes" online where the process does not include alcohol.

So that's where I'm stuck because, for several personal and health related reasons, I really don't want to use or ingest any alcohol.
And I'm wondering if there is no point in doing this without alcohol?

Would glycerin work as an alternative maybe?

If anyone can help me solve this, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you!

Very cool idea! Don’t have brain opposer to read it all or ear power to listen. Let us know how it works out!

Should we call you sunshine today? 😜

Haha I’m glad we all need some laughs right? ☺️

I didn’t watch the videos. I don’t have much attention span right now, but I was wondering. This sounds like a liquid concoction. Do you then refrigerate it in a jar? There’s no preservatives, so how long does it last?

Update:

So I did end up buying an ultrasonic cleaner. With shipping included it was about $80.
It's actually more powerful than I though: I bought a 3 liter one (105 oz) and it has 120 Watt power!
I've been using it to make liposomal: Glutathione, Curcumin and Vitamin C.

That said, I picked the absolute worse supplements to do it with, because even before making the supplements liposomal, I never really noticed anything from all 3 of them. Hence, when I made them liposomal I didn't notice much difference.

One thing I did find is that the taste changes. Meaning they are actually encapsulated in the fat.

The first few times I did it, I made mistakes and it just tasted the same. But when I changed my method, it started tasting a lot more like sunflower lecitin. Meaning, they were encapsulated in the lecitin better.

But a better experiment would have been doing it with Boswellia. Because with Boswellia I do notice a reduction in inflammation. So maybe if I try that one in liposomal form, I can see if its beneficial effects are different when ingested.

If I ever do that, I will post an update here.

Thank you too Bailey!
That's really good to know.
Glad to see you on the forum again by the way!