I have an electrolyte supplement and the capsules are made of hypromellose, which is a cellulose compound.
I noticed when I take those I feel shitty, get contact dermatitis within 8 hours and gum inflammation almost immediately.
I thought it was the electrolytes but nope, it’s the god damn vegetable capsule. I have no reaction to gelatin capsules but the hypromellose gets me. Bizarre.
I use pullulan capsules in manufacturing, they are a bit more rigid and seem to be better tolerated based on feedback. It’s weird, the HPMC can be hit and miss but generally well tolerated.
I’m just pouring the powder into my water and avoiding the HPMC altogether. The only thing I am allergic to is cannabis lol so guess it’s two things now.
What do you manufacture that’s encapsulated?
Why don't you just open the capsule and sprincle into a drink. That's how I do it, no side effects 👍
Yep that’s what I’ve started doing. I just didn’t realize the capsule was causing problems until I did some experimenting this week.
Based and excipient pilled. I started dissolving some of my supps that are in tablet form. Silicon dioxide AKA silica is in a lot of supplements and is not something I want to consume. It settles to the bottom and then you can drink the liquid (assuming supp is water soluble). Look into "persorption". Shit like silica seeps into places in your body where it shouldn't be.
