Cellulose Capsules vs. MSG laden Gelcaps

It is official gelatin capsules are inferior and unacceptable in my book. I knew they always have MSG due to the hydrolization that is necessary to produce the gelatin from God knows what but it involves animal parts. I am not a vegetarian but just the fact that gelatin comes from animal parts is distasteful to me even if MSG wasn’t a problem. That all aside I have just performed a very unofficial but convincing experiment in a glass in my kitchen.

I took one capsule from Ron Schmid’s multi-vitamin formula, one capsule from T-Tapp alfalfa supplement and one capsule from Mercola’s Turmeric/Ginger supplement, emptied them in to my morning smoothie and dumped the now empty capsules in a glass of water. I know Schmid’s capsule is gelatin and Mercola’s capsule is vegetable cellulose I was unsure of the composition of the T-Tapp capsule but I know now it is gelatin.

The Mercola capsule disintegrated in less than 5 minutes. It dissolved and blended with the water with no residue other than the turmeric color which is pervasive. Dr. Ron’s capsule  is still present in the glass after 30 minutes and it shows no sign of actually disintegrating. The T-Tapp capsule is following closely behind Dr. Ron’s, so it is gelatin as well.

I am guessing the gelatin capsules would  disappear in the acidic environment of your gut (unless you have low stomach acid which is often the case with GERD or Acid Reflux) but I think for my purposes a capsule that melts and disappears in less than 5 minutes and has no excitotoxic properties is the clear winner and has no chance of passing undissolved and intact in to the septic tank.