Vitamin Capsules vs Gummies: Which is Better for your Health?

There are a lot of choices to make when it comes to vitamins and supplements – should you take them in capsule form or as gummies? In this article, we’ll explore the pros and cons of each option to help you decide which is best for your health.

To ensure enough intake of vitamins, minerals, and nutrients, it may be necessary to support the diet with supplements in order to achieve health goals – especially fertility goals. 

The goal is health. So any delivery method of a supplement, vitamin, or minerals matters. And it matters a lot.

Traditional supplements or vitamin products are either in tablet form or in capsule form. In these consumption methods, the beneficial ingredients go into the stomach and intestine for bioavailability and ingestion without direct taste through chewing. Gummies, however, are chewed – and therefore tasted – and then go to the stomach for ingestion.

1 – Taste. The Goal of Flavor?

So Gummy manufacturers have two goals – health and flavor. Not one (health). Web MD writes that “gummies owe their flavor to sugar, erythritol, mannitol, isomalt, and other sweeteners.” Some manufacturers market their gummy vitamins as sugar-free, having replaced this sweetener with citric acid, which is equally harmful because it wears down the enamel that guards your teeth.

According to the National Institute of Health, “animal studies have convincingly proven that artificial sweeteners may cause weight gain, brain tumors, bladder cancer and many other health hazards. Some kind of health related side effects including carcinogenicity are also noted in humans”.

So with Gummies – people get sugar or artificial sweeteners. Fulfilling the goal taste over health. With capsules, there is no taste, no sugar, no artificial sweeteners. Capsules bypass the “Goal of Flavor” and focus on health.

2 – Better Bioavailability. The Goal of Efficiency

Have you ever heard the word “bioavailability”? This is a fifty-dollar word (use it in Scrabble!) used by scientists to refer to how well your body can absorb and utilize vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients. So the goal of taking any supplement or vitamin is to have the highest bioavailability possible.

In this goal, the focus is effectiveness. Are the supplements and vitamins you are taking actually benefiting your health, or are you paying for expensive urine?

In terms of bioavailability: its a tie. Gummies and Capsules have time and time again been shown to have very similar bioavailability. This is according to the NIH And the University Health News Journal.

In addition to bioavailability, quality and effectiveness of ingredients is also important. 

For example, Mira’s own prenatal vitamins were carefully formulated by fertility experts to help enhance every stage of the fertility journey. From harnessing the power of Folate, Zinc, Selenium, and vitamins E and D to boost fertility, to utilizing Magnesium and vitamin B6 to help calm the nervous system during pregnancy – our fertility experts thought of everything. And they’ve included all the high-quality nutrients your body needs during pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, and post-pregnancy. 

Here are just a few (of many) other ways that our meticulously crafted formula works together to promote reproductive wellness:

• Vitamins B, Magnesium, and vitamin D help to balance hormones, promoting cycle regularity and healthy ovulation. 
• Vitamins A, D, C, E, and Selenium work together to strengthen the immune system. 
• Folate, Iodine, and Choline work to support early fetal development – particularly the development of the brain, spinal cord, and nervous system. 

You can learn more about the power of our prenatal multivitamins here!

If you are struggling with symptoms related to polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), it’s also worth exploring our dedicated PCOS supplements. These supplements are specifically designed using the 40:1 ratio of Myo and D-Chiro Inositol – the most efficient ratio for restoring ovulation and cycle regularity. 

3 – Dosing Capabilities – The Goal of Effectiveness

Doses matter. Daily values matter. And here is the unspoken secret around gummies: they just cannot hold as much weight for effective dosing as capsules. They have to make room for the gelatin, flavor profiles, and sweeteners, and this leads to a dramatic reduction in the available “room” for vitamins, minerals, and other supplements.

Furthermore, the label claims on gummies can get tricky since – according to Healthline – gummies are not sealed like a capsule, meaning that they absorb water and therefore have a shorter shelf life than gummies.

When it comes to prenatal capsules, Mira’s own prenatal multivitamins are packed with 20 different vitamins and minerals – i.e. all the essentials needed to boost reproductive health, balance hormones, and support the body in early pregnancy. 

The same is true for our PCOS Supplements, which contain a carefully crafted dosage of vitamin D3, vitamin B9, Myo Inositol, and D-Chiro Inositol. 

And because our prenatal vitamins and PCOS supplements are in capsule form, you don’t have to worry about whether or not your body is getting the nutrients it needs. 

Conclusion: Capsules vs. Gummies?

Mira always focuses on helping our community focus on the health supports for optimal fertility conditions. This includes highlighting what foods to eat and avoid during the journey. 

When it comes to supplementing vitamins, minerals, oils, and other nutrients, Mira recommends Capsules and Tablets over Gummies for the three reasons above. This is why as Mira continues to develop its own supplement products(see Mira Prenatal Vitamin) we choose capsules over gummies – no sugars, no artificial sweeteners, no calories, more dosing, and less degradation.

Whether you go with our professionally developed supplementation product or not, it is clear that capsules win over gummies for accomplishing the goal of fertility health.