[dcdee]

Dee, that's typical of the difference in extracts and caps of any supplement. But sublingual can be hard on the under tongue tissues, so I take one day a week off from extract.

It does bypass the liver is a plus and puts the extract directly in, just don't use too much.

I know that that is the prevailing wisedom, but i question that a little.

Is it the liver doing the dirty work, or is it the acid and enzymes in the stomach that is breaking down the hormones into little bite size pieces that can get into the blood stream for its trip to the liver?

The liver is there to filter the blood, and all blood makes it way to and through the liver.

The lungs is the quickest way for things to get into the blood stream unchanged, followed by demal/sublingula routes. Ingestion is the poorest, which follows the traditional thoughts o