Comment · Wed, August 5, 2020 · ND Owner
Alpha GPC capsules contents have seemingly turned into stearine like consistency.
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Pretty-Wolf · 3 points
This is very strange, i have stored them in a dark closet since i bought them, i only shake the bottle to get the capsules out of it so my hand doesn't touch the contents ( I'm very particular with this ).
Somehow moisture got INTO the capsules ( i can see it on one atleast that theres drops of moisture INSIDE and not outside ) inside the bottle itself it is dry and it is containing the moisture absorber.
So now i am wondering 2 things, is it ruined and if so how do i prevent this from happening again? ( if i were to buy some again )
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u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
It's fine. Alpha-GPC is extremely hygroscopic. It pulls moisture from wherever it can. In the past we had magnesium stearate and maltodextrin as a carrier. However, people were being all dumb about magnesium stearate and matodextrin, saying they thought they were bad. So we moved to microcrystalline cellulose. Well it appears MCC is also hygroscopic, and it gets all riled up into party mode with the alpha-GPC, and they team up to absorb all the moisture in the air they can. You know how it is. Get two rowdy guys together and they just get out of control! So we are going to move back to different carriers for it to prevent that in humid environments.
It doesn't affect the effects at all, though. You could take alpha-GPC and dissolve it in water, and it will be perfectly fine. So there is nothing wrong with its effectiveness. They both just want to be friends with water, and keep pulling in as many water bro molecules as they can find.