Itâs no secret that proper nutrition is a vital part of our health and well being. The challenge for many of us, however, is that even though we may be taking what we believe to be effective amounts of vitamins, minerals, and other important nutrientsâ¦in reality, we are often not getting the benefits that we expect. What weâre referring to is absorption. Most people take their supplements in the form of pills or capsules. While the bottle may say that each pill includes a certain amount of a specific nutrient, your body may only be absorbing as little as 5% of that, literally starving it of what it needs and leaving you much more prone to sickness, disease, and other potentially serious health challenges.