How to Properly Store Your Vitamins and Supplements

Properly storing your vitamins and supplements is essential to preserving their potency and ensuring that they are effective when you need them.

There are a few key things to keep in mind when it comes to storing your supplements:

- Store in a cool, dry place. This will help to protect against moisture and humidity, which can damage the ingredients or make them less effective.

- Keep away from direct sunlight. Ultraviolet light can degrade the ingredients in vitamins and supplements over time.

- Don’t store near heat sources. Heat can also cause deterioration of the ingredients in your supplements.

Forgo the refrigerator

Many people choose to store their vitamins and supplements in the refrigerator.

However, this is not actually necessary – and can even be harmful.

Storing your supplements in the fridge can cause them to become moisture-rich, which can degrade the ingredients or make them less effective.

The exception to this rule are supplements with labeling that expressly advises the user to store them in the refrigerator.

Avoid the bathroom

The bathroom is a bad place for many reasons, but it is especially a poor choice when storing vitamins and supplements.

Excessive moisture or heat – common in bathrooms – can degrade the effectiveness of your supplements.

For example, fat-soluble vitamins such as A, D, E and K are easily dissolved by water molecules, which can cause them to break down when exposed to too much moisture.

Heat is another concern in the bathroom, especially when you consider that most people store their supplements on top of or above the sink where hot water is running constantly.

It's best to keep your supplements away from sinks and showers at all times.

Reconsider your kitchen.

The kitchen might seem like an odd place to store your vitamins and supplements, but it can be a great option for a few reasons:

- The kitchen is a cool, dry place. This is important for protecting against moisture and humidity, which can damage the ingredients or make them less effective.

- The kitchen is away from direct sunlight. Ultraviolet light can degrade the ingredients in vitamins and supplements over time.

- The kitchen isn’t near any heat sources (as long as you don't store them near your stovetop or oven). Heat can also cause deterioration of the ingredients in your supplements.

Plus, the kitchen is a convenient spot where you are likely to see your supplements on a daily basis and since vitamins are often taken with food, it seems only logical to keep them in the kitchen.

Think high and dry

As a responsible parent, you know that it's important to store your vitamins and supplements in a safe place where children can't reach them.

Storing them in a high and dry place is the best way to protect your children from accidentally taking them.

It's also important to keep them out of direct sunlight and away from heat sources, which can make them less effective.

So, next time you're stocking up on supplements, remember to store them in a high and dry place – and keep them out of reach of your little ones.

Don’t redistribute

Storing vitamins and supplements in their original container is preferable over storing them in an alternative container because they will slowly lose effectiveness when not stored properly resulting in a waste of money.

Some may require a specific type of packaging for optimal potency.

Some supplements lose their effectiveness when exposed to light, for example, and must be stored in opaque or dark-colored containers.

The recommended storage is at room temperature in a dark, dry place.

Storing them in an alternate container can cause moisture build up, which will damage their effectiveness.

Keep an eye on the expiration date

It's important to check your vitamin and supplement bottles for an expiration date, as that is how long they are guaranteed fresh. Storing vitamins and supplements properly can sometimes extend this time, but beyond the expiration date their effectiveness greatly diminishes.

Take care of your vitamins and supplements and they will take care of you!

Supplements are best when properly stored in a cool, dry place out of direct sunlight and out of reach of children.

Storing vitamins in their original container is preferable over storing them in an alternative container because they will slowly lose effectiveness when not stored properly resulting in a waste of money.

Use these tips and extend the life and effectiveness of your vitamins and supplements.

A better you, is a better life!