![]() “We thought the only real science performed on what you can inhale was with B12.” “I would put vitamin D in because people are low in vitamin D-but it turns out that inhalation of vitamin D might be toxic,” he says. But he chose not to include collagen nor vitamin C or D over worries those nutrients could be unsafe to vape. He says he created the company because vegans like himself often need an extra hit of vitamin B12. We’re not a gimmick, and we’re here to help,” says George Michalopoulos, founder of VitaminVape. ![]() “There are a lot of snake oil salesmen out there. The budding vape wellness industry itself seems divided over what is useful or safe when it comes to inhaling nutrients. But until more detailed studies are completed, he adds, how well the lung actually does take in nutrients is up for debate. “It would have to go deep into the lungs” where the membranes are thinnest and most permeable, he says. Vaping vitamins is “theoretically possible,” says Guenther Hochhaus, a pharmacologist at the University of Florida who studies drug delivery in the lungs. We know literally nothing about the safety or efficacy of inhaling vitamins.” “These products might be completely safe, but they might not be. Consumers associate vitamins with health,” says Regan Bailey, a nutritional epidemiologist at Purdue University. “To me, is a marketing ploy to sell this product and make it look healthier. ![]() But scientists say the research the vaping industry uses to back such claims is not up to date, or is being presented out of context. Other products contain a cocktail of vitamins including A, C or D or other nutrients such as amino acids and collagen-all in a liquid that is vaporized on a heated metal coil, then inhaled.Ĭompanies making these devices say they are designed for wellness, and that science guides their formulations to make them as healthy as possible. One company claims a few puffs on their e-cigarette packs your lungs with 10 times the recommended daily dose of vitamin B12. You’ve still got to eat to live, but now you can purportedly back this up by vaping your vitamins.
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