EFR 471: The Dangers of Mineral Deficiency and How to Improve Nutrient Absorption in the Body with Barton Scott

<div class="css-1do1wuw" data-test-id="paragraph" data-key="176"> <div data-test-id="paragraph" data-key="176"> <div data-test-id="paragraph" data-key="176"> <div data-test-id="paragraph" data-key="176">Barton Scott is a chemical engineer and nutritionist. In 2025, he founded Upgraded Formulas, a company offering a line of supplements “that are 100% bioavailable and are absorbed better by the body than any other brand on the market today.”</div> <div data-test-id="paragraph" data-key="178">Our bodies, Barton claims, only “absorb about 25% or less” of most supplements on the market.</div> <div data-test-id="paragraph" data-key="178"> </div> <div data-test-id="paragraph" data-key="178">This fact, he says, is less telling of what is and isn’t in most of today’s supplements and more of a reflection of how inefficient our bodies are at absorbing the nutrients in them.</div> <div data-test-id="paragraph" data-key="180"> </div> <div data-test-id="paragraph" data-key="180">In fact, this inefficiency is only going to get worse for many as certain trends of modern living continue to wreak havoc on their gut health. From bad diets to excess drinking to living stressful lives, a variety of factors that too many people today are familiar with contribute to gut dysfunction.</div> <div data-test-id="paragraph" data-key="182"> </div> <div data-test-id="paragraph" data-key="182">“Because of that,” continues Barton, “I knew that trying to heal the gut was not going to be enough.”</div> <div data-test-id="paragraph" data-key="184" data-slate-fragment= "JTdCJTIyb2JqZWN0JTIyJTNBJTIyZG9jdW1lbnQlMjIlMkMlMjJkYXRhJTIyJTNBJTdCJTdEJTJDJTIybm9kZXMlMjIlM0ElNUIlN0IlMjJvYmplY3QlMjIlM0ElMjJibG9jayUyMiUyQyUyMnR5cGUlMjIlM0ElMjJwYXJhZ3JhcGglMjIlMkMlMjJkYXRhJTIyJTNBJTdCJTdEJTJDJTIybm9kZXMlMjIlM0ElNUIlN0IlMjJvYmplY3QlMjIlM0ElMjJ0ZXh0JTIyJTJDJTIybGVhdmVzJTIyJTNBJTVCJTdCJTIyb2JqZWN0JTIyJTNBJTIybGVhZiUyMiUyQyUyMnRleHQlMjIlM0ElMjJCYXJ0b24lMjBTY290dCUyMGlzJTIwYSUyMGNoZW1pY2FsJTIwZW5naW5lZXIlMjBhbmQlMjBudXRyaXRpb25pc3QuJTIwSW4lMjAyMDI1JTJDJTIwaGUlMjBmb3Vu