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Does Vitamin A need to be taken with food or fat to absorb properly?Updated 19 days ago

Yes — and this is one of the reasons the formula is designed the way it is. Retinyl palmitate is a fat-soluble compound, meaning it requires dietary fat for proper absorption. DAKE includes Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCT) in the formulation specifically for this reason. The MCT acts as a built-in absorption vehicle for all the fat-soluble actives in the capsule — Vitamins A, D, K1, K2, and the tocotrienols — so you're not dependent on the fat content of whatever you happened to eat nearby. 

Taking DAKE with a meal that contains some fat is still okay to do, but the MCT inclusion gives you meaningful absorption support even if your timing isn't perfect. 

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