Let us accompany a single liposome on its way through the body ..... On the diameter of a hair there is space for around     500 liposomes After ingestion, it en- ters the stomach, which it passes unchanged. From the stomach, it is transported to the small intestine. Unlike other contents, it is not broken down here..... ....but are absorbed by the finger-shaped intestinal villi which protrude into the interior of the intes- tine and whose surface consists of even finer villi. The tissue is interspersed with the finest blood vessels which absorb the liposome. The liposome is transported with the blood to places all over the body where it is needed. On contact with a cell, the lipo- some envelope fuses with the cell wall because both are made of the same material. The con- tent of the liposome - the vita- min C - thus enters the cell interior, where it unfolds its effect.