Benefits
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Provides Optimal Support
for Healthy Digestion*
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Assists
Digestion of Proteins, Carbohydrates and Fats*
Digestive enzymes are
produced by the pancreas and secreted into the duodenum (upper small
intestine), where proteins, carbohydrates and fats are broken down prior to
absorption. As we age, the body's capacity to produce enzymes may decline.
Moreover, stress and other health difficulties may impact enzyme production.
Overeating sometimes
causes incomplete digestion. Occasional heartburn, bloating, belching,
discomfort, and a "sour stomach" is often a result of this.
Supplementation with the
enzymes in Best Digestive Enzymes – All Vegetarian supports
replenishment of the body's enzyme levels, helping to relieve the burden on
an overworked pancreas.
Enzyme supplementation
promotes enhanced digestion and delivery of vital nutrients to the body.*
This benefits good health in many ways, including better elimination,
support for healthy energy levels and maintenance of healthy body weight .
Enzymes also help prevent accumulation of undigested foods in the large
intestine, which may disrupt the normal healthy bacterial balance in the
bowel.
Best Digestive Enzymes –
All Vegetarian
contains microbial-derived enzymes that have a long history of research and
use in Japan and in Europe. In fact, research on such non-animal source
enzymes for therapeutic purposes has been conducted since the 1950s in
Europe and Scandinavia. Scientists there were the first to report on the
isolation and purification of individual enzymes from microbes such as
Aspergillus oryzae and others. They also were the first to publish
reports on the use and efficacy of various microbial enzymes for therapeutic
purposes in studies on animals and humans.1
Microbial-derived enzymes
have distinct advantages over animal-sourced enzymes such as pancreatin and
have been shown to be more effective at supporting the digestive physiology
of the human body when supplemented. Animal-derived standard enzyme
preparations are active only in a small pH range and the activity of these
enzymes is destroyed by acidic conditions in the stomach. By contrast,
microbial-derived enzymes have higher activity levels (less enzyme has to be
used for the same purpose) and are active over a wide pH range, with some
reports showing activity from pH 2 to 10. This means that while over 90% of
animal-derived enzymes may be inactivated in the stomach and be useless for
digestive purposes, microbial-derived enzymes would begin digesting food in
the acidic conditions of the stomach and continue this process well into the
small intestine, increasing the efficiency of the digestive process.1
Profile of Enzymes in Best Digestive Enzymes – All Vegetarian
Support for Carbohydrate and Fiber digestion
Alpha-galactosidase
– An enzyme that facilitates the breakdown of carbohydrates such as
raffinose and stachyose. This enzyme is especially helpful in supporting the
digestion of raw vegetables and beans. A study published in 1994 showed that
alpha-galactosidase supplementation was effective at reducing indigestion
and flatulence in healthy individuals consuming a high-fiber diet consisting
of grains, beans and other vegetables.2
Amylase
– This enzyme functions to break down carbohydrates such as starch and
glycogen, a storage form of glucose.
Beta-glucanase
– An important enzyme that facilitates the digestion of beta-linked glucose
bonds associated with whole grains such as barley, oats and wheat.
Cellulase
– This enzyme helps free the nutrients found in both fruits and vegetables
by breaking down cellulose, a plant fiber.
Glucoamylase
– This enzyme complements the function of hemicellulase by breaking down
polysaccharides from plants.
Hemicellulase
– This enzyme assists in the breakdown of carbohydrates and is most useful
for enhancing the efficiency of polysaccharide digestion from plant foods.
Invertase
– This enzyme facilitates the breakdown of carbohydrates and is especially
effective at helping to digest sucrose, common table sugar.
Lactase
– This enzyme is necessary for the proper utilization and digestion of
lactose, the predominant sugar found in milk and other dairy products.
Phytase
– This enzyme breaks down plant carbohydrates and is especially helpful at
breaking down phytic acid found in leafy vegetables. Because it breaks down
phytic acid, it frees the minerals in plants and aids in their absorption.
Xylanase
– This enzyme is a sub-type of hemicellulase and functions to break down
soluble fiber from food sources.
Support for Protein Digestion
Bromelain
- An enzyme that is derived from pineapple, this nutrient also facilitates
the digestion of proteins. Bromelain has also been associated with a wide
range of diverse health benefits of its own.
Papain
– This enzyme is derived from papaya and serves to enhance the digestion of
proteins, facilitating nutrient absorption.
Protease
– This enzyme supports the digestion of protein and protein-containing
foods, breaking them into absorbable units of amino acids, the building
blocks for the body’s regenerative purposes.
Support for Fat Digestion
Lipase
– The main enzyme that functions to break down lipids and improve fat
utilization. In this capacity, it supports the function of the gall bladder.
The microbial-derived lipase used in this formulation has been shown to have
much higher activity levels than animal-derived lipase enzyme, enhancing the
efficiency of fat digestion. Microbial lipase is resistant to inactivation
by stomach acid and can digest dietary fat beginning in the stomach and
continuing into the small intestine. A study in animals showed that a
microbial-derived lipase was as effective at digesting fat as a 25 times
larger dose of conventional pancreatin.3
Beneficial Micro-organisms
Bacillus subtillis
– Although this bacteria is not known to be native to the human digestive
tract, supplementing with this important probiotic organism promotes a
healthy bacterial balance in the intestines. Probiotic organisms have been
researched for their ability to support healthy immune function, efficient
digestion and the general health and well being of the digestive tract.4*
Supplemental Enzymes May
Enhance Overall Health*
The nature of the
digestive process in the human body is such that it is highly
energy-intensive. The pancreas is the organ that produces most of the
digestive enzymes required for food breakdown and secretes them into the
small intestine. The lower the efficiency of digestion in the stomach, the
higher the requirement for newly manufactured pancreatic digestive enzymes.
This process can place a burden on the pancreas, which may, in turn, place a
large burden on the rest of the body. If the pancreas is working overtime to
support our body’s digestive process, it is diverting crucial resources from
normal repair functions the body may need to perform in diverse organs and
systems.
However, the body has
developed a compensation method for dealing with this undue burden. The body
smartly recycles enzymes that it produces as the unused portions enter the
bloodstream into systemic circulation. Research has shown that this
recycling is facilitated by pancreatic secretory cells themselves. These
cells, which normally secrete enzymes produced by the pancreas into the
small intestine, serve as collectors of unused enzymes that are circulating
in the blood stream and can then re-secrete these enzymes into the
intestines when needed for digestion. This reduces the burden on the
pancreas to produce newly manufactured enzymes in increasingly large
amounts. What is most interesting, however, is research that shows that this
mechanism is used by the body not only for the endogenous (produced by the
pancreas) enzymes that are in circulation, but also for exogenous (i.e
supplemental) enzymes taken in from an outside source.5
Supplementing with enzyme
formulations containing a full-spectrum of digestive capacity, such as
Best Digestive Enzymes – All Vegetarian, can reduce the need for the
pancreas to manufacture enzymes and reduce the need for the body to devote
large amounts of resources for this purpose. This frees up the body to
devote its energies to the daily maintenance of other critical bodily organs
and systems, potentially maintaining and enhancing overall health.
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