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Digestive Enzymes, Super Strength, Vegetarian Formula (90 Tablets)
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What is Super Strength Digestive Enzymes? Super Strength Digestive Enzymes provide a natural formula of digestive enzymes that may help digestive and overall health. Key ingredients include lipase, amylase, protease, papain (papaya enzyme), bromelain (pineapple enzyme), betaine and cellulase. Digestive enzymes are catalysts the aid in the breakdown of food into its nutritional components during digestion. Each enzyme in our uper Strength Digestive Enzymes Formula breaks down a specific macronutrient.
Why Is Our Super Strength Digestive Enzymes Better? Our Super Strength Digestive Enzymes is a complete, natural, vegetarian enzyme formula which is designed to improve overall digestion and absorption of nutrients. Most other digestive enzyme products rely heavily on animal (cow and pig) products. Why use an animal product of questionable quality when a high quality, pure, natural alternative exists?
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Background on Ingredients in Super Strength Digestive Enzymes Formula:
Enzymes are chemical catalysts that change the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed by the reaction.1 Digestive enzymes are catalysts that aid in the breakdown of food into its nutritional components during digestion. Each enzyme breaks down a specific macronutrient. For instance, protease breaks down protein into polypeptides, which in turn are broken down farther by papain and other enzymes to their root amino acids. Likewise lipase works to breakdown fats and amylases works to break down carbohydrates. 1-5
Super Strength Digestive Enzymes is a completely natural digestive enzyme formula which is designed to improve overall digestion and absorption of proteins, carbohydrates and fats. Specifically, Super Strength Digestive Enzymes may provide natural support for the following:
Proper digestion and absorption of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals; 1-9,11-15,19,62-77
Natural digestive health and reduction of bloating, gas and general indigestion; 9,14,60
Reduced susceptibility to food allergies; 34-40
Pancreatic insufficiency and/or malfunction which can cause absorption problems; 30,61-80
Reduction in the incidents of Pancreatitis and other general pancreas problems; 41-51,53-60
Immune system support; 10,16,21,22,24,25,48
Anti-Inflammatory purposes; 20,22,23,27,28
Reduction in muscle/tendon-related pains such as lower back pain, muscle strains, sprains and tendonitis and overall surgical healing. 26,31,32,62
General Digestive Support:
Our Super Strength Digestive Enzymes Formula is a complete formula, so it has numerous enzymes which perform various digestive roles. They include:
Amylase, which aids in the breakdown and digestion of carbohydrates;
Bromelain, which is a mixture of sulfur-bearing protease enzymes that aid in the digestion of protein;
Lipase, which aids in the breakdown and digestion of lipids (fats);
Protease, which aids in the breakdown and digestion of proteins;
Betaine, which is an important enzyme from removing excess homocysteine from the blood. Homocysteine is correlated with Cardiovascular Disease;
Papain, which is a protease enzyme from papaya that has been used for centuries as a meat tenderizer due to its ability to begin the breakdown of protein; and
Cellulase, which aids in the breakdown and digest cellulose (plant fiber), reducing gas and bloating from a high fiber diet.
It should also be noted that papain has been used effectively in reducing the negative digestive effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. If you are receiving these treatments, please discuss the use of digestive enzymes with your health care professional before you use them.
Muscle/Tendon Healing and Support:
Studies have shown that consumption of digestive enzymes, particularly bromelain, may help speed the healing process, reduce the severity of a sprain or strain, reduce overall pain and swelling associated with lower back pain, and reduce pain associated with muscle and tendon sprains and strains. Bromelain is also included in our Anti-iflammatory Support Formula.
Reduced Susceptibility To Food Allergies:
A common theory of food allergies is that they are caused by undigested proteins. It follows then that enzymes which assist in the digestion of those proteins (the proteolytic enzymes such as protease ) would reduce the level of protein residues and reduce the levels of allergic reactions. Studies have borne this out, although not conclusively and not encompassing every food allergic reaction. An additional indication of the efficacy of this theory is that people who are resistant to enzyme absorption often have a difficult time with food allergies.
Pancreas Function:
The job of the pancreas is to create enough chemicals and digestive enzymes to facilitate digestion. When the pancreas falls short in its ability to do this, we are unable to absorb the necessary nutrients to remain healthy. An effective treatment for this is a combination of natural enzymes such as the ones contained in our Super Strength Digestive Enzyme Formula. By supplementing with these digestive enzymes, you are essentially augmenting the enzyme production that the pancreas would normally be contributing. Furthermore, people with chronic pancreatitis have an increased risk of pancreatic cancer of about 40%. Pancreatic cancer occurs in the lifetime of about 1 in 8,500 Americans, so it is rare. However, the increased risk associated with pancreatitis may indicate that pancreatitis is a contributing factor to causing the mutation of normal cells in to cancer cells, some scientists now believing that pancreatitis can, in some instances, be a casual factor in pancreatic cancer.78,79,80 However, this is only speculative at this time and much further research needs to be done.
It is with great sensitivity that we address the issue of pancreatic cancer and digestive enzymes. Pancreatic cancer is a serious disease and we do not intend to imply whatsoever that usage of digestive enzymes will treat, prevent or cure pancreatic cancer. If you, or a loved one, have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer you already know that it is a very serious disease and you should consult your physician and/or oncologist concerning any supplementation that you wish to use.
Immune System Support:
Any product that helps efficiently absorb nutrients will have many positive benefits, including bolstering the body's ability to prevent and attack, if necessary, disease. This does not mean that if you take digestive enzymes you won’t get sick or get a disease. It does mean that you are helping your body to fully absorb and digest all of the nutritients that you consume. This may be why immunity can improve and certain viruses such as the herpes virus are showing reduced incidences in people who consume digestive enzymes. However, research in this area is lacking and more is needed to establish if there is a causal relationship.
Anti-Inflammatory and Healing Properties:
In general, inflammation in your body is bad. It is caused by infection, injury, irritation or other causes. As a general rule, reducing inflammation is an important step to healing because it minimizes the damage done to the tissue and surrounding tissue. That is why a cold compress and an anti-inflammatory drug (such as aspirin or ibuprofen) is often the first treatment for a sprained ankle or pulled muscle. Proteolytic enzymes seem to have an anti-inflammatory effect which may speed recovery from certain injuries.
Side Effects People with cystic fibrosis, should consult a health care provider before beginning use.
Interactions Zinc inhibits bromelain activity, and thus zinc (and multivitamins containing zinc) should not be taken with this product.
Label Facts
Super Enzyme Digestive Enzymes,
90 Tablets:
Supplement Facts Serving Size: 2 Tablets
Servings per container: 45
Amount Per Serving
% Daily Value
Amylase 100,000 FKBU/g (fungal source)
300 mg
†
Bromelain 600 GDU
200 mg
†
Lipase 80,000 LU/g(fungal source)
120 mg
†
Protease 400,000 HU/g(fungal source)
100 mg
†
Betaine HCL
100 mg
†
Papain 70 MCU/g
50 mg
†
Cellulase 4000 CU/g
20 mg
†
†Daily value not established.
Other ingredients: Cellulose (plant fiber), stearic acid (vegetable source), and magnesium stearate (vegetable source).
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