Super Digestive Enzyme Caps

Choosing the right enzyme supplement can be difficult. Enzymes are very delicate and if not properly manufactured, they can easily lose their potency. Commercial enzyme supplements are often neutralized by varying pH levels of stomach acids. A digestive enzyme supplement should be broad-spectrum so that it can facilitate the digestion of protein, fat, carbohydrate, fiber, and milk lactose. The use of acid-protected enzyme formulas can enhance efficacy. One such formula that obtains its enzymes from fungus (but has no fungal residue) is called Super Digestive Enzyme Caps. This product is formulated to be effective in a broad spectrum of stomach acid pH conditions. Each capsule of Super Enzyme Caps contains a pancreatin and fungal enzyme concentrate that provides the following digestive activity

Amylase (carbohydrate enzyme) 40,000 USP units
Protease (protein enzyme) 40,000 USP units
Lipase (fat enzyme) 7,200 USP units
Protease II (6000 USP per milligram) 130 mg
Protease III (1000 FCC per gram) 130 mg
Amylase (25,000 FCC per gram) 140 mg
Lactase (5000 FCC per gram) 40 mg
Cellulase (4000 FCC per gram) 40 mg
Lipase (5000 FCC per gram) 20 mg
Whole fruit papaya powder 100 mg

As a digestive aid for adults, take one or two capsules before each meal.

Many people over the age of 40 begin using digestive enzymes when eating a heavy meal. The enzymes quicken the digestive process so that the feeling of being bloated, heavy and tired after eating does not occur. Aging causes a decline in our natural production of digestive enzymes, thereby making the efficient processing of our food more difficult. Digestive enzyme deficiencies can cause our liver and pancreas to be overworked and become pathologically enlarged. There are specific enzymes and acids that are needed to break down proteins, carbohydrates, and fats.

The benefits of enzyme supplementation were validated in a study showing pancreatin could maintain post-operative digestion and nutrition in patients who had surgery for chronic pancreatitis. The effects of post-operative pancreatic enzyme supplementation was studied by measurements of intestinal absorption and nutritional status in a randomization trial in which the patients received the enzyme pancreatin or placebo.

All patients demonstrated abnormal digestion of fat, protein and total energy at baseline and three weeks after surgery. Pancreatin supplementation significantly improved the coefficients of absorption of dietary fat and total energy over the next four weeks. Between four and eight weeks, pancreatin significantly improved protein absorption and nitrogen balance, whereas placebo substitution worsened the absorption of dietary fat and total energy. Nutritional status was not significantly altered over the eight-week study period, although four patients receiving pancreatin gained an average of more than 3.6 kilograms (7.9 pounds) of body weight apiece. The data suggest that long-term post-operative pancreatic enzyme supplementation is both efficacious and necessary in chronic pancreatitis patients after surgery.

For those who do not benefit from digestive enzymes, an FDA-approved prescription drug called Propulsid can be taken 20 minutes before a meal in order to initiate a quicker peristaltic movement of food out of the stomach. The dose of Propulsid is 10 mg ideally taken before every meal and at bedtime.  This drug can induce diarrhea.

Conventional medicine has finally recognized that most stomach ulcers are caused by the Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacteria. If you suffer from stomach ulcers, ask your doctor to prescribe the new antibiotic H. pylori-eradication therapies in combination. The determination of whether you suffer from an H. pylori infection in your stomach can be made by having your blood tested for an antibody to the H. pylori bacteria.

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