Digestive Enzyme - 10VC

Each capsule provides the body with enzymes designed to optimally aid the digestion of fats, proteins and carbohydrates present in cooked and raw food.*

The formula provides the support of alpha- galactosidase and beta-glucanase to break down vegetables, beans and grains, and enzymes such as glucoamylase and invertase to assist with the digestion of carbohydrates.*

In addition, this complete formula contains beneficial bacteria to uniquely promote optimal intestinal health.

Non-GMO/ Gluten Free/ Vegetarian

What is Doctor’s Best Digestive Enzymes?

Doctor’s Best Digestive Enzymes is a full-spectrum high potency digestive enzyme blend created to complement and support the body’s own digestive capacities. Each capsule provides the body with enzymes designed to optimally aid the digestion of fats, proteins and carbohydrates present in cooked and raw food.* The formula provides the support of alpha- galactosidase and beta-glucanase to break down vegetables, beans and grains, and enzymes such as glucoamylase and invertase to assist with the digestion of carbohydrates.* In addition, this complete formula contains beneficial bacteria to uniquely promote optimal intestinal health.

How does it work?

Digestive enzymes are produced by the pancreas and secreted

BENEFITS

Provides Optimal Support for Healthy Digestion*

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. The body’s capacity to produce en-zymes may decline with age. Moreover, stress and other unhealthy lifestyle factors may impact enzyme production. Overeating sometimes causes in-complete digestion. Occasional heartburn, bloating, belching, discomfort, and a “sour stomach” are often a result of this.

Supplementation with the enzymes in Doctor’s Best Digestive Enzymes supports replenishment of the body’s enzyme levels, promoting healthy digestion and delivery of vital nutrients to the body. Maintenance of healthy digestion not only helps with occasional gastrointestinal discomfort, but also supports the very integrity of the intestinal mucosa (the lining that comes in contact with food and bacteria).1

Additionally, enzymes may enhance healthy bacterial balance in the bowel by lessening the accumulation of undigested foods in the large intestine.

Doctor’s Best Digestive Enzymes 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 purposes of health maintenance has been conducted since the 1950’s 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

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This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

were the first to publish reports on the use and efficacy of various microbial enzymes for therapeutic purposes in studies on animals and humans.2

Microbial-derived enzymes have distinct advantages over animal-sourced enzymes (such as pancreatin), and supplementation with them has proven more effective at supporting the digestive physiology of the human body.

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 is needed 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.