Pancreatic Enzymes for Digestion

Nev­er take enzymes after a meal.

This table pre­sumes sig­nif­i­cant defi­cien­cy in enzyme pro­duc­tion. A gram is a high dose of enzymes. Dos­ing enzymes at this lev­el nor­mal­ly enhances diges­tion.

Enzymes have a strong odor. If you can­not smell them in your stool then you aren’t tak­ing enough. If you can smell them then it may be pos­si­ble to reduce your dose. Potent enzymes come in 300 mg cap­sules and con­tain:

• Pro­tease — to digest pro­tein
• Lipase — digest fat
• Pan­cre­atin (Trypsin and Chy­motrypsin) for detox­i­fi­caiton
• Dessi­cat­ed pan­creas to sup­port pan­creas recov­ery

What are pancreatic enzymes?

The two main enzymes lack­ing in diges­tion tend to be Pro­tease and Lipase. Pro­tease breaks down pro­teins, lipase breaks down lipids or fats.

What indicates enzyme insufficiency?

A main ear­ly symp­tom of enzyme insuf­fi­cien­cy is bloat­ing or gas in the low­er gut.

Diges­tive insuf­fi­cien­cy also often includes defi­cien­cy in Hydrochlo­ric Acid, or stom­ach acid. Indi­vid­u­als with insuf­fi­cient stom­ach acid often present con­sti­pa­tion, belch­ing and nau­sea. Gen­er­al­ly, defi­cien­cy in the high­er gut reflects acidic insuf­fi­cien­cy, while in the low­er gut gen­er­al­ly indi­cates enzyme, or bile flow defi­cien­cy. Click here for how to sup­port stom­ach acid.

What are Enzyme Sources?

The nat­ur­al source for enzymes are the pan­creas an liv­er. The pan­creas pro­duces the major­i­ty of enzymes

Pan­cre­at­ic enzymes are pro­duced by many com­pa­nies. They vary great­ly in poten­cy. Enzymes are won­der­ful tools and aid in diges­tion and detox­i­fi­ca­tion.

A potent enzyme, tak­en cor­rect­ly, com­pen­sates for poor pan­cre­at­ic per­for­mance.

What causes enzyme insufficiency?

Com­mon caus­es of enzyme insuf­fi­cien­cy are:

• Vas­cu­lar inflam­ma­tion in the pan­creas — See: http://liveo2.com
• Pathogens which infect the pan­creas;
• Pan­cre­at­ic over­work, as with indi­vid­u­als who pro­duces excess insulin, dia­bet­ics, etc.;
• Long term pan­cre­at­ic insuf­fi­cien­cy where the body lacks the enzymes to pro­duce enzymes.

How are enzymes taken?

Always take enzymes before you eat.

A potent enzyme, tak­en incor­rect­ly pro­duces a very, very unpleas­ant, and even harm­ful response. Potent enzymes

Enzymes digest tis­sue. Your body is tis­sue. Hence enzymes used incor­rect­ly, can digest your diges­tive sys­tem.

Nature designed enzymes in two parts, the enzyme part and an acti­va­tor. When you eat, your stom­ach releas­es acti­va­tors which mix with your food. As food flows into the duo­de­num, and mix­es with the enzymes, the enzymes acti­vate, and break­down the food in the gut.

So when tak­ing enzymes, it is essen­tial to take the enzymes before eat­ing! This enables the enzymes to pass the stom­ach and enter the gut before the stom­ach releas­es the enzyme acti­va­tor. A good sup­ply of enzymes in the gut aid in the break­down of the food.

How do you know when you have enough enzyme?

The main tell­tale for suf­fi­cienct enzymes is that they pass in the stool. A potent enzyme has a strong smell. If you smell enzymes in the stool, then this indi­cates that you con­sumed at least as much as your body could use.

If you do not smell enzymes in your stool, then it means your body uti­lized all of the enzymes, and you should take more.

Many peo­ple require sig­nif­i­cant amount of enzymes dur­ing meals.

When should I take enzymes?

If you take the enzymes after the meal, when food and the enzyme acti­va­tor are in the stom­ach, then the enzymes will act on and digest the out­er lin­ing of the stom­ach and esoph­a­gus. This is uncom­fort­able and even harm­ful.

Always take enzymes before you eat.

Nev­er take enzymes after a meal.