Enhanced Super Digestive Enzymes provides specific natural vegetarian digestive enzymes required to support the natural reactions that break down food and has been demonstrated to optimize digestion and nutrient absorption. This vegetarian digestive enzyme supplement contains a broad array of digestive enzymes within the formula.
Life Extension Enhanced Super Digestive Enzymes supplement contain vegetarian digestive enzymes to help relieve bloating, stomach pain, constipation and enhance nutrient availability to the body.
Digestive enzymes help you break down the foods you eat, as well as help you stay comfortable after meals. But your body doesn’t produce the enzymes you need to digest plant fiber—bad news for vegans, vegetarians, or anyone trying to up their intake of hard-to-digest veggies, legumes, fruit, or leafy greens. This digestive health formula can help.
Research has shown that supplementing with digestive enzymes can promote optimal digestion and absorption of nutrients from the foods you eat. This formula provides 10 vegetarian enzymes that help digest plant-based diets as well as protein, dairy, starches and fat.
Normal ageing and related health issues can decrease production of stomach enzymes resulting in a bloated feeling.
These digestive enzymes work in a variety of pH conditions. This is important, because different parts of your gastrointestinal tract (stomach, intestines, etc.) have different pH levels—which can also affect digestion.
Benefits of Super Enhanced Digestive Enzymes:
- Proteolytic enzymes, protein digesting enzymes, help break down proteins
- Amylase helps to break down starch and short sugar chains called oligosaccharides
- Lipase aids the break down of fats
- Cellulase helps to break down the indigestible polysaccharide in dietary cellulose
- Lactase breaks down lactose
- Vegetarian and gluten free
Our In-House Pharmacist has written four articles on Enhanced Super Digestive Enzymes:
- Do You Experience Bloating, Gas Or Indigestion?
- Restoring Optimal Gut Health
- Does Your Stomach Growl?
- Vitamins to take in your 50s
Directions: As a food supplement take one capsule of digestive enzymes once or twice daily prior to the heaviest meals. Contains milk, soybeans and wheat. N.B. This product does NOT contain gluten. Wheat is used for the fermentation of the enzymes, which is why it's listed on the label. However, there is no quantifiable amount of wheat found in the finished product.
Do not take if pregnant or breastfeeding. Contains milk, soybeans, wheat. Keep out of reach of children. When using food supplements, please consult with your physician if you are undergoing treatment for a medical condition or if you are pregnant or lactating. Do not exceed the daily dose.
Serving Size 1 Vegetarian Capsule Amount Per Serving Vegetarian Digestive Enzyme Blend (supplying) 208 mg Protease SP (A. oryzae, B. subtilis) 25,000 FCC (HUT) Bromelain (A. comosus) 800,000 FCC (PU) Amylase (A. oryzae) 10,000 FCC (DU) Lactase (A. oryzae) 2,000 FCC (ALU) Cellulase (T. longibrachiatum) 2,000 FCC (CU) Lipase (C. rugosa) 7,500 FCC (FIP) Other ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose, maltodextrin, delayed release capsule (hypromellose, pectin, purified water), medium chain triglycerides. Contains milk, soybeans, wheat.
Is there any corn contained in Enhanced Super Digestive Enzymes?
The maltodextrin in this product is derived from corn. However, the amount of corn in the final product is nearly undetectable.
Is this safe to take while pregnant/breastfeeding?
Life Extension do not test their products on pregnant or breastfeeding women, it is encouraged to follow up with your healthcare provider to discuss the information and use of the supplements before beginning a regimen.
Can I open the capsule and take out the powder inside and sprinkle it on the food?
You can, and it is still possible that you derive benefit from the nutrients. However, the product was not designed for ingestion in this manner and some may find the taste objectionable because the product is very potent.
I am on a gluten free diet. I am assuming I should not purchase this product. Do you have plans to make this without wheat?
This product does NOT contain gluten. Wheat is used for the fermentation of the enzymes, which is why it's listed on the label. However, there is no quantifiable amount of wheat found in the finished product.
Why is there soy in this product?
Soy is used in the fermentation media of some of the enzymes. While Life Extension is required to list this as an allergen on the label, there is no quantifiable amount of soy in the finished product.
Are these coated to absorb in the small intestine?
This product uses a delayed-release capsule to help supply the enzymes to the small intestine where they would normally be present. For those wishing to support digestive health, we suggest taking the enzymes prior to the heaviest meals of the day.
Is this product Kosher?
This product is not certified kosher. Life Extension does not manufacture any certified kosher products. We encourage consulting with a rabbinic authority regarding use.
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