Proactazyme - A Fantastic General Purpose Enzyme
Supplement From Plant Sources
Most people would think that it is stomach acid that digests our food. But in fact, the most important factor in food digestion are enzymes.
Our human body produces about 22 different digestive enzymes. A majority of the source of these enzymes are found in fruits, vegetables, meats, grains and other foods. These enzymes are essential for healthy digestion, yet it is the nutritional element that is most neglected. Unfortunately, most people lack these enzymes due to the poor choices of food we take, and the way food is prepared. When we 
consume enzyme-deficient foods, our body will have to generate its own enzymes required to digest the food. The more we depend on our internally-produced enzymes, the more stress we put on our body systems and organs.
What Are Enzymes?
Our bodies need enzymes to break down the nutrients in our food, so that the nutrients can pass through the intestinal walls and be absorbed into our blood. Without enzymes, the vitamins and minerals that we consume really are just passing through our system. Enzymes are specialized protein molecules facilitating most of our body's metabolic processes, like supplying energy, digesting foods, purifying the blood, ridding the body of waste products, etc. Enzymes assist in keeping our body in a healthy state, they help lower the cholesterol level, clean the colon, break down fats, strengthen the immune system, improve the mental capacity, detoxify the body of unwanted wastes, eliminate carbon dioxide from our lungs, building muscles, and many other functions. So, imagine how we abuse our bodies when we feed our bodies with enzyme-deficient food, day after day. It's no wonder that our body systems start to slow down and deteriorate, and that’s when diseases start to set in.
Types of Enzymes
Enzymes are basically classified into three main groups - metabolic enzymes, food enzymes, and digestive enzymes.
- Metabolic enzymes exist throughout our entire body system - in our organs, bones, blood and cells. Their job is to grow new cells and maintain every tissue in our body. When these enzymes are healthy, robust and are present in adequate numbers, they will do their job well.
- Digestive enzymes are secreted by our various body organs - by our salivary glands, stomach, pancreas and small intestine. As its name suggests, the function of the digestive enzymes is to help in the digestion of our food.
- Food enzymes exist naturally in the raw food that we consume. Its function is very much like the digestive enzymes. When we consume foods that are rich in enzymes, the foods will be "self-digested", causing less or no stress to our body.
What Happens When Enzymes Are Depleted?
After a prolonged period of depleting the enzymes in our body, and not replenishing them quick enough, two things happen:
- Our body works overtime to produce more enzymes, causing extra stress which affects our immune system. This lowers our ability to protect ourselves from diseases.
- Our digestive system eventually slows down for lack of enzymes, causing food to be undigested. This undigested food stays in our system and begins to ferment and pollute our blood, this is known as toxemia.
Proactazyme
Digestive enzymes may be in short supply in some people, and supplementing them allows the body to get maximum nutrition from the diet and supports efficient digestion.
Proactazyme contains protease, amylase, glucoamylase, lipase, cellulase, and pectinase to digest all types of food. This formula helps break down vegetable fibres, long-chain starches and proteins and contains only plant-sourced enzymes.
Benefits:
- Enhances proper digestion.
- Digestive enzymes from plant sources.
- Helps break down protein, starch, and fat to eliminate gas, occasional bloating, and indigestion.
Nutritional Facts - Amount per capsule
| Protease [for protein] | 6000 HUT |
| Amylase [for starch] | 2000 DU |
| Glucoamylase [for starch] | 5 AGU |
| Lipase [for fat] | 3 FCCFIP |
| Cellulase/Hemicellulase [for fibre] | 60 CU |
| Pectinase [for pectin] | 6 AJDU |
HUT = Hemoglobin Unit Tyrosine
DU = Dextrinizing Units
AGU = Amyloglucosidase Units
FCCFIP = Federation International Pharmecutique
CU = Cellular Unit
AJDU = Apple Juice Depectinizing Units
Serving Size 2 Capsules
Servings per container: 50
Recommended Usage:
Take one or two capsules with or between meals, three times daily.
Ingredients: Protease, amylase, glucoamylase, lipase, pectinase, cellulase, potassium citrate, beet fibre (Beta vulgaris), caraway seed (Carum carvi), ginger root (Zingiber officinale), fennel seed (Foeniculum vulgare), gentian root (Gentiana lutea), dandelion root (Taraxacum officinale), gelatin and water.
Proactazyme is protected with an exclusive herbal blend to activate and buffer enzymes as well as relax and soothe the stomach.
£19.95 £15.96
Click here for a enzymes fact sheet. (pdf download).