10-15% of your body’s production of
enzymes is lost every 10 years of life. 
Shouldn’t you replenish It?

 What are Enzymes

 Enzymes are fundamental to all life and are found in all living cells.  Without them life itself would not exist.  They are the driving force behind virtually all biochemical process that take place in nature and in our bodies.  In nature they are responsible for fruit ripening, seeds sprouting and trees growing.  In the body they are amino acids that link together and become the catalysts of life that are necessary for all metabolic functions.  We would not be able to digest our food, grow, breath, move or think without the help of enzymes. 

Where Do Enzymes Come From

 Your body is an enzyme factory with limited production capacity.  Living foods in their natural  state contain the very enzymes that we need to digest them.   Dr Edward Howell, a biochemist and leading authority on enzymes, proved that cooking and processing of our foods destroys their natural life-giving force: the natural enzyme content  within the food.

When we consume cooked, processed denatured foods they cause our internal organs to strain and eventually degenerate as they work harder to digest.  If the enzymes are not present in the food the body spends excessive amounts of energy producing digestive enzymes to break down the cooked, processed foods. Stealing enzymes from other parts of the body to finish digestion and using up vital energy that is  needed for growth, maintenance, repair and defense against disease.

Why Take Enzyme Supplements

Everyday living puts a tremendous demand on our body’s enzyme supply.  Cooked and processed foods, caffeinated and alcoholic beverages, tobacco, pesticides, chlorine, fluoride, colds and flu, stress and strenuous exercise are just a few of the things that cause your body to be robbed of enzymes on a daily basis.  Because of this almost everyone would benefit from enzyme supplementation. 

By adding enzyme supplements to your diet it helps to control the constant drain on your enzyme levels.  If these enzymes are not used immediately they are stored by the body and used when they are needed.

How Enzymes Aid in Digestion

Despite the specific foods that we eat our diets can be categorized into proteins, carbohydrates, sugars, fats and fibre..  Specific digestive enzymes break down each of these into smaller components. 

Protease and Peptidase: Breaks down protein into amino acids so undigested proteins do not reach the bloodstream.  This is very important for building and repairing muscles (especially the heart).  As essential as amino acids are to building of muscle, tissue and organs, a protein buildup in the body has been linked to decreased libido, clogged arteries, joint problems and free radical damage. 

Amylase and Sucrase: Breaks down sugars, starches and carbohydrates into usable energy in the body.  This break down is essential for today’s high-carbohydrate diets which include a lot of hard to process junk foods. 

Cellulase:  Helps to break down fibre and helps in the  absorption of hidden

nutrients from fruits and vegetables.  Even if you are eating a high fiber diet the fibre will not benefit your body unless the fibre is broken down.

Lactase:  Breaks down lactose found in dairy products.  A vast majority of people after age 3 are dairy intolerent which leads to gas, diarea, constipation or discomfort after eating cheese, ice cream, milk and uncultured  dairy products.

Lipase: The Fat Digester. Fats are essential for good health.  However,there are  fats that heal and fats that harm.    A lipase deficeincy results in only a partial breakdown of fats which can cause the formation and deposit of nasty triglycerides, and cholesterol which get deposited in the arteries.  

Alphagalactosidase: Helps to break down complex starches such as bean starch and starches found in starchy legumes.

Chicolin^TM :  Is  a food substance or a plant extract  derived from the whole tubers of the Chicory plant.  It is one of the richest natural sources of low molecular weight sugar, called Oligo-saccharides or Oligo-fructose or Inulin.  A low  molecular weight sugar,  indigestible to humans which behaves like fiber.    Oligo-saccharides pass through the digestive system unchanged and slow the absorption of sugars, until they reach the large intestine.  There, they are selectively and intensively utilized by the bifidobacterium, more so than any other type of bacteria, therefore promoting         

the growth of the “good” bacteria in the intestinal tract.  The slower absorption and more prolonged release of the carbohydrates, both in normal and diabetic individuals, translates into lasting energy reserves for extended periods  of up to 10 hours with constant blood glucose levels.  This effect also has great promise for appetite suppression, weight control and athletic performance.

Fennel Seed Powder:  In many cultures to this date chewing fennel seeds is a favorite way to stop gastric rumbles after the ingestion of a meal.  Fennel seed or an infusion of the seeds is a great after dinner drink for flatulence, indigestion, abdominal pain, colic and other digestive upsets.

Ginger:  A hot dry herb, traditionally used to warm the stomach and dispel chills.  Ginger relaxes peripheral blood vessels, promotes sweating, prevents vomiting, soothing to the stomach and increases blood flow to an area.  Combined with plant enzymes it settles the stomach and acts as a carrier of the digested nutrients .

How To Take Enzymes:  Take one capsule with or before a meal.  For heavy meals may take an additional capsule midway  or immediately afterward. 

Enzymes are heat sensitive , it is advisable not to take with hot drinks or soups.  You can take the capsules with water or open them and sprinkle the contents on the first bite of food or in water.  For children, use one capsule or less. 

BioQuest Accuzyme Plus is 100% vegetarian, and is available in vegicap capsules.  Accuzyme Plus contains no refined sugar, salt, yeast, soy, dairy, corn, wheat, artificial colouring or preservatives.