Digestion is the process of breaking down food. Our bodies produce enzymes that are essential to digestion, but many people could benefit from extra support.

Helps Break Down Most Foods

The broad-spectrum formula includes helpful enzymes that can support the digestion of proteins, starches, sugars, lactose, fats, nuts, plant and fungi fibers, and gluten. Digestive Enzymes provides 18 different enzymes, some of which act together, and each is matched specifically to a certain kind of food. The formula can’t prevent food allergies or intolerances, but it can support healthy digestion in healthy people.

Get More From What You Eat

Chewing breaks up big bits of food, the stomach makes the pieces microscopic, and enzymes help to break apart those microscopic particles so they can be absorbed into the bloodstream. Some foods are hard to digest, and supplementary enzymes taken alongside those can help break them down for more efficient absorption. This could be useful to anyone who is looking to get the most from their food, including people on restricted diets, bodybuilders and the health-conscious.

Since enzymes don’t provide energy and aren’t nutrients per se, they’re not measured by calories or weight. Instead, they’re measured by their activity. And since most enzymes are very different in how they act, they often have unique measurements. You can see these on the Digestive Enzymes label.

The activity measurement units are defined in the US by the ‘Food Chemical Codex’. Each measurement is relevant to a particular component of food; like starch (DU), lipid (FIP) or protein (HUT).