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PROTEASE: Protease, the enzyme that digests proteins, has a very different and powerful function when taken on an empty stomach. It is a tremendous all natural blood enhancer, able to break down protein invaders in the blood supply, so that your natural immune system can destroy them. Parasites, fungal forms, and bacteria are made of proteins. Viruses are nucleic acids covered by a protein film. Since protease can break down undigested protein, cellular debris, and toxins in the blood, it frees up the immune system for the more important work of destroying the unnatural invaders like bacteria. Protease is responsible for digesting proteins in your food, which is probably one of the most difficult substances to metabolize. Because of this, protease is considered to be one of the most important enzymes that we have. If the digestive process is incomplete, undigested protein can wind up in your circulatory system, as well as in other parts of your body. When you take protease in higher quantities, it can help to clean up your body by removing the unwanted protein from your circulatory system. This will help to clean up your blood stream, and restore your energy and balance. One of the tricks of an invading organism is to wrap itself in a large protein shell that the body would view as being "normal". Large amounts of protease can help to remove this protein shell, and allow the body's defense mechanisms to go into action. With the protective barrier down, your immune system can step in and destroy the invading organism. Additional amounts of protease are also helpful in fighting such things as colds and flu's. Protease can help remove dead and abnormal tissues and stimulate healthy tissue growth.

AMYLASE: Amylase is an enzyme that helps the digestive tract digest starches and sugars. It's the enzyme needed to digest carbohydrates. Carbohydrates in food are an important and immediate source of energy for the body. Starch refers to carbohydrates found in plants (grains). Vegetables and fruits are a source of starch and are broken down to sugar or glucose. Carbohydrates are present in at least small quantities in most food, but the chief sources are the sugars and the starches. Sugars include granulated sugar, maple sugar, honey and molasses. Simple sugars are fructose and fruit sugar. Double sugars are sugar cane, sugar beet, maltose or malt sugar, lactose or milk sugar. All ripe fruits and vegetables contain some natural sugars. Starches are present in such foods as rice, wheat and potatoes. Carbohydrates may be stored in the body as glycogen for future use. If they are eaten in excessive amounts, however, the body changes them into fats and stores them in that form.

LIPASE: Lipase is an enzyme capable of degrading lipid molecules. The bulk of dietary lipids are a class called triacylglycerols and are attacked by lipases to yield simple fatty acids and glycerol molecules which can permeate the membranes of the stomach and small intestine for use by the body. Most lipid digestion in the adult occurs in the upper loop of the small intestine and is accomplished by lipase secreted by the pancreas. Lipase is an enzyme that is used by the body to break down dietary fats into an absorbable form. When lipase levels are insufficient to break down dietary fats, greasy, light-colored stools ensue; a condition called steatorrhea.Fats are the most difficult component of the diet to digest. Fatty foods cause more indigestion than proteins or starches. The human body is programmed to crave fats. Without essential fats and fatty nutrients animals and humans cease to thrive. Omega-3 and omega-6 fats from cold-water fish were found to be essential for human health by physiologists in the 1930s. The typical American diet is laden with saturated fats and hardened hydrogenated fats, leaving a majority of the population deficient in the essential fats required for the maintenance of the human nervous system, the production of hormones and the control of inflammation. It's worth noting here that weight loss is a common finding among individuals with chronic heart failure. It is evident that malabsorption of fats is related to heart failure. In one study subjects with heart disease had 10 times more fat in their stool than heart-healthy individuals. This means those with heart disease weren't absorbing their fats. Yet heart patients are typically placed on low-fat diets! These individuals were leaner, but not healthier. It was not till 1997 that researchers found that lipase also can help to control LDL cholesterol and is helpful in stubborn cases of high triglycerides.

INVERTASE: Invertase is a yeast derived enzyme. Invertase splits sucrose into glucose and fructose. Invertase is mainly used in the food (confectionery) industry where fructose is preferred over sucrose because it is sweeter and does not crystallize as easily. Unfortunately, the use of invertase is rather limited because another enzyme, glucose isomerase, can be used to convert glucose to fructose more inexpensively.

MALTASE: When starch is eaten, it is partially digested and transformed to maltose by both the saliva enzymes and pancreatic enzymes called amylases. The maltase secreted in the intestines, then converts this maltose into a more ready usable sugar glucose, or the glucose could also be stored in the liver for future use. It is found in a variety of mammalian and microbial sources.

LACTASE: You have heard about lactose intolerance. Such people must either not consume any lactose (milk or sugar), or artificially break it down in the milk, ice cream or cheese before they eat those things. Do you know anyone who is lactose intolerant? Supplementing the diet with Lactase Enzyme makes milk products more readily digestible, helping to relieve discomfort caused by lactose intolerance. Lactose is a disaccharide with one glucose sugar molecule bound to one galactose sugar molecule. Once lactose is split, our bodies readily metabolize the glucose and galactose products.

BROMELAIN: Bromelain is an anti-inflammatory agent and for this reason is helpful in healing minor injuries, particularly sprains and strains, muscle injuries, and the pain, swelling, tenderness that accompany sports injuries and recovery from surgery. It is also part of an antiaging program as it reduces tissue irritation. This proteolytic enzyme of pineapple also has several actions that make it helpful in fighting cardiovascular disease. It can reduce platelet aggregation, arterial plaque, and clot formation. 400 - 1,000 mg. daily has been shown to reduce the symptoms of angina pectoris. Bromelain's most popular use has been to reduce joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis. The ranges for bromelain's anti-inflammatory effects appear to be from 500 - 2,000 mg. daily, usually taken in two doses. Also as a result of its anti-inflammatory effect, bromelain has been found to dramatically reduce postoperative swelling in controlled human research. Double blind research has found bromelain effective in reducing swelling, bruising, and and supports decreased pain for women after an epiosotomy.

MAGNESIUM: Maintaining optimum magnesium levels has been shown in various clinical studies to support cardiovascular health. The body uses magnesium to help maintain proper electrolyte levels, a regular heartbeat, and healthy blood pressure. Magnesium also works in conjunction with other minerals such as calcium and potassium, to regulate proper neurological, muscular, and cardiovascular function. This essential mineral may also help support women's health. Studies indicate that when used with calcium and vitamin D, magnesium may help maintain healthy bones, particularly after menopause.