PREGEST
Pregest Cultured Enzymes are digestive enzymes designed to assist the body in the assimilation and utilization of food nutrients. They are intended to be taken before meals to replace the naturally occurring enzymes lost during cooking and processing.
Enzymes are involved in every life process in the body. They are an essential link to stamina, energy level, the ability to utilize vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients, as well as contributing to the immune system’s ability to protect our health. Enzymes are more heat sensitive than vitamins and temperatures above 114° will destroy them. Cooked and processed foods are devoid of them. Adding food enzyme supplements with cooked and processed food greatly increases digestibility and assimilation.
Cultured enzymes are made from culturing substrates with microbes of various species of microbes including vectors from fungal species such as aspergillus orazae, niger, bacterial cultures, etc. The enzymes are strained off and purified. Because these are plant based and not animal based (pancreatic enzymes, ox bile, etc.) they have several advantages, one being they contain no purines or other potential toxins, and they function in a much wider pH range (2-12.7) so they will be active throughout the system in body tissues and organs, not just the small intestine for food digestion.
Lack of enzymes contributes to disease and chronic degenerative conditions. With assimilation impaired, absorption of putrefying matter can occur throughout the body. Thus, an unhealthy body lacks resistance to germs, which proliferate in this environment. Enzymes affect the length and quality of life by breaking down old cellular mucous and toxins, then expelling them from the organism. For example, chronic inflammation, where there is the presence of undigested food substances (usually protein) at the site of an injury, indicates an incomplete digestion of food because of a deficiency of digestive enzymes in the body. This puts greater stress on the immune system, which is taxed to alleviate the condition. With the ingestion of supplemental enzymes, inflammation can be reduced while immune system activity is relieved. Enzymes also help reserve necessary oxygen in the body.
Enzymes are the most important factor in maintaining radiant health and vitality. Enzyme needs increase with age, and they are beneficial regardless of one’s diet.