PROACTAZYME®- vegetarian [Digestive]:

Eating is just the first step in providing the nutrients your body require daily. Breaking down food into usable form necessitates the presence of digestive enzymes. Enzymes have the capacity to process food at an amazing rate, making digestion infinitely more efficient and helping to conserve energy--and your health! Refined foods and overcooked foods contain minimal enzymes.

Improper digestion, which can result from a lack of enzymes, can lead to many serious health problems, including irritable bowel symdrome, respiratory congestion and allergies.

This combination of six natural enzymes--protease, amylase, glucomylase, lipase, pectinase and cellulase--provides vital enzymes usually missing from a diet of cooked and processed foods.

• Protease breaks down proteins into amino acids, thus helping to provide specific nutrients needed for muscle repair. It also contributes to a strong immune system.
• Amylase changes carbohydrates (starch) into maltose. It acts with protease to stimulate immune-system function, and can work with lipase to digest carbohydrates.
• Glucoamylase changes various starches into glucose for energy.
• Lipase breaks down fat into fatty acids and glycerin.
• Pectinase changes pectin, a natural fiber found in some fruits into nutritional sugars and galacturonic acid.
• Cellulase breaks down cellulose (a plant fiber), a complex carbohydrate that humans cannot digest.