What Makes Jigsaw's Digestive Enzyme Supplement Different?

After reviewing some of the newest research available, we decided to make three significant changes in our Essential Blend Digestive Enzymes formula. All of these changes truly set it apart from other digestive enzyme supplements on the market, and deliver health benefits beyond just improved digestion.

Change #1:

First, we took out all the enzymes designed to break down carbohydrates (with the exception of those targeting milk sugars, since allergy to hidden lactose is very common). We did this because the newest data shows that our bodies are actually better off NOT digesting carbohydrates better than what it already can do on its own.

Accelerating carbohydrate digestion can actually spike blood sugar, which has a host of problems associated with it. One of which is that the increased insulin can turn more carbohydrates and digested sugars into fat.

There is also the potential for it to cause a hypoglycemic reaction, where blood sugar drops suddenly after the increased insulin does its job of turning the excess sugar into fat. When blood sugar spikes, it is almost always followed by a drop that many people can actually feel.

Change #2:

Second, we took out the enzymes targeting fat digestion. Studies are now showing that the more undigested fat that passes through the gastrointestinal system, the more toxins that are excreted through the bowels.¹

Dr. Walter Crinnion — an Environmental Specialist, good friend of Jigsaw Health, and author of Clean, Green and Lean — pointed out that it is much better NOT to increase digestion of fat because fat is one of the main vehicles the body uses to carry toxins out of the body.

Change #3:

Third, we added even more enzymes to break down protein — PLUS Betaine HCl to promote ideal pH for enzyme function and protein digestion.

As we age — and when chronic conditions are present — digestion of protein is the real problem our bodies face. We NEED protein to be digested into amino acids in order to supply the body with the materials needed to build and rebuild virtually everything in the body. Without amino acids, our bodies literally break down over time. They are the building blocks of everything.

Also, undigested proteins can be the main cause of most allergies so breaking them down completely is critical. Casein and gluten are well-known as two of the most difficult proteins to break down. And they show up in a lot of foods in small quantities — hidden so that people with these allergies have reactions and don't know why.

With this new formula, we have dramatically increased the body's natural ability to digest these proteins. Unlocking the amino acids inside so they are released and available to help build and maintain our health every single day.

Want To Restore Your Digestive Health?

Impaired digestion and food allergies is right at the top of our Top 10 list of causes of chronic conditions. Jigsaw's digestive enzymes supplement creates an incredibly effective foundation for restoring digestive health in your body.

Sure, they help rid you of the discomfort that comes from indigestion, but our Essential Blend Digestive Enzymes Supplement also:

• Help digest hidden wheat and dairy ingredients (especially gluten, casein and lactose) found in many pre-packaged and processed foods.
• Help obtain the amino acids from protein in meals.
• Help ease the demand on your pancreas to produce digestive enzymes.
• Help facilitate absorption of nutrients from food.

What Can Digestive Enzymes Help Me With?*

• Promote healthy digestive system.
• Break down difficult proteins into essential amino acids.
• Absorb and assimilate nutrients.
• Replace depleted enzymes in the stomach.
• Ease malaise and lethargy after large meals.
• Improve solid waste and toxin elimination.
• Alleviate symptoms of dairy intolerance.

What Makes Jigsaw's Digestive Enzymes Supplement So Effective?

• Designed to work throughout the digestive tract in a wide range of pH: from 3.0-8.0, this digestive enzymes supplement is especially helpful for those with varying pH levels in their bodies.
• Very powerful, broad spectrum enzymes help to digest dairy sugars and all types of proteins, including the difficult-to-digest casein and gluten found in many grains and breads.
• Comes in capsule form so that you can even break it open and sprinkle on food or in water for even faster action to help you start feeling better sooner.

Is Jigsaw's Digestive Enzymes Supplement A Good Value?

• Contains proven, broad-spectrum enzymes that are more potent and effective than other commercially available enzymes.
• Suggested use is one capsule per meal — compared to the six or more suggested for other digestive enzymes supplements.
• Costs just $.83 per day — compared to $6.92 per day for the top-selling digestive enzymes supplement.

Where Did The Formulation Come From?

Co-developed with the National Enzyme Company (NEC), one of the top enzyme manufacturers in the world, with more than 75 years of experience formulating enzymes.

Manufactured using the most stringent Good Manufacturing Practices.

What Does The "Essential Blend" Consist Of?

• Proteolytic enzymes – Powerful enough to digest most gluten and casein found in grains and dairy. For those on a gluten- or casein-free diet, these powerful proteolytic enzymes help digest gluten and casein usually hidden in foods eaten in restaurants.
• Alpha-galactosidase – Effectively breaks down the indigestible sugars (such as melibiose, raffinose and stachyose) that commonly occur in vegetables, especially in members of the legume and cruciferous families, which can be problematic for many people.
• BioCore™ Dairy – A proprietary blend of protease and lactase enzymes to help you digest dairy products. May also help improve symptoms of lactose intolerance.
• Betaine HCl – A metabolite of choline that is used in one of the pathways that converts homocysteine to L-methionine. It was added as a source of supplemental hydrochloric acid in order to aid in digestion, and to help lower the stomach's pH, providing a favorable environment for low pH enzymes like pepsin to perform most effectively.

What Other Products Are Essential For Digestive Health?

Combining a highly effective digestive enzymes supplement with a potent probiotic, such as Jigsaw's Essential Blend Probiotics — which we sell along with the digestive enzymes in our Gastro Bundle — can be an essential first step toward recovering long-term health. We encourage you to consider this other wonderful and popular product that could offer additional benefits, and provide enhanced support for your digestive concerns.

Compare the new Digestive Enzymes formula to the old one!

Active Ingredients:

NEC Custom Enzyme Blend: BioCore^® Dairy (protease and lactase blend – from Aspergillus niger and A. oryzae), Exo-peptidase, Dipeptidyl peptidase IV, Pepsin 1:10000, Protease 4.5, Acid Protease, Alpha-galactosidase, Protease 6.0, Alkaline Protease, Protease 3.0, and Betaine HCl.

Suggested Use:

Take 1 capsule directly before or during each meal. (Can take an extra capsule with very heavy meals or when you are feeling uncomfortably full.) Or use as directed by your healthcare professional.

Note:

The effectiveness of digestive enzymes supplements requires adequate intake of vitamins and minerals, especially magnesium — of which an estimated 2 out of 3 Americans are deficient. You might consider supplementing with magnesium and other vitamins and minerals to make digestive enzymes more effective.

Essential Blend Digestive Enzymes Contains:

• No artificial colors or dyes
• No casein
• No chemical additives
• No gluten
• No soy
• No sugar
• No preservatives
• No yeast

Research The Proven Effectiveness Of Digestive Enzymes.

Quantitative Evidence Proving The Efficacy Of Supplemental Enzymes

Background Information:

There are more than 3,000 digestive enzymes in your body — lipases, proteases, and amylases — to help break down fats, proteins, fibers, and carbohydrates.

Prior to the turn of the century, most people got the enzymes they needed for digestion from raw or traditionally canned, pickled, or fermented foods. These enzymes would then work with the enzymes in the body to help digest your food and give your body the nutrients it needs.

Since then, modern large-scale canning and food processing methods actually require excessive heat to kill off enzymes in food in order to preserve the foods. Without these needed enzymes from food, the body has to rely entirely on its own enzymes for digestion.

Add to that a high-stress lifestyle and the tendency to overeat and eat on the run and you’ve overwhelmed your digestive system. You may expereince indigestion, constipation, bloating, and acid reflux following meals — clear signs your body isn’t digesting food properly or absorbing needed nutrients.

Jigsaw Health Essential Blend Digestive Enzymes provide one of the most powerful and comprehensive digestive enzymes supplements on the market today. It works throughout your digestive tract in a wide range of pH levels without being degraded in stomach acid — a serious problem for those with chronic digestive conditions.

Essential Blend Digestive Enzymes also help break down hard-to-digest gluten found in grains and caseins found in dairy products — often hidden in the foods we eat. And its unique BioCore™ Dairy blend may help alleviate symptoms of lactose intolerance.

If you have problems with digestion, a digestive enzymes supplement can help you digest food and absorb the nutrients you need to start feeling better.

What is the gastrointestinal/digestive system, how does it work and what causes it to become unhealthy?

Related Information:

• Quantitative Evidence Proving The Efficacy Of Supplemental Enzymes
• Confused about Enzymes? Read this short illustrated eBook:
  How Do Enzymes Work In Your Body? by Stephney Langford
• Jigsaw Health Digestive Enzymes Product Formula Rationale
• Enzyme University
• Which Enzymes with Which Foods? by Karen L. Delfice

Cited Sources:

1. Effect of Diet on T-2 Toxicosis.
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6093476