{"product_id":"digest-ultimate-spijsverteringsenzymen-now-foods","title":"Digest Ultimate Digestive Enzymes | 120 Capsules | NOW Foods","description":"\u003ch2\u003eDigest Ultimate by NOW Foods\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDigest Ultimate is a broad-spectrum blend of \u003cstrong\u003edigestive enzymes\u003c\/strong\u003e in a plant-based capsule. NOW has packed nineteen different enzymes into it, each with its own function. From proteins and fats to milk sugar and the fibers from beans and cabbage. You take one capsule with each meal, and there are 120 in the bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat enzymes do in your digestion\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnzymes are proteins that speed up a chemical reaction without being consumed themselves. In your digestion, they act like a kind of scissors. They cut large molecules from your food into pieces small enough to pass through your intestinal wall. Your body produces digestive enzymes itself in your salivary glands, your stomach, and especially your pancreas. Each enzyme is specialized. Amylase cuts starch into sugars, protease chops proteins into amino acids, and lipase splits fats into fatty acids. What many people do not know: your body cannot break down some components of your food at all, because you simply lack the right enzyme. Think of cellulose from plant cell walls or certain sugars from legumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eNineteen enzymes, what is in it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe difference with many other enzyme products lies in the breadth. In addition to amylase, lipase, and four types of protease, Digest Ultimate also contains cellulase, hemicellulase, and xylanase, which act on plant fibers. Alpha-galactosidase splits raffinose and stachyose, sugars found in beans, lentils, and cabbage. Lactase cuts lactose (milk sugar) into glucose and galactose. In addition, you will find bromelain from pineapple, phytase, which breaks down phytic acid from grains, and invertase for regular sugar. NOW produces most of these enzymes through fermentation with fungi such as Aspergillus. As a result, they remain active over a wide pH range, from acidic to neutral. That is relevant, because your stomach is very acidic and your small intestine is almost neutral. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy those strange units like HUT and FIP\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you look at the table, you will see no milligrams per enzyme, but codes like DU, HUT, FIP, and ALU. Those are activity units. They indicate how much work an enzyme can perform, not how much it weighs. In short: two enzymes of the same weight can differ enormously in activity. That is why activity is the fair measure. HUT, for example, stands for the amount of protein that protease breaks down in a certain time, measured according to the American Food Chemicals Codex. The higher the number, the more active the enzyme. The 82,500 HUT of protease and 23,000 DU of amylase per capsule are substantial amounts in that respect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause enzymes do their work at the moment they encounter your food, you take Digest Ultimate at the beginning of the meal. The capsule itself is made of plant-based cellulose and uses a little MCT oil as a carrier. Anyone looking for digestive enzymes that cover as broad a menu as possible, from a high-protein lunch to a plate of chili con carne, will find in Digest Ultimate a complete enzyme complex without unnecessary additives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NOW Foods","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54816732053842,"sku":"Now-065","price":41.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/9006\/2812\/files\/digest-ultimate-spijsverteringsenzymen-now-foods.jpg?v=1790166968","url":"https:\/\/www.luto-supplements.nl\/en\/products\/digest-ultimate-spijsverteringsenzymen-now-foods","provider":"LUTO Supplements","version":"1.0","type":"link"}