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Colitis and Enzymes
There are two types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD/IBS): ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. Both diseases involve inflammation of the intestines (bowel). The symptoms of the two disorders are so similar that it is often difficult to distinguish one from the other. IBD/IBS is a chronic condition. Some dogs suffer from it continuously, while others have flare-ups and remissions.
Since ulcerative colitis is characterized by inflammation and ulceration of the large intestine, causing episodes of bloody diarrhea with mucus, abdominal cramping, and fever. It usually begins in the rectum and spreads through the large intestine.
The key to effective treatment for ulcerative colitis is to suppress the inflammation process, permit healing of the colon, and relieve rectal bleeding, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.
Since ulcerative colitis is characterized by inflammation and ulceration of the large intestine, causing episodes of bloody diarrhea with mucus, abdominal cramping, and fever. It usually begins in the rectum and spreads through the large intestine.
The key to effective treatment for ulcerative colitis is to suppress the inflammation process, permit healing of the colon, and relieve rectal bleeding, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.
Enzyme therapy is the best natural approach for such conditions. The advantage of enzyme therapy is that it decreases pain, swelling, and inflammation without the side effects of drugs.
It is well known that systemic enzyme therapy is used to reduce inflammation, stimulate the immune system, improve circulation, help speed tissue repair, bring nutrients to the damaged area, remove waste products, and improve health. Enzymes should be used with meals and on an empty stomach as a systemic enzyme therapy.
Choosing an Effective Enzyme Formula:
A good enzyme formula must contain a variety of enzymes that deconstruct the different amino acid combinations found in various types of proteins.
• You want to make sure the enzyme formula that you purchase contains bromelain enzymes. Bromelain is a protease enzyme found in pineapples. Research shows bromelain is capable of splitting 30,000 chemical bonds per second and releasing that same number of amino acids from a protein.
• The enzyme formula you choose should include papain enzymes from papayas. Papain will digest most protein substrates more extensively than even pancreatic proteases.
• Unlike digestive enzymes, systemic enzymes must be absorbed into the bloodstream to be effective. Therefore, the systemic enzymes formula you buy must be protected in some way with an acid-resistant coating so that the systemic enzymes can pass through the acidic stomach intact when you take them on an empty stomach.
The best systemic enzymes will be found in vegetarian capsules, not in tablets that are enterically coated, with added tabletizing ingredients. A great enzyme formula found in capsules should contain microbial enzymes produced to be acid-resistant and which, therefore, can resist the low pH of the stomach and pass onto the small intestine to do their work.
• Systemic enzymes need helpers in order to function optimally. These helpers are called cofactors and coenzymes and include vitamins and minerals. Therefore, when choosing a systemic enzyme formula, choose a formula that has an organic food rich in vitamins and minerals such as organic microalgae. The microalgae maximizes enzyme activity.
Information paraphrased from:
Cichoke, Anthony J. (1999). The Complete Book of Enzyme Therapy. Avery Publishing Group: New York. Pgs. 39-45.
It is well known that systemic enzyme therapy is used to reduce inflammation, stimulate the immune system, improve circulation, help speed tissue repair, bring nutrients to the damaged area, remove waste products, and improve health. Enzymes should be used with meals and on an empty stomach as a systemic enzyme therapy.
Choosing an Effective Enzyme Formula:
A good enzyme formula must contain a variety of enzymes that deconstruct the different amino acid combinations found in various types of proteins.
• You want to make sure the enzyme formula that you purchase contains bromelain enzymes. Bromelain is a protease enzyme found in pineapples. Research shows bromelain is capable of splitting 30,000 chemical bonds per second and releasing that same number of amino acids from a protein.
• The enzyme formula you choose should include papain enzymes from papayas. Papain will digest most protein substrates more extensively than even pancreatic proteases.
• Unlike digestive enzymes, systemic enzymes must be absorbed into the bloodstream to be effective. Therefore, the systemic enzymes formula you buy must be protected in some way with an acid-resistant coating so that the systemic enzymes can pass through the acidic stomach intact when you take them on an empty stomach.
The best systemic enzymes will be found in vegetarian capsules, not in tablets that are enterically coated, with added tabletizing ingredients. A great enzyme formula found in capsules should contain microbial enzymes produced to be acid-resistant and which, therefore, can resist the low pH of the stomach and pass onto the small intestine to do their work.
• Systemic enzymes need helpers in order to function optimally. These helpers are called cofactors and coenzymes and include vitamins and minerals. Therefore, when choosing a systemic enzyme formula, choose a formula that has an organic food rich in vitamins and minerals such as organic microalgae. The microalgae maximizes enzyme activity.
Information paraphrased from:
Cichoke, Anthony J. (1999). The Complete Book of Enzyme Therapy. Avery Publishing Group: New York. Pgs. 39-45.