Thorne Research Bio-Gest Stomach Health Supplement, 180 Capsules

Description

Bio-Gest helps digest fats, proteins, and carbohydrates by adding HCl, pepsin, pancreatin, and ox bile, which can be depleted for many reasons, including age, antacid overuse, and gallbladder removal.

Situations such as long-term illness, gallbladder removal, overuse of antacids, and normal aging can contribute to insufficient secretion of gastric acid, pancreatic enzymes, and bile, any of which can lead to various symptoms of gastrointestinal discomfort. Indigestion can lead to insufficient absorption of nutrients, leading to vitamin deficiencies (especially vitamins A, D, E, and K) and food allergies. Thorne's Bio-Gest offers a wide range of digestive support with hydrochloric acid, pepsin, pancreatin and ox bile, all of which are important for those individuals who require more efficient protein and carbohydrate digestion, as well as fat emulsification and absorption. Unlike many comparable digestive systems. supplements, Bio-Gest uses pepsin and pancreatin undiluted and lactose free.

The secretion of hydrochloric acid in the stomach gives several positive results.

• It promotes protein digestion by converting pepsinogen to pepsin,
• it maintains a sterile environment in the stomach to resist ingested pathogens,
• prevents unwanted growth of the small intestine,
• and it promotes the flow of bile from the liver and enzymes from the pancreas.

Hydrochloric acid also promotes the absorption of a number of important nutrients, including folic acid, vitamin B12, ascorbic acid, beta-carotene, iron, and certain forms of calcium. , magnesium and zinc.

Numerous studies have shown that the secretion of hydrochloric acid in the stomach begins to decline with age. Excessive consumption of antacids also leads to low levels of hydrochloric acid in the stomach, which leads to poor digestion of proteins.

Thorne Research offers hydrochloric acid and pepsin from a porcine source.

Pancreatin is a mixture of several digestive enzymes that are produced by the cells of the pancreas. Pancreatin consists of amylase, lipase and protease. The production and secretion of pancreatin by the pancreas is essential for digestion and absorption of many nutrients, especially fats.