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Digestive Enzyme

Digestive enzymes are proteins that split food into absorbable parts, such as proteases for protein, lipases for fat and amylases for starch.

Also listed as Digestive Enzymes

Gut Health

Why are milligrams not enough to compare products?

The 2018 supplement trial used 50 mg of its particular blend three times daily. Prescription pancrelipase is instead dosed by lipase activity units and adjusted to symptoms and meals. Those quantities are not interchangeable measures of digestive benefit. 1 2

NIDDK advises taking prescribed PERT during meals or snacks according to the treating clinician’s instructions. Its guidance concerns diagnosed pancreatic insufficiency, not a universal schedule for digestive supplements. 3

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