Why enzyme blending is critical
An enzyme is a protein that lowers the energy required to complete an action. Our bodies naturally produce enzymes to help us break down food.
During digestion, enzymes break down foods to release nutrients, produce food for our gut bacteria, and save on the energy required to digest what we eat.
Think of a potato cube in a glass of water—it can take many months to fully dissolve.
Add in an enzyme, and poof! The potato is dissolved in minutes instead of months.
The enzyme optimises the breakdown of the potato by reducing the workload and accelerating the speed of the process.
In the digestive system, digestive enzymes perform the same role – they make digestion work better by reducing the energy required to break down what we swallow.
The human digestive system naturally produces enzymes to break down foods, but life can get in the way of optimal digestion. Fatigue, travel, bugs, viruses, genetics and even poor sleep can affect our natural enzyme production.
Tiredness, bloating, wind or digestive upset after eating can signal a need for some enzyme assistance.
When enzymes are taken at the beginning of a meal, the digestion process is optimised, energy levels are spared, and digestive upsets are significantly reduced.
Because enzymes are rapid-acting, you’re likely to feel the benefit from the very first use.
What is CuraBlend™?
CuraBlend™ indicates that the enzymes used in the product will activate at different pH levels (acid and alkaline).
This feature is critical, as the digestive system varies in pH. The stomach is acidic, whereas the gut is more alkaline.
Each enzyme has an optimal pH, which is the point at which the enzyme is the most active.
Stomach enzymes will affect how we feel after eating protein, producing either a comfortable stomach, or heartburn, or constipation.
Pancreatic enzymes like lipase and amylase, work best in alkaline environments, and will affect how we feel after eating carbohydrates. When enzymes are optimal, carbohydrate digestion feels comfortable. With suboptimal enzymes, we may feel bloated or windy, with watery stools.
CuraBlend™ combines enzymes for proteins, fats and carbohydrates, that are active across a range of pH levels – to guarantee maximum digestive assistance throughout the entire digestive tract, regardless of the many pH variabilities found in each unique digestive system.
Ready to try an enzyme product? Here is some more detail on CuraZyme Ultra, the leader or our enzyme pack.