Tex, what do you think about this?

[mcnomore]

I received this email from Pure Encapsulations this morning:

Pure Encapsulations enzymes are derived from fermentation, with soy, dairy and wheat as the fermentation medium. However, the fermentation medium is removed when the enzyme is isolated and purified. Additionally, we perform allergen testing on each enzyme to ensure the final products are free from allergens.

Sincerely,

Juniper Devecis, MS RD CCN
Director of Product Development

Pure Encapsulations, Inc.

[MBombardier]

What enzymes do you take? I am asking because I take a few Pure Encapsulations vitamins. I don't seem to have any trouble with them, but...

[mcnomore]

I tried the Pure Encapsulations and got d so I emailed them.

[tex]

Many companies that sell products that contain fermented enzymes and malted ingredients (including products such as Rice Dream) claim that they remove the starter enzymes that initiate the fermentation and/or malting process, so that the finished product is free of those items. What they really mean is that they use a process whereby the finished product will usually pass a 20 ppm gluten test, but since there are no established tolerance standards for any allergens other than gluten, there's no way of knowing how effective their so-called filtering process might be. The problem is that most of the reactive peptides are so tiny that there is no way to actually filter them out, reliably. Sure, they can remove most of them, but there's no way of knowing how much remains.

The bottom line is that they probably have good intentions, and they meet the legal standards set up by the FDA, but some/many of us react to them because they still contain traces of any food allergens that are used to start any fermentation and malting processes.

You're lucky if you only had D. The only time in my life when I tried a digestive enzyme supplement, I took a single capsule of an expensive product at breakfast time. After an hour or so, I was as sick as a dog. I vomited every few hours for the rest of the day, and for at least 3 or 4 days, it felt as if my belly was on fire. I lived on soup for at least 4 days. It was a good lesson for me — it taught me that I don't need any digestive enzymes.

Tex

[mcnomore]

Thanks Tex, that makes sense. I put up with about 5 days of loose or d because I read that it might be die-off which is good they say, then got fed up with that and took 2 immodium and from then on have been back to normans.