Biomed ActiveZyme Digestive Enzyme

Bio-Blend technology

BioBlend -labelled enzymes are especially balanced mixtures that retain their activity throughout the gastrointestinal tract. ActiveZyme utilizes Bio-Blend technology, which means that each enzyme labelled with this label contains multiple enzyme species from the same category. These each work in slightly different pH environments, ensuring that the product breaks down food from the stomach to the small intestine and colon.

Enzyme activity

The activity of enzymes is measured in specific units that indicate their effectiveness. Usually, nutritional supplements are indicated in milligrams or micrograms, but for enzymes, weight does not really say anything. Therefore, the effectiveness is indicated by different letter combinations such as HUT, FIP or GaIU. It is not necessary to understand these units more deeply, but these units make it possible to compare a product with another product on the store shelf.

Enzymes

Enzymes are biologically active proteins. They are found everywhere in the nature because they are very precise about what they do and under what conditions. Enzymes are found in the nature in all kinds: decomposing, building, transferring, transforming, combining, and so on, but here we focus on digestion, that is, decomposing enzymes.

Enzyme categories

Digestive enzymes are grouped into three main categories, and although enzymes have names of all kinds, they always fall into one of these three categories. Proteases – Break down proteins into amino acids. Amylases – Break down carbohydrates into sugars (fibres are also considered as carbohydrates). Lipases – Break down whole fats into fatty acids.

pH flexibility

BioBlend is an advanced technology used by Biomed that combines enzymes with slightly different “preferences” from each enzyme category. The principles below apply to all Bioblend enzymes, be it protease, amylase, lipase or cellulase. The most important thing that limits the activity of enzymes is the pH of the environment, i.e. acidity. Some enzymes work well in the stomach’s very acidic environment, but cease to function in an alkaline environment of the small intestine. In turn, those enzymes that were ‘sleeping’ in the acidity of the stomach, are activated in the small intestine. Thus, a mixture of enzymes is needed, some of which are active in the stomach, some in the small intestine and some even in the colon. High-quality enzyme preparation continues to work long after the food has been eaten and moved from the stomach forward.

Complete digestion

Bio-Blend ensures that there is a sufficient selection of enzymes that work in different ways so that the nutrients are completely digested.