^AIM PrepZymes^™ - Product Data Sheet

Sometimes we eat but don’t feel as if we are getting anything from it. It’s as if the foods just sit in our bellies. And they might.

We have digestive enzymes to digest foods and see that their nutrients are released to feed our cells. If our enzyme supply is low, or not working efficiently, the foods might just be taking up space. This not only robs us of nutrients, but could also lead to toxic bodies.

^AIMPrepZymes™ provides you with a range of digestive enzymes specially formulated to help you digest the modern high-fat, high-sugar diet. These include protease, amylase, lipase, cellulase, lactase, sucrase, and maltase.

• Supplements body’s enzyme supply

• Aids digestion

• Improves assimilation and utilization of food

• Increases energy

Features

Digestive problems comprise the number one health problem in North America. These concerns, encompassing everything from hemorrhoids to colon cancer, result in more time lost—at work, school, and play—than any other health problem. They also appear to be occurring with much more frequency—while many of them were almost unheard of in our grandparents’ times, they are cropping up more and more and at an earlier and earlier age.

Enzymes are the sparks that start the essential chemical reactions our bodies need to live. They are necessary for digesting food, for stimulating the brain, for providing cellular energy, and for repairing all tissues, organs, and cells. Humbart Santillo, B.S., M.H., in his book Food Enzymes, quotes a Scottish medical journal that says it well: "Each of us, as with all living organisms, could be regarded as an orderly, integrated succession of enzyme reactions."

Food enzymes are enzymes supplied to us through the foods we eat. They include digestive enzymes, but also enzymes unique to the particular foods. Food enzymes help us "predigest" foods; that is, start breaking down foods before our bodies’ enzymes begin to do so. According to Santillo, the enzymes found in raw foods digest 5 to 75 percent of the foods themselves without the help of other enzymes. This way, our bodies’ digestive enzymes have help in the digestive process, and we do not use as many of the body’s "in-house" enzymes.

This points back to the importance of eating raw fruits and vegetables because they are "live foods"; that is, foods in which the enzymes are active. The more enzymes you get, the healthier you are. And the more raw foods you eat, the more enzymes you get.

There is another advantage to being sure that foods are well-digested. When foods are not well-digested, they remain in the stomach and can rot and putrefy. This results in a buildup of waste in the colon. This fecal matter begins to decay, producing bacteria and toxins. The toxins eventually seep through the bowel wall, where blood capillaries pick them up and distribute them throughout the body. This can result in health problems. These problems include constipation, stomach bloat, poor digestion, gas, fatigue, weight gain and weight loss, headaches, and more. Using digestive enzymes ensures that your foods are more completely digested, helping to eliminate potential problems due to toxins.

AIM PrepZymes™ combines cultured enzymes with papaya and alpine wild garlic. This breakthrough product has been specially formulated to

Each capsule of AIM PrepZymes™ contains enzymes to help you digest the foods you eat, plus two special features. The enzymes are

AIM PrepZymes™ contains cultured enzymes, which are a breakthrough in enzyme production. Most enzymes are derived from animal organs, notably the pancreas. Although these pancreatic enzymes can be valuable, they are inefficient as digestive enzymes. This is because pancreatic enzymes are limited by their environment—they require an alkaline environment of pH 7.5 or more before they begin to work. This makes predigestion impossible, as the stomach is acidic, with a pH of well below 6.

Cultured enzymes have a very wide work environment: from 2.0 to 12.0 pH. In other words, they are active in both acidic and alkaline environments. This makes them the best possible choice for predigestion.

The papaya leaf found in AIMPrepZymes™ contains papain, an enzyme similar to pepsin, which helps break down protein. This is helpful for those who may not have enough hydrochloric acid to activate pepsin in the stomach. Alpine wild garlic aids in digestion and also contributes antioxidant activity to the formula.

When you combine cultured enzymes with papaya and alpine wild garlic, you get the best possible digestive product: one that provides you with important digestive enzymes, as well as the materials to fight metabolic damage.

The unique combination of enzymes (and more) found in AIMPrepZymes™ means better digestion for you. Of particular importance is the digestion of fats and sugars.

The lipase found in AIMPrepZymes™ ensures that fats and oils are properly broken down early in the digestive process. This eliminates the possibilities of proteins becoming coated with oil, which means they may escape predigestive action.

The sucrase and maltase address the high amounts of "hidden" sugars found in processed foods and snack foods high in dairy, malt, and white sugars.

To see firsthand the power of AIMPrepZymes™, try this experiment.

Prepare a bowl of oatmeal, and let it sit overnight. Then mix into the oatmeal the ingredients of one capsule of AIMPrepZymes™.

Within 15 minutes, you will notice that the oatmeal becomes more "liquid." Within one hour, you will practically be able to drink it! This is the action of the enzymes breaking down the oatmeal. This is what AIMPrepZymes™ does for the foods you eat!

If you believe that you are not digesting foods well, you should use digestive enzymes. In addition, we have fewer enzymes as we age, so we should always consider using digestive enzymes as we grow older.

Yes, they can. Both children and pregnant women should take the usual adult serving of one capsule before or during each meal.

Yes, it is recommended that those with gastritis or gastric/duodenal ulcers not use AIM PrepZymes™.

According to Santillo, this is not true. In his book Food Enzymes, he cites university research that has shown that supplemental enzymes pass through the stomach uninjured. In one study, the enzyme amylase digested starch in the stomach and then moved into the small intestine, where it continued digestion.

Santillo also notes that foods are predigested by enzymes in the upper portion of the stomach, which is known as the cardiac stomach. According to Gray’s Anatomy, "The cardiac portion of the stomach is a food reservoir in which salivary digestion continues. The pyloric [lower stomach] portion is the seat of active gastric digestion."

The enzymes found in AIM PrepZymes™ are cultured from Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus oryzac, two types of fungi.

AIM PrepZymes™ was specially designed to meet specific needs, and the exact amount of active units for each enzyme is proprietary information.

Yes, although not at the same time. AIM FloraFood™ should be taken on an empty stomach, 30 minutes before or two hours after a meal. AIM PrepZymes™ should be taken just before or during meals.

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