ENZYMEDICA Thera-blend™

Enzymedica uses an exclusive Thera-blend process for its protease, lipase, amylase and cellulase. This means that each of these enzymes actually represents multiple blends. For example, there are actually three proteases in the Thera-blend protease. They are blended for their ability to break down numerous bonds of protein in varying pH’s. Enzymedica does this at a considerable expense. From a label description Enzymedica also sacrifices active units to provide the best blend possible. A single protease, for example, could produce more active units per milligram than a multiple protease blend, however the active pH would be narrow and the number of protein bonds it could break would be limited to one or two per molecule.

Figure 1 illustrates how a blend of one type of enzyme (such as protease) enhance the range of activity for a thera-blend. Notice that there are three proteases shown. All have a slightly different optimal pH at normal body temperature. By combining the three we are able to achieve greater activity over a broader pH range (this is not an exact graph it is simply meant to illustrate the benefit of Thera-blend).

In Figure 2 Notice how a multiple blend of one enzyme has the ability to break more protein, carbohydrate or fat bonds than a single enzyme.