Your Energy and Nutrition Depend on Good Digestion

    Your body maintains its energy and health by being able to digest nutrients in foods and supplements. The digestive process depends on enzymes to break down your food into their basic building blocks so the body can use them. Without enzymes, even eating the most nutritious foods would be worthless. Enzymes may be our most overlooked dietary component.

   Food Enzymes Lacking in Processed Foods

    Every raw food contains exactly the right amount and type of enzymes needed to digest that particular food. For example, fruits high in carbohydrates — such as apples — contain high amounts of amylase. Fruits high in fat — such as avocados — contain high amounts of lipase. Although enzymes are present in all raw foods, they are destroyed in cooked or highly processed foods. Temperatures greater than 118° F. kill enzymes. Even steaming vegetables kills enzymes, as does irradiating or microwaving. Freezing, however, does not affect enzymes.
    Today's diet consists of cooked and heavily processed foods, lacking in natural enzymes. Because the body may not be able to completely break down foods on its own, the majority of people may not get enough food enzymes in their diets to make vital nutrients available for absorption. This can lead to poor energy and health.

   Do you have an enzyme deficiency? *

    A condition that may relate to enzyme deficiency is a lack of energy and sense of well-being. As people age, they become more deficient in enzymes because enzyme stores in the body are gradually used up. This depletion starts around the age of 30.
    To prevent enzyme depletion and improve your digestion, many naturopathic physicians recommend a plant enzyme supplement taken before meals. Plant enzymes can be taken even by people with food allergies. Many cases of food allergies are helped by plant enzymes because allergic reactions will not occur when food is fully digested. Enzyme supplementation assures proper assimilation of nutritional supplements (vitamins and minerals) and foods. After all, man is not what he eats, but what he can digest.

ALTRUM Ultra Daily Enzymes Unlocks Nutrients Your Body Needs     Ultra Daily Enzymes is an advanced, plant enzyme blend with more powerful digestive enzymes per capsule than most other products on the market. It is specifically targeted for difficult digestion and the breakdown of a broad range of foods and nutrients. Ultra Daily Enzymes also contains high potency lactase to help digest lactose, commonly found in dairy products. BLEND of 10 plant-based enzymes SUPPLIES complete digestive enzyme complexes so that all foods are broken down to their most useable form* EASES the burden of digestion to allow other functions to proceed unimpaired* ASSURES nutrients from food or nutritional supplements are better absorbed by the body* CONTAINS a delivery system that ensures enzyme activity in all stages of digestion and body PH ranges* SUPPORTS proper digestion that enhances health, increases energy levels and promotes longevity* HELPS REDUCE time between bowel eliminations thereby reducing toxicity buildup* INCLUDES a probiotic blend (1.5 billion units per daily dose) that plays an essential role in overall health*

Take The Oatmeal Test — Here's How it Works:     Cook up a serving of oatmeal. The oatmeal should be solid (not runny). Let the oatmeal cool off to about body temperature or 98 degrees. Feel the bottom of the bowl and if it´s warm to the touch (not hot), you´re ready for the test. Take two capsules and sprinkle one over the oatmeal. Stir it in with a fork. Then take the second capsule of Ultra Daily Enzymes and sprinkle it over the oatmeal again and continue to stir it in with the fork for 30 seconds to one minute.The oatmeal will turn into a liquid. In other words, the oatmeal is digested! The “Oatmeal Test” is simple and easy to do. Give this test a try to see the effectiveness of Ultra Daily Enzymes.

On the Brink of an Epidemic

    Americans face an epidemic of obesity with the potential to affect almost every one. Roughly 47 million Americans have metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions in one person that causes this potentially life-threatening syndrome. In the March issue ALTRUM Manager Greg Sawyer discusses metabolic syndrome and its potential impact on the American people.

What You Need to Know About Metabolic Syndrome — Get to know the risk factors, causes and indicators of metabolic syndrome, as well as the actions you can take to ward off this life-threatening syndrome, from expert Antoaneta (Annie) Sawyer, MD, PhD, who has researched this syndrome for more than 25 years. Turn to pages two and three.

ALTRUM Supplement News — Get the scoop on ALTRUM supplements. Learn about color variations, manufacturing processes and why they’re among the very best quality nutrients available on page three.

New Flavor for Children's Chewable Multi — Get the news about the new flavor for ALTRUM Children’s Chewables on page six.

Visit www.altrumonline.com to view the entire March issue of ALTRUM News.