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Posted by sapphiredragon on July 4, 2003, at 8:03:17
I remember reading a suggestion on taking proteolytic enzymes (such as bromelain) INBETWEEN meals to help counteract the inflammatory response to partially digested protein fragments in blood...
Do you have any experience with this timing idea? Or do you just take enzymes with meals?
Thanks.
Posted by Larry Hoover on July 4, 2003, at 8:44:35
In reply to Digestive enzymes Larry Hoover, posted by sapphiredragon on July 4, 2003, at 8:03:17
> I remember reading a suggestion on taking proteolytic enzymes (such as bromelain) INBETWEEN meals to help counteract the inflammatory response to partially digested protein fragments in blood...
I hadn't heard that argument before....
I believe that bromelain has anti-inflammatory effects that are not due to proteolysis.....I'd have to look that up, though. I just know it works (for me).
> Do you have any experience with this timing idea? Or do you just take enzymes with meals?
>
> Thanks.I probably have taken bromelain between meals, but I tend to take it half an hour after a meal. It works whenever I have taken it.
You're welcome,
Lar
Posted by samplemethod on July 5, 2003, at 10:04:19
In reply to Re: Digestive enzymes Larry Hoover » sapphiredragon, posted by Larry Hoover on July 4, 2003, at 8:44:35
How would I know if I should take bromelain....
> > I remember reading a suggestion on taking proteolytic enzymes (such as bromelain) INBETWEEN meals to help counteract the inflammatory response to partially digested protein fragments in blood...
>
> I hadn't heard that argument before....
>
> I believe that bromelain has anti-inflammatory effects that are not due to proteolysis.....I'd have to look that up, though. I just know it works (for me).
>
> > Do you have any experience with this timing idea? Or do you just take enzymes with meals?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> I probably have taken bromelain between meals, but I tend to take it half an hour after a meal. It works whenever I have taken it.
>
> You're welcome,
> Lar
Posted by Larry Hoover on July 5, 2003, at 10:27:56
In reply to Re: Digestive enzymes Larry Hoover » Larry Hoover, posted by samplemethod on July 5, 2003, at 10:04:19
> How would I know if I should take bromelain....
I started taking it as a digestive aid, part of my various attempts at determining coping strategies for what I have long believed lies at the heart of my various health issues, what I call a subclinical malabsorption syndrome. It helped my digestion, but I also learned it has various other properties.
See the following for a decent review of those other properties:
http://www.thorne.com/altmedrev/fulltext/bromelain1-4.html
Posted by sapphiredragon on July 5, 2003, at 20:39:11
In reply to Re: Digestive enzymes Larry Hoover » samplemethod, posted by Larry Hoover on July 5, 2003, at 10:27:56
Noticed the following section in Larry's link , suggesting that bromelain be taken in between meals to enhance its therapeutic effect (altho no hard evidence to prove benefit of this timing)
Snip from link follows:
Dosage and Prescription InstructionsAvailable research does not demonstrate an enhanced efficacy of bromelain when it is administered between meals. It is generally recommended that bromelain be taken away from food unless it is being used as a digestive aid, because it is believed that otherwise, it will tend to act as a digestive enzyme and its therapeutic benefit may be diminished. While this may in fact be the case, the clinical studies conducted on bromelain have not followed this protocol.
Bromelain has shown therapeutic benefits in doses as small as 160 mg/day; however, it is thought that, for most conditions, best results occur starting at a dose of 750-1000 mg/day. Most research on bromelain has been done utilizing divided doses, usually four per day, and findings indicate that results are dose-dependent. See Table 5 for a summary of prescription instructions.
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