Re: Digestive enzymes - USP vs. mg

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> Does anyone know how USP measures in terms of milligrams? I'm

thinking of switching digestive enzymes from " Digestzymes " which

contains " Pancreatin 4X> supplying: Amylase 20,000 USP Protease

20,000 USP Lipase 1,600 USP " to Bio-Gest which contains 70 mgs. pure

pancreatin. No breakdown given.

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I think you may have to ask the makers of Bio-gest what the USP

units are. I think you have to know the activity per gram of the

stuff you're using in order to compare.

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> Does anyone know how USP measures in terms of milligrams? I'm

thinking of

> switching digestive enzymes from " Digestzymes " which

contains " Pancreatin 4X

> supplying: Amylase 20,000 USP Protease 20,000 USP Lipase 1,600 USP "

to

> Bio-Gest which contains 70 mgs. pure pancreatin. No breakdown given.

>

Hi Suze

I have been looking into this lately - the pancreatin I buy is Solgar

brand. First of all, it has REALLY helped me, my husband, and both

my parents CONSIDERABLY! If you are going down this route, I'm sure

you will notice a difference to your digestion. (My dad suffered

diarrhea for about a year, he took the pancreatin at 3 evning meals

and saw a huge difference, same with my mum.) It really helps with

digestion of food and reduces bloating significantly.

The solgar brand lists the following:

Pancreatin (4X concentrate, equivalent to 3000 mg of whole

pancreatin ) 750 mg Supplying: Protease 75,000 USP units Amylase

75,000 USP units Lipase 15,000 USP units.

Note the concentrate bit - perhaps that is why it contains more of

each of the enzymes.

So, Solgar is 750mg, which is very high compared to your Biogest at

70mg. If the biogest contains 1/10 of the Solgar, then I would

suggest your current brand has higher content.

Solgar also has a product which has PAncreatin 4x equivalent to 510mg

pancreatin, but this is not concentrated. There is no breakdown of

the enzymes in this.

Jo

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>> Does anyone know how USP measures in terms of milligrams? I'm

>thinking of

>> switching digestive enzymes from " Digestzymes " which

>contains " Pancreatin 4X

>> supplying: Amylase 20,000 USP Protease 20,000 USP Lipase 1,600 USP "

>to

>> Bio-Gest which contains 70 mgs. pure pancreatin. No breakdown given.

>>

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>Hi Suze

>I have been looking into this lately - the pancreatin I buy is Solgar

>brand. First of all, it has REALLY helped me, my husband, and both

>my parents CONSIDERABLY! If you are going down this route, I'm sure

>you will notice a difference to your digestion. (My dad suffered

>diarrhea for about a year, he took the pancreatin at 3 evning meals

>and saw a huge difference, same with my mum.) It really helps with

>digestion of food and reduces bloating significantly.

Wow...sounds like your family has success with DEs. I'm mainly looking to

switch my dogs' DE, but I recently started taking it myself too, so it would

be for all of us. I think my current brand is generally a good brand, but it

contains magnesium stearate, as so many supplements do, and mag stearate has

been found to reduce capsule solubiltiy by 65% AND stearates have been found

to depress imunity. My current brand contains mag stearate, which is why I'm

looking to replace it.

As for Solgar, I can get that here, but I refuse to support Monsanto

knowingly, and Solgar is owned by Monsanto. Thorne products are excellent

quality and many are additive-free as Bio-Gest seems to be. Plus Heidi's

found it to work well for her, that's why I decided to try Bio-Gest.

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>The solgar brand lists the following:

>Pancreatin (4X concentrate, equivalent to 3000 mg of whole

>pancreatin ) 750 mg Supplying: Protease 75,000 USP units Amylase

>75,000 USP units Lipase 15,000 USP units.

>Note the concentrate bit - perhaps that is why it contains more of

>each of the enzymes.

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>So, Solgar is 750mg, which is very high compared to your Biogest at

>70mg. If the biogest contains 1/10 of the Solgar, then I would

>suggest your current brand has higher content.

Hmmmm...could be. I think I might have to enquire at Thorne as Martha

suggested to be sure. (Thanks for the suggestion Martha :-)

Thanks for your reply Jo, and congrats on the wedding! Sounds like you were

able to get your weight down and fit into that wedding dress as you'd hoped.

And glad to hear the WD's working for you :-)

Suze Fisher

Lapdog Design, Inc.

Web Design & Development

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Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine

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