RE: Digestive enzymes with betaine

[Guest guest]

Can you crush them up and take them that way with a good swig of

water Sharon? My husband has great difficulty in swallowing any tablets but

does fine crushing them and swallowing with liquid straight away.

Luv - Sheila

I'm not sure if this is ok on this forum or whether it should be on the chat

forum but I will post here for now.

I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a good digestive enzyme with betaine in,

I have been taking Nutrigest for a while now which was recommended by Dr. P and

it has been very good but I'm finding lately that I have trouble swallowing the

tablets and they get stuck in my throat. I don't have any problems with

swallowing either oval shaped tablets or capsules but the Nutrigest are thick

round tablets and that is the problem so I would like to change to something

else.

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[Guest guest]

These products are very good: http://www.mandimart.co.uk/houston-enzymes-1-c.asp

if you mail Mandi she may be able to make suggestion as to what is best; i have

always found her very helpful and they dispatch very quickly. Mandi used to

post on here for a brief while, too

are you looking for HCL or betaine? I just take HCL tablets by solgar which

work for me. not sure if they have betaine in, probably?

Chris

>

I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a good digestive enzyme

[Guest guest]

Hi Sheila,

Many thanks for your reply, I will definately try that with some of the other

tablets that are hard to take but I don't think that I can do it with the

Nutrigest as it says on the bottle that " each tablet should be swallowed whole

and not chewed " it must be because it needs to get in the stomach whole before

it starts to work.

I will keep looking for an alternative so if anyone has any ideas let me know.

Many thanks again,

Sharon

My husband has great difficulty in swallowing any tablets but does

> fine crushing them and swallowing with liquid straight away.

[Guest guest]

Hi

Many thanks for your reply, I had a quick look on their website and they seemed

to have some good enzyme supplements but I couldn't see any that contained the

betaine so I shall give Mandi a call to see if she has any suggestions.

> These products are very good:

http://www.mandimart.co.uk/houston-enzymes-1-c.asp, if you mail Mandi she may be

able to make suggestion as to what is best

I shall be honest and say that I didn't realise that betaine isn't the same as

HCL, looks like I've got some reading to do!

> are you looking for HCL or betaine? I just take HCL tablets by solgar which

work for me. not sure if they have betaine in, probably?

Many thanks again,

Sharon

[Guest guest]

Sorry Sharon, I think I was wrong when i said this:

> > are you looking for HCL or betaine? I just take HCL tablets by solgar which

work for me. not sure if they have betaine in, probably?

http://hollandandbarrett.com/vf/healthnotes/hn_live_uk/Supp/Betaine_HCl.htm

Betaine hydrochloride is an acidic form of betaine, a vitamin-like substance

found in grains and other foods. Betaine hydrochloride is recommended by some

doctors as a supplemental source of hydrochloric acid for people who have a

deficiency of stomach acid production (hypochlorhydria).

==

If it were me i'd get an enzyme and a HCL/betaine tablet seperately - i take the

Houston enzyme ones and Solgar HCL when i remember. there's loads of different

makes, www.revital.co.uk has a good selection.

[Guest guest]

Hi Sharon,

I stuggle swallowing big tablets aswell!

I have been using this one by Viridian:

http://www.healthstore.uk.com/p94399/viridian-high-potency-digestive-aid-90-vegc\

aps.html

They are average size veggie caps & I Can swallow them fine.

As I get through quite a few of these and they aren't cheap, I have recently

bought these by Lifeplan as they are stonger but cheaper:

http://www.lifeplan.co.uk/products/Digestive-Enzymes-x-60.htm?prodID=701

These are tablets and a bit bigger than the Viridian ones, but they are oval

shaped. I havent opened the pot yet so not sure how easy they will be to

swallow. Looks like you could crush or split them if need be?

Good luck,

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