Guest guest Posted January 18, 2003 Report Share Posted January 18, 2003 Hi everyone - new to this list but involved in biomedical intervention for my 3 1/2 year old son for nearly two years now. He's on a GFCF, low-phenol, rotational diet with good results, (though we have recurring battles with candida). I'm writing because we've been using BioSET " Digestion " (containing a " proprietary enzyme blend " with amylase, protease, lipase, cerecalase, invertase, glucoamylase, alpha-Galactosidase, Malt Diastase, Lactase, Pectinase, Cellulase, and Peptidase) and " Fiber Digestion " (containing n*zymes<TM> with amlase, cereCalase, Protease, Glucomylase, alpha-Galactosidase, Malt Diastase, Pectinase, Cellulase, Lipase, and Peptidase). (We also use No Fenol in conjunction with citrus seed extract to combat the aforementioned candida). Having looked around at various lists, I see very little mention of BioSet products, and I'm starting to wonder whether we shouldn't try something different. gets absolutely no gluten or caseine (I can count the number of infractions in the last 1 1/2 years on one hand). I'm interested in knowing what the consensus on the list would be as to where to start, and more specifically if anyone has had experience with BioSET products. Feel free to respond privately to me at mailto:vyer@... if this is old news for everyone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 Hi Leif...do you have a site or link that has the products you take? I did a search and came up with this (but there are many products listed containing some enzymes): Wellzymes: Plant-source enzymes Protease blend (alkaline, neutral and acid proteases plus peptidase) 25,000 HUT Lipase 200 LU Amylase 10,000 DU Glucoamylase 14 AGU Malt Diastase 375 DP° Invertase 375 SU Lactase 200 ALU alpha-Galactosidase 20 GalU Cellulase 450 CU CereCalase Plus™ 50 MU Xylanase 100 XU Pectinase 2 endo-PGU $14.99 per 60 count bottle Is this the right one? Thank you, . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 Hi - I found Wellzymes too, listed as Ellen Cutler's official product site. But the BioSET bottles don't list the quantities of each of the active ingredients. And for some reason, they differentiate between fiber digestive enzymes and digestive enzymes. And as far as I can tell, the Fiber Digestion enzyme contains a subset of the Digestion product, though I'd assume active ingredients are included in different proportions. Here's a comparison of the products: " Digestion " " Fiber digestion " Wellzymes Amylase X X 10K DU Protease X X 25K DU Lipase X X 100 LU CereCalase<TM> X X 50 MU Invertase X 375 SU Glucoamylase X X 14 AGU alpha-Galactosidase X X 20 GaIU Malt Diastase X X 375 DP° Lactase X 200 ALU Pectinase X X 2 endo-PGU Cellulase X X 450 CU Peptidase X X - - Xylanase - - 100 XU I'm tempted to go with the Houston products, simply because they seem to be more popular and at least take the trouble of indicating the quantities of active ingredients rather than describing them as " proprietary blend. " Re: Replacing BioSet enzymes? Hi Leif...do you have a site or link that has the products you take? I did a search and came up with this (but there are many products listed containing some enzymes): Wellzymes: Plant-source enzymes Protease blend (alkaline, neutral and acid proteases plus peptidase) 25,000 HUT Lipase 200 LU Amylase 10,000 DU Glucoamylase 14 AGU Malt Diastase 375 DP° Invertase 375 SU Lactase 200 ALU alpha-Galactosidase 20 GalU Cellulase 450 CU CereCalase Plus™ 50 MU Xylanase 100 XU Pectinase 2 endo-PGU $14.99 per 60 count bottle Is this the right one? Thank you, . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 Leif, I just did the conversion calculations of the quantities on the label for the Wellzymes. Both the Zyme Prime from Houston or the Ultra-Zyme Plus from Thropps Nutrition will be giving you much more 'punch' or enzyme activity in almost every enzyme type category than the Wellzyme. And you would be getting way more protease activity in the other too. AND...the Wellzyme is only 60 capsules per bottle whereas the other two give 90 capsules for about the same price. So per capsule they are cheaper, and you get more enzyme activity per capsule as well. If you are content with the results you are getting now, great. But you may want to consider at least one bottle of these others to compare. Both these companies give volume discounts as well. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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