Total Gest

Longevity Science Total Gest is a full-spectrum enzyme formula that may aid in digestion. Total Gest is specifically formulated to provide the widest range of useful digestive enzymes to help break down foods, absorb nutrients and prevent maldigestion, gas, and bloating. Optimum digestion involves breaking down more than starch, protein, fiber, and fats. Some food groups need several types of enzymes to become fully digested and to allow all the nutrients to be available for assimilation.

There are many health problems associated with incomplete digestion, including malnutrition from insufficient breakdown of the nutrients in food to a state where they can be properly absorbed into the blood and utilized by the body. In addition, the larger, incompletely broken down food particles may still enter the bloodstream in individuals from a common condition known as “leaky gut syndrome” in which the mucosa of the intestines has been damaged. Once in the blood, these large particles are attacked by the immune system as invaders, creating immune reactions leading to many health problems, from allergies to arthritic damage. As we age, our pancreas produces less and less digestive enzymes, from aging, stress, and heredity. It is estimated that 20 to 40% of all Americans suffer from non-ulcer dyspepsia. Most of these people lack sufficient digestive enzymes to properly digest an average meal. Many elderly people suffer from gas, bloating, and that uncomfortable “full” feeling after eating the same meals that, when younger, gave them no such problems. The discomfort of bad digestion leads many to eat insufficient amounts of food to avoid the discomfort. Diets high in processed and cooked food deactivate natural digestive enzymes in food, stressing the pancreas which must produce large amounts of enzymes.

Suggested Use: 1 capsule 5 minutes before, during, or right after meals, or as directed.

Amount Per Serving:

Amylase … 12,000DU

Protease 4.5 … 46,000HUT

Lipase … 2,500 FIP

Cellulase …1,500 CU

Glucoamylase … …20 AGU

Invertase …100 SU

Alpha-Galactosidase …120 GalU

Peptidase … 3,250 HUT

Lactase …750 ALU

Phytase …4.5 FTU

Hemicellulase …260 HCU

Protease 6.0 …10,000 HUT

Neutral Protease …7,500 PC

Diastase …200 DP

Protease 3.0 …12 SAPU

Xylanase …500 XU

Vitamin C  …34 mg

(as calcium ascorbate and as magnesium ascorbate)

Zinc … 1.7mg

(as zinc citrate)

Manganese …  0.5mg

(as manganese citrate)

Peppermint … 25mg

(leaf) 

Ginger … 25mg

(rhizome)

Other ingredients include: vegetable capsule (hypromellose and water) and microcrystalline cellulose.

Excipients: Maltodextrin Rice flour Cellulose capsule Contains no wheat, corn, soy, artificial colors, or artificial flavors. NO ANIMAL PRODUCTS. (1) SU=Sumner Units (non-FCC unit type) Caution: Check with physician if you have ulcer or gastritis. Pregnant or nursing women should consult a physician before using. STORE IN A COOL DRY PLACE, OUT OF CHILDREN'S REACH. MAY BE REFRIGERATED FOR OPTIMUM STORAGE.