Super Protein with Digestive Enzymes™

Super Protein is an easy to blend protein powder made from whey, rice, egg, and dairy proteins. The added digestive enzymes help increase the absorption and utilization of the proteins. Inulin (FOS), an immune building natural fiber and prebiotic, is added to improve texture and increase the absorbability of minerals plus reduce intestinal gas while maintaining the “good bacteria” in the intestinal tract.

Super Protein has a fabulous light and natural taste that is not too sweet, and never chalky or clumpy.

INGREDIENTS

The ingredients in Super Protein have been shown to help improve the following health conditions.

• High blood pressure
• Elevated cholesterol
• Elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL)
• Coronary heart disease (CHD)
• Overeating
• Overweight
• Poor calcium and magnesium absorption
• Lowered quality of life in COPD
• Out of control blood glucose in type 2 diabetes
• Poor digestion
• Poor bone mineral density (BMD) in elderly women
• Increased cellular stress after exercise
• Reduced antioxidant levels
• Reduced immunity
• Tendency to cancer
• HIV
• Osteoporosis
• Hepatitis B or C
• Gastrointestinal Problems

What Is Protein?

Protein is essential to life. Every cell is composed of protein and protein is used to rebuild the cells from the effects of stress, wear and tear, exercise, poor diet, smoking, and caffeine intake. That’s why proteins, composed of amino acids, are the building blocks of the cells in our body. Whey protein contains all the essential amino acids making it a “complete protein” suitable for all ages from infants to the elderly.

All Protein Is Not Created Equal

All foods contain some amounts of protein; meat, fish, dairy, and eggs contain the most concentrated amounts, but nuts, seeds, and beans also contain useable protein. The most digestible form of protein for the majority of people comes from whey, rice, and egg. This is why they are the main proteins used in Super Protein.

Enhanced Digestibility

By adding specific digestive enzymes to Super Protein like acid stable protease, papain, alpha galactosidase, amylase, lipase, and lactase; protein digestion is improved and more health-giving benefits can be enjoyed.

High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and LDL

In a new study, called the Optimal Macronutrient Intake Trial to Prevent Heart Disease or OmniHeart, 164 adults with either prehypertension (high blood pressure) or stage 1 hypertension were given three different kinds of diets: high carbohydrate, monounsaturated fat, or protein. The results published in the November 16, 2005 issue of JAMA (vol 294, pp2455-2464) showed that each of the diets helped to reduce levels of blood pressure, and cholesterol but the diet rich in protein had the greatest effect. The conclusion of the trial is that more protein and less carbohydrate in the diet can help lower blood pressure, cholesterol, and triglycerides as well as reduce the overall risk for coronary heart disease.

Super Protein is an easily digestible protein source that tastes great and can be taken several times a day to increase protein in the diet without adding unnecessary cholesterol and saturated fats.

Overeating And Overweight

At present, 64 percent of American adults are overweight or obese and 16 percent of children are obese. This is more than half of all adults in this country! Adding more protein to your lifestyle can help overcome this problem. (J AM Diet Assoc Sept 2005 and Am J Clin Nutr July 2005)

Eating more protein can actually make you feel fuller for longer and reduce your appetite and cravings for the wrong foods. You will even feel like eating less food and not feel deprived or hungry as often as you would on a regular reduced calorie diet. Since protein helps to restore and rebuild muscle, you will gain more muscle mass as you lose fat. This gives an even greater advantage since we now know that muscle mass helps you burn more calories.

A good way to use Super Protein for weight loss is to put serving sized portions in little snack baggies and keep it with you, no refrigeration required. Between meals or instead of skipping meals, just stir it into vegetable juice, broth, or milk. You will have all the weight loss advantages of adding protein to your diet and have a tasty snack or meal handy. Eating small frequent meals of low-fat protein is a great addition to any weight loss plan. And it can help reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease! (Am J Clin Nutr June 2005)

Protein And Abdominal Obesity

Weight gain around the waist and in the abdominal areas is considered a risk for type 2 diabetes and chronic heart disease. Research done in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada showed that substituting low-fat protein for some of the carbohydrates in the diet can help reduce abdominal fat in most ethnic groups and therefore also reduce the risk factors for type 2 diabetes and heart disease. (J Nutr, May 2005)

Enhanced Calcium And Magnesium Absorption

Calcium and magnesium, so essential for relaxing and heart health, are best absorbed in an intestinal environment of positive flora. The older you get the more important it is to make sure that you have this flora or “good bacteria” in your intestines. Inulin intake is a good way of ensuring adequate flora. Research conducted in France showed that calcium and magnesium absorption was increased with the addition of inulin to the diet and was most effective in older subjects. (Nutrition Journal 2005) Inulin is in Super Protein.
Inulin is made from chicory, beet, or mangle roots and is an excellent fiber that is often used to improve immune function as well as improve intestinal function.

Quality Of Life

Many people who suffer from COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) have a poor quality of life because they do not take in enough high quality foods to give them energy. A study done in Spain showed that an oral nutritional supplement rich in proteins (with 50% from whey protein) and a low fat diet helped them have more energy and therefore a better quality of life. (Clin Nutr June 2005)

Type 2 Diabetes

Whey protein can help to stabilize blood glucose in type 2 diabetics, especially in a meal with carbohydrates in it. (Am J Clin Nutr. July 2005) This means that adding whey protein to meals where carbohydrates are eaten can help modulate the blood sugar response. Great news for type 2 diabetics.

Digestion

Often times the protein eaten is not properly digested so it cannot be absorbed and utilized. Super Protein contains the digestive enzymes required for digesting protein. This allows you to take in less protein and get more out of it. Since stress stops digestion, most people are not digesting their proteins fully. The fight or flight response to stress causes your heart rate to speed up, breathing to become shallow, digestion to stop or slow down, muscles to tense up, all to prepare your body to run or fight. Stress is a really vague word these days because there are so many triggers of the stress response: going without eating more than four hours, eating a high starch or sugar meal or snack, taking caffeine or nicotine regularly, and the usual kinds of stressors like death of a loved one, job loss, or lack of sleep. The best way to re-start your digestion is to take digestive enzymes with each meal. When you stir Super Protein into a beverage, you will be getting the exact digestive enzymes needed to digest the meal.

Cellular Stress After Exercise And Reduced Antioxidant Levels

Most athletes realize that arduous aerobic training can result in weakness and fatigue afterward. Energy is expended and needs to be replaced. Protein builds muscles and the easily digested protein in Super Protein can be taken before and after aerobic exercise to help prevent a drop in energy and muscle wasting. Whey protein was used in a study done in Alberta, Canada showing that the high concentration of glutathione in whey protein helped restore the glutathione that was reduced because of aerobic exercise. (Intl J Food Sci Nutr March 2004)

Glutathione is an antioxidant that protects the cells against environmental toxins and carcinogens. Glutathione is essential to keep your immune system healthy and functioning properly, even under stress. Many degenerative diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and arthritis, as well as viral infections respond to the addition of glutathione in the diet.

Reduced Immunity

In order for your immune system to function efficiently the appropriate nutrients are required. Protein calorie malnutrition and zinc deficiency can compromise your immune system resulting in reduced immunity and increased infections. (J Allergy Clin Immunol June 2005) By increasing the protein in your diet from a low-fat source of digestible proteins it is possible to improve immune function that is often exacerbated by protein malnutrition. Increasing zinc can also improve immunity.

Cancer, HIV, Osteoporosis, Hepatitis B or C

A recent review of The Therapeutic Applications of Whey Protein demonstrates with research that whey protein has been used in various clinical settings to help with cancer, HIV, osteoporosis, and Hepatitis B and/or C. (Alternative Medicine Review, 2004)

Protein History

Protein has only recently been thought of and researched as doing anything more than building muscles and rebuilding cells. We have known for many years that it was essential to life and health. In 2004 and 2005 much research has been published showing that protein, especially whey protein, can be useful for more than just building muscle and rebuilding cells.

Skipping meals is essentially a danger to your health, especially if you have any kind of blood sugar problem, heart disease, or reduced immunity. Fortifying your lifestyle with meals and snacks of digestible protein is a great way to maintain or regain health. You don’t have to eat a huge steak to do it! You can just eat meals and snacks that include Super Protein.

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