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Hydro-Zyme

Tablet

Tablet

Digestion

Digestion

Gut Health

Gut Health

250 Count

Hydro-Zyme provides essential hydrochloric acid (HCl), pepsin, and pancreatin for optimal digestion and nutrient absorption. With nearly 90% of Americans deficient in HCl, this formula helps break down food efficiently, easing digestive discomfort and advancing better absorption of essential nutrients. Ideal for those needing extra digestive enzyme and stomach acid production.

Benefits

The stomach produces a variety of substances that promote digestion and assimilation. Gastric juice contains hydrochloric acid and pepsinogens, precursors of the family of proteolytic enzymes called pepsins. Parietal cells produce both stomach acid and intrinsic factor, a protein required to bind vitamin B12, prior to its absorption by the small intestine. The secretion of H+ by parietal cells requires an  TPase (H+, K+) to pump H+ out of the cell. Chloride ion is exported separately, so that the resulting product is HCl. The pump is activated by histamine stimulation of a cell surface receptor involving cyclic AMP.

Hydrochloric acid is a strong mineral acid which functions to maintain gastric pH between 1.5 to 2.5. Acidity serves three important roles; low pH kills microorganisms in food, it activates pepsinogen, and it unfolds (denatures) proteins, making them more accessible to proteolytic degradation. The gastric lining is protected from the strong acidic environment by a thick layer of mucus.

The incidence of low stomach acid (hypochlorhydria) increases with age.

Atrophic gastritis occurs in 20% to 30% of healthy, elderly, individuals, and is the most common cause of reduced gastric acid production. An estimated 30-50% of people over the age of 60 are believed to produce inadequate stomach acid, although, only 16% hyposecretors in healthy elderly people has been reported(3). In extreme cases, the stomach does not produce acid (achlorhydria) and gastric pH approaches neutrality. Other causes of low gastric acid production include malnutrition and excessive use of antacids and H2 receptor antagonists.

Inadequate stomach acid is linked to maldigestion. This can promote inadequate mineral uptake, due to malabsorption of iron, calcium, zinc and others, and increased risk of intestinal infections due to Candida albicans and parasites. In diabetics, the prevalence of achlorhydria, together with related anemia due to vitamin B12 malabsorption, has been estimated to range from 12 to 41%. Achlorhydria and  hypochlorhydria have been linked to peptic ulcer disease and to Helicobacter pylori overgrowth.

Hypochlorhydria can also cause an increased bacterial colonization of the small intestine. (In addition to gastric acid, other factors that limit bacterial colonization include normal bile flow and peristalsis.) It has also been suggested that gastric acid acts as an antitumor defense, and that achlorhydria predisposes patients to gastric cancer.

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Key Benefits

Digestion

Digestion

Gut Health

Gut Health

Ingredients

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How to Use

Suggested Use

Suggested Use

One (1) tablets with each meal as a dietary supplement or as otherwise directed by a healthcare professional.  We recommend taking up to 10 tablets with each meal.

If you need stronger support you can try Betaine Plus HP that has a stronger amount of Betaine HCl and Pepsin.

Active Ingredients:

Vitamin B6 (as pyridoxine hydrochloride), Betaine Hydrochloride, Glutamic acid (as L-Glutamic acid hydrochloride), Ammonium Chloride, Pancreatin 4X (porcine), Pepsin (1:10,000). This product is gluten and dairy free.

Other Ingredients:

Vegetable culture†, cellulose, stearic acid (vegetable source), modified cellulose gum, silica and food glaze. †Specially grown, biologically active vegetable culture (from organic Pisum sativum, Lens esculenta and/or Cicer arietinum) containing naturally associated phytochemicals including polyphenolic compounds with SOD and catalase, dehydrated at low temperature to preserve associated enzyme factors. This product is gluten and dairy free.

Use Caution

Use Caution

Keep out of reach from children. 

Warning: In Dr. Jonathan Wright’s book, Why Stomach Acid is Good for You, he explains that:

“HCl should never be taken by anyone who is also using any kind of anti-inflammatory medication such as corticosteroids (e.g., Prednisone), aspirin, Indocin, ibuprofen (e.g., Motrin, Advil), or other NSAIDs. These drugs can initiate damage to the GI lining that supplementary HCl might aggravate, increasing the risk of gastric bleeding or ulcer.”

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease.

Shipping

US Shipping

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  • Once processed, international shipments may take 2-6 weeks to arrive. This can vary greatly based on the country and its customs process.
  • Our shipments are not insured. We will not be able to provide assistance if your package is lost, stolen, or undelivered. In the event of a delivery anomaly, you will need to work directly with the carrier for resolution.
  • Some duty tax fees may apply, however we cannot predict them in advance. Please refer to your Customs agency for more information. Empower Functional Health is not liable for and will not refund any orders lost or confiscated by customs. You are purchasing at your own risk. Please see the below countries we are unable to deliver to per their customs laws and restrictions:  Mexico, Germany, Spain, Austria, Sweden, Norway, Latvia, Poland, Belgium, Brazil and South Africa.

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Our practitioner-grade supplements are carefully chosen for their exceptional quality, purity, and effectiveness. Each product is manufactured in GMP-certified facilities and undergoes rigorous third-party testing to ensure potency, purity, and safety.

Formulated without gluten, soy, or other common sensitivities, these supplements are well-tolerated—even by our most sensitive clients.

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