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MegaGuard

Capsule

Capsule

Gut Health

Gut Health

Digestion

Digestion

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60 Count

MegaGuard is a comprehensive digestive aid for stomach acid balance, bile flow, and H. pylori regulation with the added benefits of easing gas, bloating, and indigestion. With a synergetic blend of licorice polyphenols, artichoke leaf extract, and ginger, it offers healthy digestion, bowel regularity, and gastric protection. Ideal for those with digestive discomfort or loose stools, MegaGuard delivers natural, effective support for optimal gut health.

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Benefits

Helps stop protein synthesis in H. Pylori, supports transit time in stomach and upper intestinal tract and supports poor bile flow (dysbiosis that can become SIBO).

 

Highly concentrated licorice polyphenols, extractions of artichoke, and high potency ginger are combined to promote:

  • Normal digestion
  • Balance stomach acid
  • Reduce occasional digestive discomforts such as gas, bloating, and indigestion.

 

This product is geared toward symptomatic relief of

  • GERD
  • H. pylori
  • Indigestion
  • Ulcers
  • Heartburn – upper GI discomforts as well as
  • Post gallbladder removal
  • Loose stools from ulcerative colitis

 

Artichoke (Cynara scolymus) leaf extract (ALE) has also been used in traditional medicine as a digestive aid.

The bitter compounds, particularly cynaropicrin, are responsible for the digestive benefits of artichoke. ALE has been shown to increase bile production, protect the liver, balance blood lipids, and act as an antispasmodic.

In 2003, German researchers demonstrated that 640mg/day of artichoke leaf extract significantly improved digestive symptoms like bloating and fullness as well as quality of life in 244 patients with functional dyspepsia. Though the study was conducted over 6 weeks, the majority of the treatment group saw relief of their digestive symptoms in the first week.

 

Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) has a long history of use for treating digestive discomforts. In Ayurvedic and

Traditional Chinese Medicine, licorice is well-known for its ability to protect the gastric mucosa and modulate everyday inflammation. However, most supplements contain deglycyrrhizinated licorice (DGL) because large amounts of glycyrrhizin have been associated with serious adverse side effects like elevated blood pressure and lowered potassium levels. These licorice flavonoids are entirely different from DGL with respect to chemistry, composition, manufacturing, and mechanisms of action.

While a classical extract of DGL does not contain any significant quantity of flavonoids, Gutgard is standardized to contain more than 10% total flavonoids and less than 0.5% glycyrrhizin to avoid undesirable effects. More than 50 flavonoids have been identified in Gutgard which have been shown to have beneficial activity for digestive complaints. In fact, Gutgard licorice flavonoids have been shown to protect the stomach lining and balance Helicobacter pylori levels much more effectively than regular DGL extracts. Gutgard licorice can also relieve occasional indigestion, bloating, and stomach pain at 150mg/day.

 

Ginger (Zinziber officinalis) has been used as a digestive aid in Eastern medicine for generations. Studies have demonstrated that ginger accelerates gastric emptying and can relieve occasional bouts of nausea and vomiting.

Gingerols and shogaols, the active polyphenolic compounds in ginger, appear to be responsible for such effects by weakly inhibiting cholinergic M3 and serotonergic 5-HT3 receptors, whose temporary dysfunction is responsible for nausea, vomiting, and hypomotility. Ginger extracts with a higher gingerol content (20-30% gingerols) are stronger and more effective at relieving digestive discomforts.

In 2015, an Italian study of 126 patients found that the daily combination of 40 mg of ginger extracts (25-30% gingerols) with 200 mg of artichoke leaf extracts reduced the severity and frequency of common digestive symptoms like nausea, bloating, early satiety, and abdominal pain 17% more effectively than just artichoke leaf extract alone. While most ginger extracts only contain 5% gingerols, MegaGuard contains 60 mg of high potency ginger root extract (20% gingerols) for maximum strength.

 

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Key Benefits

Gut Health

Gut Health

Digestion

Digestion

Ingredients

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How to Use

Suggested Use

Suggested Use

One (1) capsules with each meal. See botte for titration schedule.

Active Ingredients:

Artichoke leaf extract, Gutgard licorice flavonoids, Ginger root extract

Other Ingredients:

Cellulose, vegetable capsule (cellulose and water). This product is gluten, dairy, and GMO free.

Use Caution

Use Caution

Keep out of reach from children. 

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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  • 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.
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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.

Tried and true in clinical practice, these are the very same tools we’ve seen work time and again with thousands of our meat-based and chronically ill clients. When it comes to supporting healing at the root, these are the supplements we trust.

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