AFP Peptizyde

AFP Peptizyde® (Advanced Formula Protease) is a combination of three different enzymes that break down food proteins. These enzymes are isolated and purified from fungal sources.

The combination of these specific enzymes allows much more efficient means of quickly and thoroughly breaking proteins into smaller components.

The enzymes in AFP Peptizyde work only on food proteins — not carbohydrates, fats, nor other compounds. AFP Peptizyde won't interfere with medications or other supplements unless they are also proteins, which is extremely unlikely. AFP Peptizyde may be used in combination with other enzyme products. 

More About How AFP Peptizyde Works

The enzyme dipeptidyl peptidase IV, or DPP IV, is able to break down and inactivate the exorphin peptide casomorphin, from dairy. However, for maximal protein breakdown, DPP IV is not useful alone, and should be combined with other proteases with different and less stringent peptide bond specificity.

For this reason, AFP Peptizyde contains two other fungal-derived proteases with high activity in acid conditions. These enzymes are present in AFP Peptizyde in high amounts for the purpose of quickly hydrolyzing (breaking down) proteins while the food is still in the stomach.

The ability of AFP Peptizyde enzymes to withstand the low pH of the stomach and remain active under acidic conditions allows breakdown of casein and gluten prior to entrance into the small intestine. Casein and gluten, in the presence of pancreatic enzymes in the small intestine, can produce exorphin peptides that may be readily absorbed from the intestine (these peptides are not absorbed from the stomach).

AFP Peptizyde supplements the "normal" breakdown of casein, gluten, and other food proteins such that the exorphin peptides are less likely to be produced. The additional acid-stable protease activity provided by AFP Peptizyde allows protein break down to occur earlier and more thoroughly since very little protease activity exists in the stomach.

AFP Peptizyde also contains only those enzymes needed for protein hydrolysis. No other enzymes, such as those for carb and fat digestion, have been added. This allows you to customize enzyme supplementation to your specific dietary needs.

Another advantage to this approach is that less potential exists for intolerance reactions due to additional and perhaps unnecessary enzyme proteins. Also, by using only three enzyme blends in AFP Peptizyde, larger amounts of each enzyme can be added per capsule. This ensures that more breakdown of the food protein can take place in the short time that food is in the stomach.

AFP Peptizyde is NOT intended to allow gluten back in the diet for those with celiac disease. Anyone with celiac disease should maintain a gluten-free diet. No supplement will allow those with celiac disease to ingest gluten.

AFP Peptizyde is recommended for high protein diets, and dosing may be increased for those meals. We recommend no more than 3 capsules be taken at any one time.†