How to Take Digestive Enzymes | Digestive Enzymes Guide

How to Take Digestive Enzymes | Digestive Enzymes Guide

This video discusses key information about digestive enzymes, including…
-What they are
-How to take digestive enzymes
-How they work
-Who may benefit from them
-Who should avoid them

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Disclaimer: The information provided in this video is intended for educational and informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking it because of something you have heard in this video. Reliance on any information provided in this video is solely at your own risk.

50 Comments

  1. @patbowers4180 on March 20, 2025 at 8:09 pm

    I wish you could divide it up in sections like Dr Berg.

  2. @fernandohiguera6972 on March 20, 2025 at 8:10 pm

    Any info on someone who has excessive burping non stop

  3. @katreenaldavis on March 20, 2025 at 8:11 pm

    Thanks for the video. Can you discuss more about how we can get to the root cause of the bloating so we can taper off the supplements?

  4. @mihaeladog7187 on March 20, 2025 at 8:12 pm

    I learned this in grade 7 and 8 ( of course was not a north american school ).He’s just rambling text books.Boring .🙄

  5. @yloivsined9846 on March 20, 2025 at 8:13 pm

    Is it safe to take many supplements ?

  6. @LastFirst-l1w on March 20, 2025 at 8:14 pm

    Very informative

  7. @chong-lekkoh6045 on March 20, 2025 at 8:14 pm

    Why do we take digestive enzyme supplements?
    Almost all enzymes are proteins (polypeptides – monomeric or multimeric). Each of them only works well in its native state (i.e., properly folded in its 3-D structure) with or without cofactor.

    Surely the ingested foreign EXOGENOUS digestive enzymes, like other exogenous protein molecules, are denatured by the gastric acid n digested by the various endogenous proteases (e.g., chymotrypsin, pepsin, n trypsin) n peptidases (e.g., endopeptidases, exopeptidases, dipeptidases, aminopeptidases, n carboxypeptidases) produced by the organs of the human digestive system.

    So, QUESTION: Do the ingested n digested foreign EXOGENOUS DIGESTIVE ENZYMES still retain their respective native states n remain functional in human small intestines?
    If YES, please give the details of published peer-reviewed journal articles that provide data supporting them.

    If NO, why do we take digestive enzyme supplements?
    Thank you.

  8. @Sibahem3 on March 20, 2025 at 8:15 pm

    Thanks doc for providing information.
    I have seen many of your vid on supplement and I decided to take digestive enzyme capsule before meal twice a day. My issue of bloating,constipation issue of past 10 years and low guy motility has vanished.
    Thanks again.

  9. @brendadoty7820 on March 20, 2025 at 8:16 pm

    Hi there, so.. i usually have a light snack b4 my meal like an hr or 2 b4 my meal so…wld i take enzymes and hcl with the snack And the meal? Or just my meal? I fast all day then have a snack to break my fast so kinda new at this plzz help

  10. @Gm-nx9je on March 20, 2025 at 8:17 pm

    In my experience of taking them, taking them after eating caused me a painful night later but taking them with the first bite led to a more peaceful night’s sleep.

  11. @Umar-ue7hy on March 20, 2025 at 8:19 pm

    how many capsule’s a da

  12. @rashasaif8787 on March 20, 2025 at 8:19 pm

    Its agood for candida ???

  13. @raazsher7777 on March 20, 2025 at 8:19 pm

    hello doctor my elastase test result was just above 200 can i take digestive enzymes because i have digestion issues like bloting and excessive gas always

  14. @KaizenQuis on March 20, 2025 at 8:21 pm

    Can I take it while fasting?

  15. @brendadoty7820 on March 20, 2025 at 8:24 pm

    Hi there, just a question..can i take hcl and enzyme together? Will they hurt my stomach if i take one of each during the middle of my meal or take one in the beginning then the other half way through? Ive been only taking hcl for 3 days and about 10dauss on enzymes. Im so bloated and tummy hurts so..not sure if im taking these pill right. Plzz help

  16. @stuarthowells1151 on March 20, 2025 at 8:26 pm

    I’m really interested in this but the music just distracts me. Can’t continue.

  17. @Kaylamo2024 on March 20, 2025 at 8:27 pm

    Is physician choice digestive enzymes a good brand to take?

  18. @sweetrosehoney1184 on March 20, 2025 at 8:28 pm

    I m not sure what enzyme i have brought from watson. She said is sleeping night beauty enzyme…i think this is the same to take when taking dinner time ..i have stomach problems acid reflux. .from enzyme too.please advise me

  19. @mariasosa9779 on March 20, 2025 at 8:28 pm

    Best video ever !

  20. @kelseyrademacher9302 on March 20, 2025 at 8:30 pm

    I was diagnosed with hydrogen sibo which I believe led to a fructan intolerance. Would you recommend taking enzymedica over fodzyme for this intolerance while also treating sibo?

  21. @glennharrison7036 on March 20, 2025 at 8:33 pm

    If you’re going to make a video and you want people to listen to it, broadcast in decent sound. For God’s sake, invest in a mic.

  22. @WarframeCrunch on March 20, 2025 at 8:34 pm

    Thanks, today I just ordered digestive enzymes, because I have bloating problem with the belly, because I have chronic gastritis that I’m trying to heal. Already feel let’s say fine, I can eat normal standard portions of food without pain, but still only the ones that are easy to digest so eating every day alsmot the same meals xD. So now it’s time to increase step by step stomach acid with gientana for example and I hope that digestive enzymes will take care of the bloated belly. They found I have IBS but it can be due to low stomach Acid or something like that. I hope it’s not SIBO because it’s kindof hard to get rid of forever.

  23. @ikonka77 on March 20, 2025 at 8:34 pm

    That music in the background is so disturbing, can’t hear what you are saying

  24. @jimmyminh-i7o on March 20, 2025 at 8:35 pm

    Hello. If you have h pylori so you cannot take digestive enzymes?

  25. @AlainaLaurent on March 20, 2025 at 8:35 pm

    Question: if I take a digestive enzyme to digest dairy without eating dairy, will I crave dairy or will it cause a problem? I take Digest Gold digestive enzymes which includes lactase, but I have recently stopped eating dairy. I’m just concerned I could be causing a problem by taking an enzyme for something I’m not eating. Thank you for your fantastic videos!

  26. @ProudSalafi on March 20, 2025 at 8:36 pm

    Hey doc amazing video. I started taking Betaine HCl and it is really working but I got constipation. I left taking Betaine for a week and constipation went away started taking it again and i am constipated again

  27. @RandomVideos-hm3kg on March 20, 2025 at 8:36 pm

    Hi Doctor, great video! thank you! May I ask you, hiatal hernia mine i is based on the last test around 48-40mm . I can feel lately my hiatal hernia pushing or popping out which HURTS like CRAMPS. This does not happen often since i take this digestive relief. What else can help the hiatal hernia pain? Please, thank you. @Dr. Daniel Ricciardi

  28. @LeslieHarris-pnw on March 20, 2025 at 8:37 pm

    Is it possible that digestive enzymes could create problems like bloating and gas?

  29. @KivilcimDag on March 20, 2025 at 8:38 pm

    Is this tablets helps IBS ?

  30. @zairaelizabethestevez7675 on March 20, 2025 at 8:38 pm

    Would you recommend taking Digestive Enzymes for LPR, and if so, which kind?

  31. @chrismasterson4929 on March 20, 2025 at 8:38 pm

    Is it common over time to start experiencing abdominal cramping when taking digestive enzymes? This happens to me after a week or two when adding it to a supplement regimen.

  32. @jn2400 on March 20, 2025 at 8:39 pm

    I had bad digestive issues, also I started getting esophogeal spasms I think. I did a carnivore diet for elimination. I found I had no issues with meat but if I eat 5 boiled eggs the spasms come back. I seem to be fairly constipated too. I looked for enzymes but all seemed to be for lactose etc, is there enzymes you can get for protien?

  33. @RandomVideos-hm3kg on March 20, 2025 at 8:40 pm

    Hi DR how are you? i got the BIOPSY BACK it says STOMACH BIOPSIES: MILD HYPERANAEMIA – CYSTIC POLYPODS
    2) The material concerns tissue fragments of gastric and esophageal mucosa derived from
    gastroesophageal junction, in which a picture of Barrett’s disease with intestinal foci is recognized
    metaplasia and mild chronic inflammation in the interstitial tissue.
    No erosions, ulceration, dysplasia, or malignancy were identified.GASTRO-ESOPHAGEAL BIOPSIES: BARRETT’S DISEASE

  34. @kimdavis1091 on March 20, 2025 at 8:42 pm

    I’m confused here; don’t take DE if you have diaherea? But if you suspect SIBO then it’s ok? I have both… so DE or no? Thank you

  35. @GabrielGonzalez-FL on March 20, 2025 at 8:43 pm

    How about the effect on liver, I was taking some, and went for blood work and some liver test came up off, I stopped them and retested and came back normally… I think it was AST and ALT. Can it be concerning? Can we take them when doing Keto?

  36. @alexlabra1562 on March 20, 2025 at 8:43 pm

    So my question is what brand is better and i dont have a gallbladder so its something i noticed i needed.??

  37. @maynicolas3222 on March 20, 2025 at 8:43 pm

    Thank you

  38. @syndisue530 on March 20, 2025 at 8:43 pm

    Thank you so much for this video. I have been suffering from exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and I just recently started taking enzymes and I take it probably after the first or second bite that way the enzyme has a chance to hit my stomach before my food does so when my food does hit my stomach, it will digest it

  39. @winatlife8309 on March 20, 2025 at 8:45 pm

    Great info. Can you tell me how it works for someone who had colon cancer and sometimes constipated and sometimes has diarrhea.

  40. @MotivateAlley on March 20, 2025 at 8:50 pm

    can a take it with betaine hcl bcs at the same middle of the meal ? and thank you

  41. @wesporter2176 on March 20, 2025 at 8:50 pm

    I’ve been doing Loomis enzymes and have to say the diet has been really effective for me dealing with chronic fatigue. My ND who suggested the diet did testing on me by pushing on certain points on my body which were fairly painful. She says this indicated my lymphatic system was really clogged up due to years of poor nutrition. Anyway it took a few months to really start noticing improvement but now 10 months later my energy is much better and I don’t have stomach pains and gas. It can take awhile but I recommend trying it because good digestion is very important to overall health.

  42. @rae6963 on March 20, 2025 at 8:51 pm

    Thanks

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  44. @Karan-rg1ok on March 20, 2025 at 8:52 pm

    Digestion Power by Planet Ayurveda has truly transformed my digestive health! No more bloating or discomfort after meals, and my digestion feels smoother than ever.

  45. @pamstyledme5797 on March 20, 2025 at 8:54 pm

    Thank you dr…pls i am pregnant and i have indigestion before the pregnancy. Now its worse can i take the digestive enzymes.pls help me . All rhe food i eat is stocked on my throat.

  46. @coolwater995 on March 20, 2025 at 8:55 pm

    I’m supposed to be taken these after or before each meal or a meal

  47. @elifwithsu on March 20, 2025 at 9:00 pm

    That’s a great video! Thanks for your effort. I just have a question regarding the bloating. Some of my friends say that probiotics helped, some say digestive enzymes worked. Do you know how they’re different? or can we use them both for the consistent bloating issues?

  48. @giog2663 on March 20, 2025 at 9:01 pm

    Ok…my dr says get off my PPI med..and start taking pepcin..I also have Enzymes made by NOW…Can take these 2 together…?? Or should I take the pepcid just before bedtime so I don’t get acid refund while I’m sleeping..Thank you in advance 🙏

  49. @JosephDandonaJr190x4 on March 20, 2025 at 9:03 pm

    Thanks for your thoughtful explanation. It is greatly appreciated.

  50. @DeeWhitehead-g2h on March 20, 2025 at 9:04 pm

    Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency is NOT going to be solved with any product ordered from the internet or non prescription supplements.
    Prescription enzymes are required and must be prescribed by your doctor, a gastroenterologist.
    There are NO standardized digestive enzymes in “supplements” ordered off the internet, and you NEVER know exactly how or where they are manufactured. BUYERS BEWARE.

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