Product Description
Zinc-Carnosine
Zinc-Carnosine – Gastro-Supportive and Gastric-Comfort Nutrients
Nutritional Support for Stomach, Intestinal Health and Comfort
Zinc-Carnosine is clinically shown to help relieve mild gastric discomforts. These include occasional heartburn, nausea, bloating and upset stomach.
Zinc-Carnosine protects and stabilizes the gastric and intestinal mucosal lining and supports a healthy gastric microbial balance. Research studies have also demonstrated that it supports healthy intestinal permeability.
Zinc-Carnosine is a unique nutrition supplement because it supports the natural protective mechanisms in the GI tract without suppressing stomach acid production or neutralizing it, or otherwise interfering in the normal digestive process.
Healthy Mucosal Lining is Foundational
It’s critical that the stomach and GI tract’s protective mucin barrier be intact — for protection, health and comfort.
Your GI tract maintains itself continuously. The epithelial cells lining the GI tract are constantly regenerating. New cells replace old cells. The cells have a very rapid turnover rate. The new cells require a continuous supply of nutrients including zinc for regeneration.
Clinical trials have shown endoscopically demonstrable effects with Zinc-Carnosine within 4-8 weeks.
The efficacy and safety of Zinc-Carnosine has been demonstrated in numerous published, controlled clinical trials in humans. Some studies are based on improvement in symptoms, but many studies also included endoscopic studies.
Most of the clinical trials of Zinc-Carnosine used 37.5-75 mg. twice daily (before breakfast and at bedtime) for 8 weeks.
Each capsule of Integrative Therapeutics Zinc-Carnosine contains 75 mg. of Zinc-Carnosine, PepZin GI® brand, which is about 16 mg. of elemental zinc.
Zinc-Carnosine has a proven long track record.
Zinc-Carnosine has been successfully used in Japan since the 1990’s to support mucosal integrity, gastrointestinal immune defense, and occasional indigestion.
More About the Important Role of Stomach Acid
The stomach maintains an acidic pH. This proper acidic pH helps to activate protein-digesting enzymes and promote microbial defense from pathogens in food and our environment, all critical to good health. Stomach acid is also necessary for absorbing minerals (calcium iron, zinc), and vitamins (folate and Vitamin B12.)
Where the challenge arises, is simultaneously shielding the stomach’s epithelial tissues against harsh, but necessary acidic conditions! This is where Zinc-Carnosine has shown to help.
Stomach acid is not the villain that it is often made out to be!
Zinc is an Essential Mineral Throughout the Body
In addition to it’s role in the GI tract, zinc is a component of more than 300 enzymes. The body needs these enzymes for tissue repair, for functions in the reproductive system, to synthesize protein, to preserve vision and to boost immunity, among other functions. Zinc also has antioxidant properties.
Zinc-Carnosine combines L-carnosine (a naturally occurring combination of 2 amino acids – beta-alanine and L-histidine) with elemental zinc.
Distributed by Integrative Therapeutics.
