What is Stress?
Stress is the body’s way of preparing itself to deal with challenges. When the body is stressed, many reactions are set into motion. Elevated levels of epinephrine are released into the blood to enhance muscle action. The liver immediately dispatches glucose, which is a source of instant energy for all the muscles. Heart rate and breathing accelerate, but digestive activity slows. Blood vessels constrict to cause sweating, so the body will stay cool while under stress. Now the body is ready for some extraordinary actions!
How do we do all that without even knowing it? The answer is the autonomic nervous system. The caretaker of the body, it operates without conscious control, taking care of involuntary actions like breathing or the heartbeat. The command center of the autonomic nervous system is in the hypothalamus. And it is in perpetual activity, fine-tuning the body’s processes to all the internal and external demands made upon it.
The parasympathetic nervous system, part of the autonomic nervous system, originates in the midbrain. It monitors constriction of the eye pupils, slows the heartbeat, and stimulates certain digestive glands. The parasympathetic nervous system acts as a damper. If the stress is not too serious, it allows the body to return to normal. But it does not work as fast as the sympathetic nervous system, which works in opposition to the parasympathetic.
This rapid response to stress, commonly known as the fight-or-flight response, engages the sympathetic nervous system and withdraws the parasympathetic nervous system, activating the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland, and the adrenal glands. This results in release of hormones from the pituitary into the general bloodstream and the secretion of cortisol. These chemicals involve the whole body in the organism’s response to stress.
A small increase of cortisol has some positive effects, such as:
However, higher and more prolonged levels of cortisol, like those associated with chronic stress, have been shown to have negative effects, such as:
All of this activity ultimately takes a toll on us. Stress is a process of enervation, a word that literally speaks of being drained of energy. We can enervate ourselves in a variety of ways. Overeating, too much alcohol, sugar, cooked food, salt, caffeine, tobacco, drugs, and impure water consumption as well as overwork, worry, tension, depression, and lack of rest all serve to enervate us. Stress is therefore commonly experienced as the body’s response to these diet and/or lifestyle factors.
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What can I do about Stress?
A complete Stress Management Program involves supporting the nervous system to assist the body with its overt and dangerous reactions to stress. Do you experience:
ReZEN has a calming effect and supports a healthy cortisol level for a healthy nervous system.*
Download our Transcendence ReZEN brochure…
Why Digestive Enzymes?
Healthy food choices are a great start to promoting health; however this represents just the first step. To benefit from all the nutritious components of our food, a healthy digestive system is needed. Today, dozens of factors including genetics, stressful lifestyles, poor diet, processed foods, and the environment all influence digestion. Supplementing a healthy diet and lifestyle with digestive enzymes is the next step in health. Transformation’s comprehensive digestive enzyme formulas include highly active enzymes with a broad range of specificities needed to digest the foods most commonly found in the human diet.* Once the food is broken down into simple nutrients, the body can then assimilate them for energy, growth, and repair.
Optimal digestion results in nutrient availability, delivery, and absorption for cellular function and repair. Do you occasionally feel bad after you eat? Do you experience:
Genetics, stressful lifestyles, poor diet, processed foods, and the environment all influence digestion on a daily basis. You can no longer assume eating a healthy diet will result in good nutrition. Digestive enzymes taken with meals promotes optimal digestion, nutrient availability, and cellular health.*
Transformation’s Professional Protocol™ Digest supports proper digestion and absorption of nutrients.*
Download our Digestive Family brochure…
Why Proteolytic Enzymes?
Optimal circulation and immunity supports the delivery of nutrients and oxygen to all parts of the body, enhancing its ability to defend and detoxify itself on a regular basis. Proteolytic enzymes provide systemic benefits to the circulatory system, the immune system, and the detoxifying organs.*
Health Benefits include:
Proteolytic enzymes taken daily between meals promotes optimum blood flow and oxygen/nutrient delivery to your cells, supporting the circulatory system and the immune system.*
Transformation’s Professional Protocol™ Protease is essential to your wellness program.*
Download our Protease Family brochure…
Why Probiotics?
Optimal intestinal health results in complete digestion, absorption of vital nutrients, and elimination of food waste.
Do you experience:
Probiotics help to maintain the healthy flora in your GI tract that often becomes imbalanced by poor diet choices. Further complications can arise when the opportunistic microorganisms feed off of undigested food, creating gas and releasing toxic waste into the bloodstream.
Transformation’s Professional Protocol™ Probiotic is acid stable, heat stable, and survives the GI tract to become live cultures, assisting with regularity and providing additional health benefits to the human host.*
Download our Probiotic Family brochure…
What are enzymes?
Enzymes are energy-rich protein molecules that are necessary for life. Enzymes catalyze and regulate chemical reactions and are an essential part of every activity in the body. Digestive enzymes break down the food we eat, releasing vital nutrients necessary to feed our cells and support optimal health.
Where do supplemental enzymes come from? Are they safe?
Transformation™ uses mycelial (fungal) enzymes derived from the fermentation of non-toxic strains of various fungi. The organisms used have been studied extensively by the food and pharmaceutical industries to establish their safe use in the production of amino acids, enzymes, antibiotics, and other beneficial compounds.
Why do I need to supplement with digestive enzymes?
Our bodies naturally produce digestive enzymes and the enzymes that run our metabolic processes. However, genetics, lifestyle, diet, processed foods, prescription drugs, and environmental factors all influence digestion on a daily basis. Digestion must take place. Every person with or without digestive challenges will benefit from a digestive enzyme formula.* Transformation™ digestive enzyme formulas are designed to promote optimal digestion, support nutrient availability, and help reduce food intolerances, thereby leading to a healthy and efficient immune system and the timely elimination of wastes.*
Can enzymes be harmful if you take too many?
When speaking about digestive enzyme formulas, no. Enzymes do not accumulate in the body. They impart enzymatic activity that generally lasts one to four hours and then are eliminated from the body or the proteins are broken down to amino acids for other purposes. As with any herbal or nutritional supplement, evaluation of amounts and over consumption should be determined on an individual basis.
Can children take digestive enzymes?
Transformation™ has a line of products specifically designed to help meet children’s digestive needs.* Our Zymes 4 Kidz™ line includes Kidz Digest available in chewable form.*
Click for more info…
We also recommend Plantadophilus for a gentle probiotic formula.
Click for more info…
Can enzymes be taken with other prescription medications?
Digestive enzymes function by breaking down specific chemical bonds in foods. Therefore, in most cases, they can be taken safely with medications. Transformation™ recommends telling your health care provider all the supplements you are taking.
One area of concern is that of prescription blood-thinning agents. These prescription drugs interfere with natural blood-clotting mechanisms. They can be taken in conjunction, but it is recommended to take them at least four hours apart and monitor lab work closely.*
Are your products “100% natural” and organic?
The preference of natural, synthetic, or organic ingredients and the definition of each can be very confusing and controversial. We believe the real question should be: “Are your ingredients safe, effective, and free from harmful chemicals?” Transformation’s goal, in conjunction with its manufacturers, is therefore to provide safe, effective, high-quality nutritional supplements that are free of any pesticide or herbicide residuals.*
Are your digestive enzymes gluten-free? Dairy-free? Vegetarian?
Transformation’s digestive enzyme formulas are not formulated with any known allergens such as dairy or wheat.
Why do I need probiotics?
Oral supplementation with probiotics will help maintain the beneficial bacteria in your GI tract benefiting digestion, immunity, and elimination.*
Are your products FDA approved?
Transformation™ uses only the highest quality digestive enzymes. In general, the FDA’s role with a dietary supplement product begins after the product enters the marketplace. Once a dietary supplement is on the market, FDA has certain safety monitoring regulations which are enforced. As a leader in the healthcare supplement industry, Transformation™ and its manufacturers are committed to always being fully compliant with the most current FDA regulations and enforcing the highest quality control standards.
How do I order products?
Visit our website TransformationEnzymes.com, call us at 1-800-777-1474, or email orders@tecenzymes.com.
Stress is the body’s way of preparing itself to deal with challenges. When the body is stressed, many reactions are set into motion. Elevated levels of epinephrine are released into the blood to enhance muscle action. The liver immediately dispatches glucose, which is a source of instant energy for all the muscles. Heart rate and breathing accelerate, but digestive activity slows. Blood vessels constrict to cause sweating, so the body will stay cool while under stress. Now the body is ready for some extraordinary actions!
How do we do all that without even knowing it? The answer is the autonomic nervous system. The caretaker of the body, it operates without conscious control, taking care of involuntary actions like breathing or the heartbeat. The command center of the autonomic nervous system is in the hypothalamus. And it is in perpetual activity, fine-tuning the body’s processes to all the internal and external demands made upon it.
The parasympathetic nervous system, part of the autonomic nervous system, originates in the midbrain. It monitors constriction of the eye pupils, slows the heartbeat, and stimulates certain digestive glands. The parasympathetic nervous system acts as a damper. If the stress is not too serious, it allows the body to return to normal. But it does not work as fast as the sympathetic nervous system, which works in opposition to the parasympathetic.
This rapid response to stress, commonly known as the fight-or-flight response, engages the sympathetic nervous system and withdraws the parasympathetic nervous system, activating the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland, and the adrenal glands. This results in release of hormones from the pituitary into the general bloodstream and the secretion of cortisol. These chemicals involve the whole body in the organism’s response to stress.
A small increase of cortisol has some positive effects, such as:
- Quick burst of energy for survival reasons
- Heightened memory functions
- A burst of increased immunity
- Lower sensitivity to pain
- Helps maintain homeostasis in the body
- Rapidly prepares the body for action in emergency situations
- Boosts the supply of oxygen and glucose to the brain and muscles, while suppressing other non-emergency bodily processes (digestion in particular)
- Increases heart rate and stroke volume
- Dilates the pupils
- Constricts arterioles in the skin and gastrointestinal tract while dilating arterioles in skeletal muscles
- Elevates the blood sugar level by increasing catabolism of glycogen to glucose in the liver, and at the same time begins the breakdown of lipids in fat cells
However, higher and more prolonged levels of cortisol, like those associated with chronic stress, have been shown to have negative effects, such as:
- Impaired cognitive performance
- Suppressed thyroid function
- Blood sugar imbalances such as hyperglycemia
- Decreased bone density
- Decreased digestion
- Decreased muscle tissue
- Higher blood pressure
- Lowered immunity and inflammatory responses in the body as well as other health consequences
- Increased abdominal fat, which may be associated with heart attacks, strokes, and the development of higher levels of LDL’s and lower levels of HDL
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Hair loss
- Heart disease
- Impaired developmental growth in children
- Hyperthyroidism
- Obesity
- Obsessive compulsive or anxiety disorder
- Sexual dysfunction
- Tooth and gum disease
- Ulcers, which have a suppressive effect on the immune system
- Perhaps even some types of cancer
All of this activity ultimately takes a toll on us. Stress is a process of enervation, a word that literally speaks of being drained of energy. We can enervate ourselves in a variety of ways. Overeating, too much alcohol, sugar, cooked food, salt, caffeine, tobacco, drugs, and impure water consumption as well as overwork, worry, tension, depression, and lack of rest all serve to enervate us. Stress is therefore commonly experienced as the body’s response to these diet and/or lifestyle factors.
Download "All the dinosaurs are gone" by Dr. Robert Greenberg...
What can I do about Stress?
A complete Stress Management Program involves supporting the nervous system to assist the body with its overt and dangerous reactions to stress. Do you experience:
- occasional stress or bad temper?
- occasional anxiety or muscle tension?
- occasional fatigue or memory loss?
ReZEN has a calming effect and supports a healthy cortisol level for a healthy nervous system.*
Download our Transcendence ReZEN brochure…
Why Digestive Enzymes?
Healthy food choices are a great start to promoting health; however this represents just the first step. To benefit from all the nutritious components of our food, a healthy digestive system is needed. Today, dozens of factors including genetics, stressful lifestyles, poor diet, processed foods, and the environment all influence digestion. Supplementing a healthy diet and lifestyle with digestive enzymes is the next step in health. Transformation’s comprehensive digestive enzyme formulas include highly active enzymes with a broad range of specificities needed to digest the foods most commonly found in the human diet.* Once the food is broken down into simple nutrients, the body can then assimilate them for energy, growth, and repair.
Optimal digestion results in nutrient availability, delivery, and absorption for cellular function and repair. Do you occasionally feel bad after you eat? Do you experience:
- occasional digestive discomfort?
- occasional indigestion?
- food sensitivities?
Genetics, stressful lifestyles, poor diet, processed foods, and the environment all influence digestion on a daily basis. You can no longer assume eating a healthy diet will result in good nutrition. Digestive enzymes taken with meals promotes optimal digestion, nutrient availability, and cellular health.*
Transformation’s Professional Protocol™ Digest supports proper digestion and absorption of nutrients.*
Download our Digestive Family brochure…
Why Proteolytic Enzymes?
Optimal circulation and immunity supports the delivery of nutrients and oxygen to all parts of the body, enhancing its ability to defend and detoxify itself on a regular basis. Proteolytic enzymes provide systemic benefits to the circulatory system, the immune system, and the detoxifying organs.*
Health Benefits include:
- promotes circulation*
- supports healthy immune system function*
- healthy inflammatory response*
- supports detoxification*
Proteolytic enzymes taken daily between meals promotes optimum blood flow and oxygen/nutrient delivery to your cells, supporting the circulatory system and the immune system.*
Transformation’s Professional Protocol™ Protease is essential to your wellness program.*
Download our Protease Family brochure…
Why Probiotics?
Optimal intestinal health results in complete digestion, absorption of vital nutrients, and elimination of food waste.
Do you experience:
- occasional gas/bloating?
- occasional constipation/ diarrhea?
- challenges to your immune system?
Probiotics help to maintain the healthy flora in your GI tract that often becomes imbalanced by poor diet choices. Further complications can arise when the opportunistic microorganisms feed off of undigested food, creating gas and releasing toxic waste into the bloodstream.
Transformation’s Professional Protocol™ Probiotic is acid stable, heat stable, and survives the GI tract to become live cultures, assisting with regularity and providing additional health benefits to the human host.*
Download our Probiotic Family brochure…
What are enzymes?
Enzymes are energy-rich protein molecules that are necessary for life. Enzymes catalyze and regulate chemical reactions and are an essential part of every activity in the body. Digestive enzymes break down the food we eat, releasing vital nutrients necessary to feed our cells and support optimal health.
Where do supplemental enzymes come from? Are they safe?
Transformation™ uses mycelial (fungal) enzymes derived from the fermentation of non-toxic strains of various fungi. The organisms used have been studied extensively by the food and pharmaceutical industries to establish their safe use in the production of amino acids, enzymes, antibiotics, and other beneficial compounds.
Why do I need to supplement with digestive enzymes?
Our bodies naturally produce digestive enzymes and the enzymes that run our metabolic processes. However, genetics, lifestyle, diet, processed foods, prescription drugs, and environmental factors all influence digestion on a daily basis. Digestion must take place. Every person with or without digestive challenges will benefit from a digestive enzyme formula.* Transformation™ digestive enzyme formulas are designed to promote optimal digestion, support nutrient availability, and help reduce food intolerances, thereby leading to a healthy and efficient immune system and the timely elimination of wastes.*
Can enzymes be harmful if you take too many?
When speaking about digestive enzyme formulas, no. Enzymes do not accumulate in the body. They impart enzymatic activity that generally lasts one to four hours and then are eliminated from the body or the proteins are broken down to amino acids for other purposes. As with any herbal or nutritional supplement, evaluation of amounts and over consumption should be determined on an individual basis.
Can children take digestive enzymes?
Transformation™ has a line of products specifically designed to help meet children’s digestive needs.* Our Zymes 4 Kidz™ line includes Kidz Digest available in chewable form.*
Click for more info…
We also recommend Plantadophilus for a gentle probiotic formula.
Click for more info…
Can enzymes be taken with other prescription medications?
Digestive enzymes function by breaking down specific chemical bonds in foods. Therefore, in most cases, they can be taken safely with medications. Transformation™ recommends telling your health care provider all the supplements you are taking.
One area of concern is that of prescription blood-thinning agents. These prescription drugs interfere with natural blood-clotting mechanisms. They can be taken in conjunction, but it is recommended to take them at least four hours apart and monitor lab work closely.*
Are your products “100% natural” and organic?
The preference of natural, synthetic, or organic ingredients and the definition of each can be very confusing and controversial. We believe the real question should be: “Are your ingredients safe, effective, and free from harmful chemicals?” Transformation’s goal, in conjunction with its manufacturers, is therefore to provide safe, effective, high-quality nutritional supplements that are free of any pesticide or herbicide residuals.*
Are your digestive enzymes gluten-free? Dairy-free? Vegetarian?
Transformation’s digestive enzyme formulas are not formulated with any known allergens such as dairy or wheat.
Why do I need probiotics?
Oral supplementation with probiotics will help maintain the beneficial bacteria in your GI tract benefiting digestion, immunity, and elimination.*
- Digestion - Probiotics produce enzymes such as protease, lipase, and lactase to further assist with protein and fat digestion as well as reduce problems associated with lactose intolerance.*
- Immunity - 80% of the immune system is found in the gut. A healthy GI tract supports a healthy immune system.*
- Elimination - Probiotics act as natural stool softeners and facilitate the healthy and timely removal of waste.*
Are your products FDA approved?
Transformation™ uses only the highest quality digestive enzymes. In general, the FDA’s role with a dietary supplement product begins after the product enters the marketplace. Once a dietary supplement is on the market, FDA has certain safety monitoring regulations which are enforced. As a leader in the healthcare supplement industry, Transformation™ and its manufacturers are committed to always being fully compliant with the most current FDA regulations and enforcing the highest quality control standards.
How do I order products?
Visit our website TransformationEnzymes.com, call us at 1-800-777-1474, or email orders@tecenzymes.com.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.