Mega-Zyme Original

Mega-Zyme Original by Natures Way – Digestive Enzyme Support

Mega-Zyme Original tablets by Nature’s Way® combine pancreatic and plant-derived enzymes for digestive support. This multi-enzyme formula supplies enzymes that work on proteins, starches and fats, rather than focusing on just one type of food.

The formula also has a separate between-meals use for occasional muscle soreness due to overexertion and exercise. Timing matters: the manufacturer gives different instructions for digestion and for muscle discomfort. Both the 100-tablet and 200-tablet bottles provide the same enzyme amounts per two-tablet serving.

Key Mega-Zyme Original Benefits

• Supports the breakdown of dietary proteins, starches and fats with a pancreatic enzyme blend that complements the normal digestive process.
• Provides several protein-splitting enzymes, including trypsin, papain, bromelain and chymotrypsin, within one formula for adults seeking multi-enzyme support.
• Offers a separate, label-directed between-meals option to help relieve occasional muscle soreness and discomfort associated with overexertion and exercise.

How Mega-Zyme Original Works

Digestive enzymes act like specialized cutting tools, breaking large food molecules into smaller components. Proteases work on proteins, amylase works on starch, and lipase works on fats. Their jobs differ, which explains the combination in this formula. Taking the tablets before a meal follows the digestion directions; the between-meals schedule serves the product’s separate muscle-soreness purpose. These schedules should not be combined into an extra daily dose.

Key Functional Ingredients Include:

• Pancreatic Enzymes: Bring together amylase, protease and lipase to break down starch, protein and fat. Each enzyme recognizes a different food component, giving this blend a broader digestive role than an enzyme aimed only at protein.
• Trypsin: A protein-splitting enzyme that cuts protein chains at specific sites. This produces smaller peptide fragments for further digestion, adding another type of protein-processing activity alongside the formula’s other proteases.
• Papain: A papaya-derived protease that breaks bonds within proteins. Its role is to help divide larger protein structures into smaller pieces, contributing plant-derived protein-splitting activity to a formula that also contains pancreatic enzymes.
• Bromelain: A group of pineapple-derived enzymes that split proteins into smaller peptides. Here it adds a second plant-derived source of protease activity; it does not perform the starch-digesting or fat-digesting jobs of amylase and lipase.
• Chymotrypsin: Splits proteins at different preferred sites from trypsin. These complementary cutting patterns help explain why a multi-protease formula contains more than one enzyme for the same broad category of food.

Mega-Zyme Original Is Formulated For

• Adults looking for multi-enzyme support before meals.
• Adults seeking the label’s separate option for occasional exercise-related muscle discomfort.
• People who can use a formula containing milk and sulfites; this product is not formulated for children.

Supplements support your health but do not replace a balanced diet. Always check with your healthcare practitioner if you have doubts about a new supplement. Or you may book a FREE product consultation with Holistic Health Partners, led by Carolyn Mulally BS, RN, HN-BC. You may also wish to explore our other GI Digestion/Enzyme Supplements, GI Health Supplements, and Natures Way Supplements and Health Products collections.

Recommendation: To support digestion, adults take 2 tablets up to three times a day, before each meal.* To relieve occasional muscle soreness and discomfort due to overexertion and exercise, take 2 tablets three times a day between meals.*

Serving Size: 2 Tablets
Servings Per Container: 100-tablet bottle: 50; 200-tablet bottle: 100

Other Ingredients: cellulose, potassium bicarbonate, lactose monohydrate, stearic acid, hypromellose, sodium croscarmellose, magnesium stearate, glycerin, silica

Contains: milk and sulfites.

Does Not Contain: Contains no artificial colors.

Storage: Keep tightly closed. Store at room temperature. Avoid excessive heat and direct sunlight.

Additional precautions: Bromelain can cause stomach upset or diarrhea. Review medication use with your healthcare professional before taking this enzyme combination.

These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.