Proteolytic enzymes are specifically functional proteins found in our bodies and throughout nature that aid in digesting or breaking down proteins. In our body’s protease’s are most famously involved with our digestive tract.
We are aware that due to proteolytics ability to break down proteins, there is an anti-inflammatory effect. By digesting the protein plugs in the vessels around an injury, accumulated inflammatory fluid (swelling) is allowed to drain aiding in pain relief and speedy healing. The anti-inflammatory and healing attributes of protease’s are well known while some other very timely and useful characteristics remain largely unknown to most people.
At this time of the year many of us are beginning our seasonal battle with allergies. The congestion and runny noses leading to sneezing and general unhappiness. Proteolytic enzymes have the ability to ease the mucus production, break up the congestion and even clear pollen, bacteria and viruses from the body like. Clinically we know this works and works well. Exactly how it works is harder to say with certainty. Protease’s do rise to a measurable blood level when taken on an empty stomach and will therefore be circulated throughout the body scavenging various allergens and probably finding their way to the mucus membranes. Once around the mucus membranes, the thickened mucus is broken down, thinned out and thus the sinus’ throat and nasal passages are cleared. Continue reading ‘Allergy Season and Mucus… The Season is Here’
