About Animal Essentials™

Animal Essentials™ offers a broad assortment of pet vitamins and organic health supplements that are safe and effective. Used by hundreds of holistic veterinarians and thousands of holistic-minded pet owners nationwide Animal Essentials™ has revolutionized the use of natural health ingredients in the daily lives and clinical care of companion animals.

All our supplements are formulated by leading American veterinary herbalist Greg Tilford, author of the best selling "Herbs for Pets - The Natural Way To Enhance Your Pet's Life," who is intimately familiar with the needs and sensitivities of dogs and cats.

Greg Tilford - Herbalist

Products in this line are:

Made in the USA
Earth friendly
Cruelty free
Safe and effective to use
Taste great and are of the highest quality certified organic or sustainably wild-harvested quality in the world
Harvested by hand under optimum conditions
 Created by people who truly care about the holistic health and natural well-being of animals

The # 1 Choice of Holistic Veterinarians

Enzymes Present in the Formula:

• ALPHA AMYLASE: helps in the digestion of carbohydrates by helping to hydrolyze the alpha 1-4 glycosidic linkages of polysaccharides to dextrin, D-glucose, maltose and oligosaccharides.
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• BETA AMYLASE: works on the end of the starch molecules instead of in the center, as does alpha-amylase and results in the production of sugars from the starch molecules.
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• PROTEASES: work on proteins to reduce them to individual amino acids (what they are composed of); some of these are acid stable proteases that start their work in the stomach. Proteins take the longest and are the most difficult food component to digest.  With acid stable protease the decomposition starts earlier in the digestive tract, thus providing more complete digestion.
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• LIPASE: helps to metabolize fats (triglycerides). The fats are broken down into mono glycerides, diglycerides and glycerol. If given in larger quantities the Lipases can enter the bloodstream and help remove excess triglycerides from the arteries and the veins improving circulation.
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• CELLULASE: as the name implies, breaks down cellulose (fiber) by helping to break down cell walls, resulting in both necessary solubleand insoluble fiber.   
  
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• HEMICELLULASE: hemi cellulose and an amorphous (sticky) type of cellulose that form long strings as cellulose, is crystalline. This enzyme helps break this polymer down into its individual sugars---primarily xylose.
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• BROMELAIN: is extracted from pineapple (Ananas comosus) and is a protolytic (protein) digesting enzyme, that helps break the proteins into oligio peptides and amino acids.
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• PROBIOTIC: is a lactic acid producing bacteria, which bears spores. These organisms exhibit the characteristics of both the genera Lactobacillus and Bacillus. Because they are encapsulated in spores these organisms are protected from the environment and heat. They are activated in the gut by the hydrochloric acid, producing lactic acid bacteria. Treatment with antibiotics results in the killing of these bacteria, which guard against yeast colonies (candida yeast species). These desirable bacteria inhibit the growth of putrid bacterial in the intestine, thereby maintaining the balance of intestinal flora.
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• CALCIUM SULFATE: the primary carrier or recipient for this product is food grade and adds a minimum amount of calcium to the diet, about 200 mg per gm of product.

Alpa & Beta Amylase, Proteases, Lipase, Cellulase, Hemicellulase, Bromelain, Priobiotic - Baccillus coagulans.