| It has been discovered that people with | | | | to unchecked bacterial growth, yeast overgrowth |
| fibromyalgia almost always have a protein | | | | and the inability to remove toxic metals from |
| deficiency which in turn causes an enzyme | | | | your body. At this point there is nothing your |
| deficiency as the body uses the amino acids from | | | | body can do as it no longer has the ability to deal |
| proteins to manufacture enzymes. Enzymes in | | | | with these problems. |
| turn are used for almost all functions in the body. | | | | When your body can no longer break down |
| Studies have also shown that people with | | | | protein efficiently into amino acids then you need |
| fibromyalgia have a sulfur deficiency. | | | | to supplement them. The best form of amino |
| Also prevalent as one of the symptoms of | | | | acids to take are free form or free form and |
| fibromyalgia is hypoglycemia or the inability of the | | | | peptide bonded. These are already broken down |
| body to metabolize carbohydrates. This symptom | | | | so that your body can use them immediately |
| is also connected to protein deficiency or the | | | | without digesting them first. These will help your |
| body's inability to break down protein into amino | | | | pancreas begin to produce the enzymes your |
| acids. The pancreas needs these amino acids to | | | | body needs. Most people feel some improvement |
| produce enzymes so your body can digest the | | | | almost immediately. |
| foods you eat. Kind of a "catch 22" sort of | | | | MSM (Methyl Sulfonyl Methane) is a |
| situation. When there is an enzyme deficiency | | | | naturally-occurring sulfur compound found in our |
| foods are not digested properly and your body | | | | bodies. It is in most fresh fruits and vegetables |
| becomes nutrient deficient. | | | | but is easily destroyed by cooking and processing. |
| Proteins when digested properly break down into | | | | It helps reduce pain and is effective as an |
| amino acids. These amino acids are involved in | | | | anti-inflammatory. Lot's of people with fibromyalgia |
| creating enzymes, the growth, repair and | | | | pain have reported improvement by taking MSM. |
| maintenance of body tissues, balancing blood | | | | It works synergistically with free form amino |
| sugar, digesting food, the proper functioning of | | | | acids and is most beneficial when they are taken |
| the immune system and the production of | | | | together. |
| hormones | | | | It is also helpful to supplement with enzymes to |
| So, when you are protein deficient it causes a | | | | help digest food. Another way to take enzymes |
| huge problem for your body. Fibromyalgia is one | | | | is systemically. What this means is that you take |
| of the ways this deficiency manifests itself. | | | | the enzymes between meals on an empty |
| Things that start to happen in people with | | | | stomach so they are not used to help digest your |
| fibromyalgia is the pancreas begins to malfunction. | | | | food but are taken up into the blood stream and |
| This causes blood sugar imbalances such as | | | | used throughout your body. An enzyme that is |
| hypoglycemia and the inability to digest food | | | | particularly helpful in helping control fibromyalgia |
| properly as the pancreas is unable to produce | | | | pain is serrapeptase. Find out more about this by |
| enough enzymes. This makes you protein | | | | googling "systemic enzymes." |
| deficient as well as vitamin, mineral and fatty acid | | | | I also have fibromyalgia and can tell you that free |
| deficient. It doesn't matter how much protein you | | | | form amino acids along with MSM have helped me |
| eat or how many supplements you take if your | | | | more than anything else I have ever tried before. |
| body can't digest them. These deficiencies can | | | | I am almost always pain free now after being on |
| then lead to a weakened immune system leading | | | | amino acids for about three months. |