Enzymatic Therapy Dgl

[SawyerAshton]

Anyone every heard of this or tried it?

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Just wondering if it's worth a try. I can't really find much info about it other than advertisements.

 

[BabyAnne]

I've never heard of it. How do they claim that it works? Is there science behind it or just marketing?

 

[SawyerAshton]

This is what I found on wikipedia. Seems like all the rest is advertisements:

"Research

Glycyrrhizin is known to cause negative side effects, such as hypertension and edema; removing the glycyrrhizin is meant to avoid these symptoms.
According to MedlinePlus and the Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database, licorice is "possibly effective" for dyspepsia in combination with other herbs, but there is "insufficient evidence" to rate its effectiveness for other conditions.[1] Regarding stomach ulcers, specifically, there is "some evidence...that specially prepared licorice will speed the healing of stomach ulcers".[1]
An un-blinded study of 82 patients from the early 1980s, published in the British Medical Journal, reported that Caved-S had a therapeutic effect is similar to that of cimetidine in the treatment of gastric ulcers.[2]"

 

[SawyerAshton]

Hypertension and edema are enough to make me pass on this.

 

[mnsun]

That's why you take De-glyzerinnized (sic) licorice, or DGL. Though I can't say I've tried it, I think it mainly helps acid reflux or perhaps stomach related issues. Who knows? I've been meaning to try it sometime but I just have overlooked it until now.

I too would like to know others' experiences.

 

[barelyalive]

Big dissapointment. Thought I could take it instead of prilosec. Wroked the first two days, then found myself taking more and more until the reflux became unbearable within a week.

 

[SawyerAshton]

Thanks for the input. That's what I wanted to know. Deleted from my cart.