Alpha ENF Ingredients

Alpha Nutrition Elemental Nutrient Formulas

Introducing Alpha ENF& Professional Practice

Alpha ENF Formulas are gluten free and do not contain cows milk, Soya, or egg ingredients. They are suitable for vegetarians.

Alpha ENF Ingredient List:

Energy - Carbohydrates: Maltodextrin, Glucose, Fructose. Fat - Safflower and/or Canola Oil

Fiber - Microcellulose (Avicel)

Minerals and Electrolytes: Magnesium gluconate, Potassium gluconate, Calcium glycerophosphate, Sodium chloride, Potassium chloride, Potassium gluconate, Zinc Gluconate, Ferrous Gluconate, Manganese gluconate, Potassium Iodide, Copper Gluconate, Sodium Selenite, Sodium Molybdate, Chromium Chloride.

Amino Acids: l-leucine, l-lysine HCl, l-phenylalanine, l-arginine, l-aspartic acid, l-glycine, l-isoleucine, l-glutamine,-methionine, l-proline, l-threonine, l-alanine, l-tyrosine, l-valine, l-serine, l-histidine, l-glutamic acid, l-tryptophan, l-cystine

Vitamins: Ascorbic acid, Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate, Beta carotene , Niacinamide, Thiamine, Pyridoxine HCl, Biotin, Riboflavin, Vitamin B12, Vitamin A palmitate, Calcium pathothenate, Vitamin D 3, Alpha tocopherol, Folic acid,

Misc: choline bitartrate

Alpha ENF is a high quality meal replacement formula used in critical applications to provide optimal nutrient intake. There are no comparable products available of the shelf in the USA and Canada. The ingredients are all chosen for purity, solubility and low allergenicity. The ingredients are expensive and the formula is expensive to manufacture. Unlike many products, you are paying for ingredient quality and not extravagant mark-ups of cheap ingredients.

Elemental nutrient formulas represent the ultimate reduction of food, replacing food intake with a chemically defined set of nutrients. Nutrition is built of basic building blocks. Carbohydrates, fats and proteins are typical components of foods. Vitamins and minerals are essential nutrients. Alpha ENF is formulated by assembling nutrients into modules that supply energy, electrolytes, antioxidants, phosphate, vitamins, minerals, neurotransmitter substrates and protein building blocks.

Energy is supplied by in Alpha ENF by carbohydrates and fat. The principal sugars are glucose and fructose. These are the simplest carbohydrate molecules, known by their single ring structure as monosaccharides. Glucose is the fuel of all living things, supplying energy to all living cells, both plant and animal. The creation of glucose begins in plants with the magic of photosynthesis. The sun's photons are the original energy source used by the chloroplasts of leaves to drive carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms together to form glucose. Plants then use the newly synthesized glucose to fuel all their other synthetic processes, constructing tissues so that animals have food to eat. Fructose is the first cousin of glucose.

Sugar has been blamed for all manner of health problems, often without justification. Many people who contact us with sugar concerns are misinformed and confused about the role of sugar in the body. They cannot differentiate among different kinds of sugar. They have not learned that glucose runs every cell alive on planet earth. Glucose, like oxygen and water is essential to life, but too much in the wrong place, at the wrong time can be harmful. The basic principle of life is that the right molecules have to be delivered to the right place at the right time.

This principle is used to formulate elemental nutrient formulas such as Alpha ENF. The idea is that glucose and fructose supply the energy that the body needs; the sugars are combined with all other nutrients following an ideal proportioning plan. If glucose utilization is impaired as in diabetes, then the rate of glucose absorption becomes critical. Small frequent doses of Alpha ENF and PMX will often be better utilized and high blood sugar peaks are avoided.

Free sugars in the diet are rapidly absorbed and utilized by body tissues. Some tissues such as muscle require insulin to absorb sugar. Other organs, such as the brain, do not require insulin and are prime sugar consumers. The liver tries to maintain blood sugar levels within a narrow normal range by either absorbing or releasing sugar. The liver and muscles store sugar as glycogen. The liver can produce glucose from fatty acids and amino acids if food does not supply adequate sugar intake. Slow absorption of sugars is better tolerated than the rapid absorption of larger amount. Complex carbohydrates in vegetables are ideal sustained-release sources of sugar.

Maltodextrin is hydrolyzed starch in granular form with glucose polymers of different molecular weights. Presenting energy in this form reduces the osmotic pressure of the formula (an advantage) and provides for variable absorption rates of glucose.

The electrolyte module consists of salts dissolved in water which form the basis of blood and cellular function. Sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, magnesium, phosphate and chloride are the essential electrolytes which should arrive in proportion to each other and in the right amounts for proper body function. Water is essential and the intake amount determines the concentration of electrolytes in the blood and tissue fluids. The right amount of water is important - more is almost always better than less. The Alpha formulations provide a balanced set of electrolytes. Phosphate is essential to energy storage and transfer.

Antioxidants are provided in generous quantities in Alpha ENF because of their many potential health benefits. Vitamin C, beta carotene, vitamin E and selenium scavenge free oxygen radicals.

Amino Acids Instead of proteins, free amino acids are provided in the Alpha Nutrition series. A complete set of the nine essential amino acids is complemented by 10 of the non-essential amino acids. Alpha ENF contains branch-chain amino acids. One of the therapeutic secrets of ENFs is the avoidance of proteins or pieces of proteins known as peptides. Proteins are the most reactive molecules in food allergic disease. Staple foods such as milk, eggs, wheat and meat contain proteins that frequently causes immune responses and are the basic problem in delayed patterns of food allergy.

Alpha ENF avoid the protein problems by using a balanced set of pure amino acids instead of proteins or hydrolyzed proteins. Amino acids are the real nutrients derived from proteins by digestion of food. Amino acids do not trigger immune responses. Free amino acids are much more expensive than protein powders, and hydrolyzed proteins but freeing the immune system from protein challenge is well-worth the cost.

Some of these amino acids are not destined to be included in body proteins but will be used as neurotransmitters. Tyrosine and phenylalanine, for example, are converted to dopamine, noradrenalin and adrenalin. Tryptophan is converted into serotonin. Other neurotransmitter substrates are not amino acids. Choline becomes acetylcholine and is provided in Alpha ENF even though it is not considered an essential nutrient. Choline is the substrate for this transmitter. Glycine itself is a major neurotransmitter in the spinal cord. Glutamate is another important amino acid - neurotransmitter.

Ingredient Sources

The idea of an ENF is to present nutrients in a pure or near-pure form so that food source contaminants are avoided. The safflower oil is the only food ingredient in its native state; providing free fatty acids is not an affordable option. Maltrodextrin is hydrolyzed corn starch and is generally tolerated by people with allergy to corn since the protein antigens in corn are generally not present. Avicel (microcellulose) is the fiber component from plant sources and provides enough bulk that bowel movements still occur even with prolonged food holidays on Alpha ENF. Microcellulose reduces digestive symptoms overall and there is no known allergy. The vitamin and mineral nutrients are presented with US Pharmaceutical certified purity and are chosen for the optimal solubility in water - this provides quick mixing and maximum nutrient absorption. The amino acids are individually added to an Amino Acid Premix and are the highest quality money can buy, certified as 100% pure, l-form amino acids - i.e. no source or production contaminants.

No hydrolyzed proteins are used in Alpha Nutrition formulations. The formulas are hypoallergenic and have been tolerated by people with sensitivity to many if not most foods. Hypoallergenic means low allergy potential but not zero potential; we doubt that a zero-allergy product is feasible and is not required by people who live in the real world and are exposed to thousands of potential allergens every day.

Tolerance is not guaranteed and any potential user with a history of anaphylactic reactions to foods should introduce Alpha ENF with caution and with medical supervision.