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By Cathy Wong, About.com Guide to Alternative Medicine since 2000

Supplement Profile: Bromelain

Friday August 27, 2004
Bromelain is a group of enzymes found in pineapples. People in Japan, Hawaii, and Taiwan have used bromelain from pineapples for many years. It has an anti-inflammatory effect and can help relieve pain, swelling, and tenderness of injuries. Today, bromelain in capsule form is one of the top single nutritional supplements sold in Germany. Learn more about the healing properties of bromelain.

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January 23, 2008 at 2:09 pm
(1) Monica says:

Thanks for this information. It really helped me. I saw that this ingredient was in a medicine that i am taking for Sugar levels.

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