Physicians' Elemental Diet Dextrose Free
Complete, pre-digested elemental nutrition for the dietary management of gastrointestinal dysfunction.
When the gut is too inflamed or compromised to break down ordinary food, the body slips into nutrient loss, weight loss, and fatigue no normal meal can fix. Physicians' Elemental Diet Dextrose Free delivers nutrition in its simplest, already-broken-down form: free amino acids, partially hydrolyzed carbohydrates, and medium-chain triglycerides your gut barely has to work to absorb, fully fortified with the vitamins, minerals, and electrolytes the body needs. The dextrose-free formula keeps sugars under 1 gram per serving while staying hypoallergenic and vegan-friendly. Under a physician's supervision, it can serve as a sole source of nutrition for up to four weeks, or as part of a semi-elemental diet for milder impairment.
- 36 scoops per bag · 150 calories per scoop · 5,400 calories total
- Free amino acids, no intact protein to digest
- Less than 1 g sugar per serving · dextrose free
- Hypoallergenic · vegan and vegetarian friendly
- Free from dextrose, dairy, gluten, corn, soy, lactose, and added artificial colors or flavors
About $3.83 per scoop of complete elemental nutrition.
Discount applies automatically at checkout. No code needed.
A multi-week sole-source phase often needs more than one bag. Ask your provider for your daily calorie target, then plan your bags so you do not run short mid-protocol.
- Authorized reseller of Integrative Therapeutics
- Clinician-developed formula
- Hypoallergenic
When your gut can't break food down, eating more doesn't fix it.
For a compromised digestive tract, the problem isn't appetite. It's absorption.
A healthy gut does quiet, complicated work every time you eat. It breaks proteins into amino acids, splits carbohydrates into simple sugars, and pulls those nutrients across the gut wall into the body. When the digestive tract is inflamed or impaired, as it can be in gastrointestinal dysfunction such as Crohn's disease, IBS, or SIBO, that machinery falters. Food passes through without being fully absorbed.
The result is a hard, frustrating loop. The body needs nutrition to recover, but the gut that delivers nutrition is the part that is struggling. Ordinary meals, and even standard protein shakes, still demand a full round of digestion the gut may not be able to manage. Calories go in. Too little stays.
This is not about willpower or eating the right foods. It is about a digestive system that, for now, cannot do the breaking-down work on its own.
The longer absorption stays impaired, the more the body pays for it.
When nutrition can't get in, the shortfall shows up everywhere:
Unintended weight loss
that continues no matter how much you try to eat.
Fatigue and weakness
that rest doesn't resolve, because the cells aren't getting fuel.
Food intolerance and reaction
that shrinks the list of things you can eat without discomfort.
Nutrient and electrolyte loss
that leaves the body running short on the basics it needs to heal.
Each of these feeds the next. The gut that needs nutrition to recover keeps getting less of it.
Nutrition that's already broken down, so your gut barely has to work.
Physicians' Elemental Diet Dextrose Free is elemental nutrition in its simplest, pre-digested form.
An elemental diet does the hard digestive work for you, before the powder ever reaches your gut. Instead of intact protein your body has to dismantle, this formula supplies free-form amino acids, the end product of protein digestion, ready to absorb. Carbohydrates arrive partially hydrolyzed. Fats come largely as medium-chain triglycerides, an easily absorbed form. Every serving is fortified with the vitamins, minerals, and electrolytes a struggling gut tends to lose.
The dextrose-free part is what sets this version apart from the standard Physicians' Elemental Diet. By removing dextrose, sugars stay under 1 gram per serving, which matters for protocols where sugar load is a concern. It is hypoallergenic, vegan and vegetarian friendly, and free from dairy, gluten, corn, soy, and lactose.
- Pre-digested: free amino acids, no intact protein to break down
- Dextrose free: less than 1 g sugar per serving
- Complete: fortified with vitamins, minerals, and electrolytes
- Hypoallergenic: free from common allergens and irritants
- Flexible: sole source of nutrition for up to four weeks, or part of a semi-elemental diet, under medical supervision
Less digestive work in. More nutrition absorbed.
Why pre-digested nutrition reaches a compromised gut when ordinary food can't.
The reason ordinary meals fall short for an impaired gut is simple: every meal demands a full sequence of digestion, and a compromised tract may not be able to complete it. Elemental nutrition removes that demand. Because the protein arrives as free amino acids, the carbohydrates partially hydrolyzed, and the fats as medium-chain triglycerides, the gut skips most of the breakdown step and moves straight toward absorption. Less work in. More nutrition through.
That is also why the fortification matters. A struggling digestive tract loses electrolytes and micronutrients, so each serving carries a full spectrum, including methylated folate (Quatrefolic®) and methylcobalamin B12, in forms the body can use. Keeping sugars under 1 gram per serving means the nutrition arrives without a sugar load riding along with it.
"An elemental diet works because it does the digesting for you. The nutrition arrives already broken down, so even a gut that cannot manage ordinary food can still absorb what the body needs."
Dr. Steph, Agape NutritionHow dextrose-free elemental nutrition compares.
How they compare for a sensitive or impaired gut.
| Physicians' Elemental Diet Dextrose Free | Standard elemental diet (with dextrose) | Ordinary food and protein shakes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-digested for easy absorption | Yes. Free amino acids, partially hydrolyzed carbs, MCTs | Yes. Also elemental and pre-digested | No. Requires full digestion |
| Sugar per serving | Less than 1 g (dextrose free) | Contains dextrose; higher sugar load | Varies, often higher |
| Hypoallergenic / free-from | Yes. Dairy, gluten, corn, soy, lactose free and more | Varies by product | Often contains allergens |
| Fully fortified micronutrients + electrolytes | Yes | Yes | Varies |
| Sole-source capable (up to 4 weeks, under medical supervision) | Yes | Yes | No |
| Clinician-formulated for GI dysfunction | Yes | Yes | No |
The dextrose-free version exists for patients who need elemental nutrition with the lowest practical simple-sugar load. Choose the version your provider recommends for your protocol.
Elemental nutrition your gut barely has to work to absorb.
Pre-digested, dextrose free, fully fortified. $137.75 per bag.
Get YoursWhat's in every scoop, and what's deliberately left out.
A 33.3 g scoop delivers 150 calories of complete, pre-digested nutrition.
Each serving is built from nutrients in their simplest absorbable forms, then fortified across the full vitamin and mineral spectrum.
- Free-form amino acids supply the protein and nitrogen, no intact protein to digest
- Partially hydrolyzed carbohydrate (tapioca-derived) for easily absorbed energy
- Medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) as an easily absorbed fat source
- Full micronutrient fortification: Vitamins A, C, D3, E, K, a full-spectrum B complex with methylated folate (Quatrefolic®) and methylcobalamin B12, biotin, plus calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc, selenium, copper, manganese, molybdenum, iodine, phosphorus, and choline
- Electrolytes: sodium, potassium, chloride
Free from (verbatim "Does Not Contain"):
Contains no disaccharides. Vegan and vegetarian friendly (no intact protein).
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Fully fortified, dextrose free, hypoallergenic.
Every nutrient in an absorbable form. Nothing you didn't ask for.
Add to CartHow to mix and use it.
Each scoop (33.3 g) delivers 150 calories. Your provider sets your daily amount based on your caloric needs. A full bag holds 36 scoops, or 5,400 calories.
Directions
Mix each heaping scoopful (33.3 g) in 7 to 8 oz (207 to 236 mL) cold or room-temperature water. Sip slowly over 15 to 60 minutes per individual comfort. Additional water may be added. Once mixed, refrigerate any unconsumed product after 60 minutes for up to 24 hours, and stir before drinking. After opening, store remaining powder in a dry place at room temperature.
As a sole source of nutrition
for up to four weeks, under medical supervision.
As part of a semi-elemental diet
for milder GI impairment, alongside tolerated foods, under medical supervision.
Built for the hardest-to-feed gut, and the clinicians who manage it.
Developed by clinicians for the dietary management of impaired GI function.
- People managing moderate to severe gastrointestinal dysfunction who struggle to absorb ordinary food
- Those on elemental or elimination protocols who need complete nutrition with minimal digestive demand
- SIBO reset and gut-rest protocols where keeping sugar low matters
- Anyone whose provider has recommended pre-digested, hypoallergenic nutrition as part of their dietary management
Why clinicians reach for it
Physicians' Elemental Diet Dextrose Free was formulated by clinicians, not reformulated from a consumer shake. It supplies nutrition in already-broken-down forms, fortified across the full micronutrient spectrum, with the dextrose removed so sugar stays under 1 gram per serving. That combination is why it fits into supervised dietary-management protocols where ordinary nutrition falls short.
Designed for the hardest-to-feed gut.
Complete, pre-digested nutrition for supervised dietary management. $137.75.
Start TodayStart it the right way, before you open the bag.
Because this is a medical food, the best results come when it's the right fit from the start. We recommend choosing it in partnership with your healthcare provider, so you and your clinician are confident it belongs in your protocol before you open it.
Questions about whether it fits your protocol? Start that conversation with your provider first. See our full return policy for details.
Start it the right way, with your provider's guidance.
Choose it alongside your clinician so it fits your protocol from day one.
Add to CartProfessional-grade nutrition, made for medical supervision.
Why this formula earns a place in a clinician-supervised protocol.
Authorized reseller
Sold through Agape Nutrition as an authorized reseller of Integrative Therapeutics, a professional-grade brand.
Clinician-developed
Formulated by clinicians for the dietary management of gastrointestinal dysfunction, not adapted from a consumer product.
Hypoallergenic and free-from
Free from dextrose, dairy, gluten, corn, soy, lactose, and added artificial colors and flavors. Vegan and vegetarian friendly.
Built for supervised use
Labeled and intended as a medical food for use under a physician's supervision, including as a sole source of nutrition for up to four weeks.
This is nutrition built for the situations where ordinary food and ordinary shakes are not enough.
Clinician-formulated elemental nutrition.
Professional-grade, dextrose free, made for supervised dietary management. $137.75.
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Questions about fit? Start with your provider, then order today.
Complete, dextrose-free elemental nutrition for supervised dietary management. $137.75.
Add to CartReferences and important notice.
This page does not import product-specific efficacy studies. As a medical food, its claims are limited to the dietary management of gastrointestinal dysfunction under medical supervision, and its substantiation rests on the medical-food regulatory framework, the clinical role of elemental nutrition, and the product's own label:
- Medical-food regulatory definition. FDA, Orphan Drug Act section 5(b), and FDA guidance "Frequently Asked Questions About Medical Foods" (a medical food is for the dietary management of a condition with distinctive nutritional requirements, used under physician supervision).
- The role of elemental and semi-elemental nutrition in the dietary management of impaired GI function and malabsorption, cited at the clinical-category level.
- The product label and Supplement Facts as the source of every composition and free-from claim on this page.
Often used alongside an elemental phase.
Protocols For Health, SIBO-Ease (120 Capsules)
A targeted botanical blend many practitioners pair with an elemental phase in SIBO-focused protocols.
Biocidin Botanicals, Biocidin Liquid (1 oz)
A broad-spectrum botanical formula commonly used alongside gut-reset protocols.
EcoNugenics, PectaSol (90 Veg Capsules)
A modified citrus pectin many providers include for gentle gut support during a reset.
Talk to your provider about which of these fit your plan.