Physicians' Elemental Diet Powder
Complete nutrition your gut can absorb when ordinary food is hard to digest.
A hypoallergenic elemental powder built on free-form amino acids, hydrolyzed carbohydrates, and MCTs, formulated for easier absorption. For use under medical supervision.
When the gut's capacity to digest, absorb, or metabolize ordinary food is limited or impaired, getting adequate nutrition becomes its own daily problem. Physicians' Elemental Diet delivers complete nutrition in an already-broken-down form: free-form amino acids instead of intact protein, partially hydrolyzed carbohydrates, and medium-chain triglycerides, fortified with vitamins, minerals, and electrolytes. Because the nutrients arrive in their simplest absorbable forms, the gut does far less work to take them up, and because the formula is strictly hypoallergenic (no corn, soy, wheat, gluten, or dairy), it leaves out the common triggers. It can serve as a sole source of nutrition for up to four weeks, or as part of a half-elemental diet alongside ordinary food, scaled to caloric needs. Medical food, for use under medical supervision.
- ✓For use under medical supervision. Not intended for use in children.
- ✓In stock. 30-day returns on unopened items.
- ✓Vegan and vegetarian friendly. No corn, soy, wheat, gluten, or dairy.
A medical food intended for use under medical supervision for the dietary management of impaired digestion. Not intended for use in children.
When the gut can't keep up, nutrition is the first thing to slip.
Digestion is supposed to be invisible. You eat, your gut breaks food down into the pieces your body can use, and the nutrition shows up where it's needed. That quiet machinery is easy to take for granted, right up until it stops working the way it should.
For people whose capacity to digest, absorb, or metabolize ordinary food is limited or impaired, every meal becomes a negotiation. The food goes in, but the nutrition does not reliably come out the other side. Intact proteins have to be broken down before the body can use the amino acids inside them. Complex carbohydrates have to be processed. Fats have to be emulsified and absorbed. When any of those steps is compromised, "just eat more" stops being an answer, because the problem is not the plate. It is what the gut can and cannot do with what is on it.
That is the gap this product is built for: getting complete, usable nutrition into a body whose digestion is not holding up its end. It is a problem physicians have managed with elemental diets for decades, which is why this is a medical food, used under medical supervision.
Left unaddressed, a struggling gut takes more than nutrition with it.
When the body can't reliably absorb what it's fed, the effects compound:
Fatigue that food won't fix
When calories and nutrients aren't being absorbed, eating more doesn't refill the tank.
Unintended weight loss
Nutrition that passes through instead of being taken up shows up on the scale, and not in a good way.
The exhausting work of finding food you can tolerate
Planning, shopping, and preparing meals around a gut that reacts to almost everything is a second job nobody asked for.
The frustration of "eat healthy" advice that doesn't fit
Standard nutrition guidance assumes a gut that works. When yours doesn't, the usual playbook stops applying.
Nutrition that arrives pre-digested, so the gut barely has to work.
Physicians' Elemental Diet takes the steps a struggling gut can't reliably do and does them in advance.
Free-form amino acids
Instead of intact protein, the building blocks proteins are normally broken down into, ready to absorb as-is.
Partially hydrolyzed carbs
Carbohydrates arrive already broken down, so there is less for the gut to process.
Medium-chain triglycerides
Fats come as MCTs, a form the body absorbs more directly than ordinary dietary fat.
Layered on top is a full matrix of vitamins, minerals, and electrolytes, including the active forms of folate (Quatrefolic), B12 (methylcobalamin), B6 (pyridoxal-5-phosphate), and riboflavin.
The whole formula is strictly hypoallergenic. No intact protein or polypeptides, no corn, soy, wheat, gluten, or dairy, which also makes it vegetarian and vegan friendly. One scoop is 36 g and 150 calories, and dosing scales to the individual's caloric needs. It can stand in as a sole source of nutrition for up to four weeks, or fill the gaps as part of a half-elemental diet alongside the foods you can tolerate.
This is a medical food, formulated for the dietary management of impaired digestion, and it is used under medical supervision.
The mechanism: do the hard part of digestion in advance.
"An elemental diet does the hard part of digestion before the food ever reaches your gut, so your body can absorb complete nutrition with the least possible work."
Digestion is work. Normally your gut has to break intact protein down into amino acids, complex carbohydrates down into simple sugars, and fats down into absorbable units before any of it can cross into your body. When the digestive system is compromised or impaired, that work becomes the bottleneck, and nutrition suffers even when a person is eating.
An elemental diet removes the bottleneck by delivering nutrients already reduced to their simplest absorbable forms. Instead of intact protein, Physicians' Elemental Diet provides free-form amino acids, the building blocks the body would otherwise have to liberate itself. Carbohydrates are partially hydrolyzed, meaning they are already broken into smaller, easier-to-absorb pieces. A portion of the fat is supplied as medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs), which absorb more readily than long-chain fats and need less digestive machinery to do it.
The result is complete nutrition, calories, amino acids, fats, vitamins, minerals, and electrolytes, formulated so the gut can take it in with minimal digestive workload. And because the formula is strictly hypoallergenic, with no intact protein, corn, soy, wheat, gluten, or dairy, it removes common triggers from the equation at the same time.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
See how Physicians’ Elemental Diet gives a struggling gut nutrition it can absorb
A short overview of what pre-digested elemental nutrition does and who it is built for.
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Built for a gut that can't do the breaking-down itself.
Here is how elemental nutrition compares to the usual options when digestion is compromised:
| Physicians' Elemental Diet | Ordinary food | Standard protein shakes | Doing nothing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protein form | Free-form amino acids (5 g per scoop), ready to absorb | Intact protein the gut must break down | Intact / concentrated protein the gut must break down | No nutritional support added |
| Carbohydrates | Partially hydrolyzed, pre-broken-down | Complex carbs requiring full digestion | Often added sugars, varies by product | Unchanged |
| Fats | MCTs, absorbed more directly | Mixed dietary fats requiring emulsification | Varies; often dairy-based fats | Unchanged |
| Allergens | No corn, soy, wheat, gluten, or dairy | Whatever is on the plate | Commonly whey/dairy or soy based | Whatever is on the plate |
| Digestive workload | Minimal, the work is done in advance | Full digestion required | Substantial digestion still required | Full digestion required |
| Vitamins, minerals, electrolytes | Complete matrix, active B-vitamin forms | Depends on what's absorbed | Limited, varies by product | None added |
| Use under medical supervision | Yes, medical food | n/a | Typically no | n/a |
A medical food for use under medical supervision. Comparison describes formulation and nutrition profile, not a claim to treat, cure, or prevent any condition. Individual results vary.
Pre-digested nutrition your gut can absorb.
Choose Your SizeFree-form amino acids, hydrolyzed carbs, MCTs. Hypoallergenic by design.
Every nutrient, in a form a compromised gut can use.
Physicians' Elemental Diet is macronutrients fortified with a complete matrix of minerals, electrolytes, and vitamins, built so the gut does as little work as possible. The protein comes as 5 g of free-form amino acids per 36 g serving instead of intact protein. Carbohydrates are partially hydrolyzed. Fats are supplied as MCTs. The B-vitamins are included in their active forms: folate as Quatrefolic ((6S)-5-methyltetrahydrofolate, glucosamine salt), B12 as methylcobalamin, B6 as pyridoxal-5-phosphate, and riboflavin as riboflavin-5-phosphate.
Free-form amino acids (5 g/scoop)
Protein building blocks supplied already broken down, so they require no digestion of intact protein before absorption. This is what makes the formula "elemental."
Partially hydrolyzed carbohydrates
Carbohydrate already broken into smaller units for easier, lower-effort absorption. No disaccharides, sorbitol, mannitol, or xylitol.
MCTs
A readily absorbed fat source requiring less digestive processing than long-chain fats (3 g total fat per scoop).
Electrolytes
Sodium 95 mg, potassium 150 mg, chloride 142 mg, magnesium 33 mg per scoop, included as part of complete, balanced nutrition.
Full vitamin and mineral matrix
A, C, D3, E, K, B-complex, biotin, choline, plus calcium, iron, phosphorus, iodine, zinc, selenium, copper, manganese, molybdenum.
Active-form B vitamins
Already-active forms the body can use without first converting them. A thoughtful choice for a formula built around easy absorption.
Supplement Facts (per 36 g scoop; 12 servings per 432 g container)
Calories 150 (25 from fat) · Total Fat 3 g (Sat 1.5 g) · Total Carb 25 g (Sugars 11 g) · Sodium 95 mg · Potassium 150 mg · Protein: 5 g free-form amino acids/serving · Vit A (beta carotene) 833 IU · Vit C 20 mg · Calcium 83 mg · Iron 1.5 mg · Vit D3 66 IU · Vit E 10 IU · Vit K 10 mcg · Thiamin 0.5 mg · Riboflavin 0.56 mg · Niacin 3.3 mg · B6 667 mcg · Folate 33 mcg (Quatrefolic) · B12 0.5 mcg · Biotin 50 mcg · Pantothenic acid 3.3 mg · Phosphorus 116 mg · Iodine 16 mcg · Magnesium 33 mg · Zinc 2 mg · Selenium 18 mcg · Copper 167 mcg · Manganese 332 mcg · Molybdenum 8 mcg · Chloride 142 mg · Choline 33 mg.
Does NOT contain
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Complete nutrition, nothing your gut has to fight.
Add to CartNo corn, soy, wheat, gluten, or dairy. Vegan and vegetarian friendly.
Simple to mix, gentle to sip.
Mix
Stir one level scoop (36 g) into 4 to 8 oz (118 to 236 mL) of chilled or room-temperature water. You can add more water, or drink additional water separately, to taste.
Sip slowly
Drink it gradually over 15 to 60 minutes or more, at whatever pace is comfortable for you.
Store leftovers safely
Once mixed, any product not finished within 60 minutes should be refrigerated (for up to 24 hours), then shaken or stirred again before drinking.
After opening
Keep the remaining powder in a dry place at room temperature.
As a sole source of nutrition (up to four weeks)
Scoops scaled to your individual caloric needs. One scoop is 150 calories, so a daily target is built from there with your practitioner. The four-week ceiling is a safety limit.
As a half-elemental diet
Use it alongside the ordinary foods you can tolerate, to fill the nutritional gaps.
For use under medical supervision. Not intended for use in children.
Real experiences, in their own words.
A few notes from people who used Physicians' Elemental Diet. These are individual experiences. Individual results vary.
Individual results vary.
Give your digestive system the same kind of rest.
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Straightforward returns, no surprises.
We keep the return policy simple and honest, because this is a consumable medical food and you deserve to know exactly where you stand before you buy.
You have 30 days to return unopened items.
If a size or quantity isn't right and the pouch hasn't been opened, send it back within 30 days for a refund, less a 15% restocking fee. Shipping fees are non-refundable.
Opened pouches cannot be returned.
Because this is a powder you consume, that isn't a loophole, it's a health and safety standard that applies to consumable nutrition products. It's also why we tell you up front exactly what to expect from the taste and texture (see "How to Take"), so you can make an informed decision before you open the pouch.
The real reassurance here is what is in the bag: a hypoallergenic, complete elemental formula from Integrative Therapeutics, chosen with your healthcare provider before you start, which is exactly how a medical food should be chosen.
A complete elemental formula, chosen with your clinician.
Start Your ProtocolChoose 432 g or 1296 g. In stock. 30-day returns on unopened items.
What people are saying.
Physicians' Elemental Diet is a specialized medical food, so its reviews come from a focused group of people using it for a specific need. Here are real, verbatim reviews from customers. Individual results vary.
"Really helped to give my digestive system a rest during recovery. Also, no need to plan, buy or prepare appropriate food. Thank you for having it available!!!"
Bonita R.
"An easy search result connected me with Agape and I [was] thrilled not only that the product arrived quicker than I expected, but this GI diet product is precisely what I needed... Thank Agapé!"
Phil T.
Complete nutrition your gut can actually absorb.
Choose Your SizeFree-form amino acids, hydrolyzed carbs, MCTs. Hypoallergenic by design.
Frequently asked questions.
How do I use it as a sole source of nutrition versus a half-elemental diet?+
Is it vegan or vegetarian?+
What allergens does it leave out?+
Why is the drink white instead of orange, and why is there sediment?+
How do I mix and store it?+
Can children use it?+
What is the return policy?+
Still deciding? Start with your practitioner's guidance and the size that fits your protocol.
Add to CartFor use under medical supervision. 30-day returns on unopened items.
Selected references on elemental and enteral nutrition.
Elemental and enteral nutrition have an established place in clinical nutrition literature. The references below informed the formulation category. They are provided for transparency and do not constitute a claim that this product treats, cures, or prevents any disease.
- Gorard DA, et al. (1993)
- O'Morain C, et al. (1984)
- Ueno F, et al. (2013)
- Verma S, et al. (2000)
- Yamamoto T, et al. (2005)
- Zoli G, et al. (1997)
- Van Citters GW, et al. (2005)
- Bures J, et al. (2010)
- Pimentel M, et al. (2004)
- Eiden KA (2003)
- Fisher RL (1999)
- Devlin HB (1991)
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Individual results vary.
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Other products customers commonly include in a digestive-support protocol with their practitioner.
Biocidin Botanicals, Biocidin Liquid 1 oz
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Protocols For Health, SIBO-Ease 120 Capsules
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Enzyme Science, Complete Digestion 90 Capsules
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