Digestive enzymes including amylase, protease and lipase break down foods, which allow the nutrients in our foods to be absorbed. They also aid in converting stored energy, utilizing ingested food and detoxifying harmful substances in our body.
Metabolic enzymes are those enzymes that assist in various chemical reactions within the body including energy production and detoxification.
Because of our high consumption of highly processed and cooked foods, many of us lack enzymes. Enzymes are found in raw foods such as avocado, papaya and pineapples for example. In addition to breaking down foods, enzymes use nutrients ingested by the body to form new muscle tissue, nerve cells, bone and skin. They also convert dangerous waste materials present in the blood to forms that the body can then easily eliminate. Many of MRI's products contain an enzyme blend. The reason for this is that enzymes aid in the absorption and assimilation of the other nutrients in the product. It ensures that the customer receives the full nutritional value from each of the nutrients in the product.
Some of the main categories of digestive enzymes and their actions include:
Amylase, found in saliva, gastric, intestinal and pancreatic juices, helps break down carbohydrates. There are also different types of amylase that break down certain types of sugars.
Protease, found in gastric, pancreatic and intestinal juices, aids in the digestion of protein.
Lipase, also found in gastric and pancreatic juices, helps to digest fats.
I hope this helped! :)
2007-01-10 17:02:21
·
answer #1
·
answered by Sandra Dee 5
·
0⤊
0⤋