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Digestive Enzymes: When Eating Well Isn't Enough

As you age, reduced digestion can become a greater issue, causing discomforts such as bloating, gas and indigestion.

Unfortunately, eating well doesn't alway solve the problem. Just because you are eating well doesn't mean that your body is getting the nutrients it needs to thrive. In order to benefit from eating well, your body has to properly digest and absorb the nutrients from your food.

The human body produces digestive enzymes that break down the food you eat into nutrients. Nutrients are then absorbed into your body through the small intestine. When you are lacking enzymes, your body doesn't digest properly, and as a result, your body does not absorb the nutrients it needs.

A lack of enzymes, along with poor digestion can lead to an overgrowth of parasites, food allergies, unbalanced gut bacteria, constipation, indigestion, gas, bloating and other health issues. Many nutritionists recommend that everyone over the age of thirty five take a daily digestive enzyme supplement.

Enzymes and Digestion

Digestive enzymes play a major role in breaking down food into nutrients that can be absorbed by your body.

Digestion begins in your saliva, breaking down the carbohydrates and fats in your food. And the action of chewing starts the production of digestive enzymes in your stomach.

Once the food has entered the stomach, the stomach enzymes work to further break it down. Proteins, fats and carbohydrates are broken down in preparation for absorption.

The food is then moved into your small intestine where most of the absorption process takes place. The lining of the intestines produce more enzymes to break down fats, carbohydrates and proteins. In addition, your liver produces bile to help with the absorption of fats.

The result of this entire process is that food is reduced to sugars, fatty acids, and amino acids - the fuel for your body.

Enzyme Deficiency

A lack of digestive enzymes can lead to digestive and other general health problems.

People who are lacking digestive enzymes may suffer with:

• Heartburn
• Bloating and Faltulence
• Constipation
• Food allergies
• Parasites
• Bad bacteria
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• Decreased energy
• Lowered immune response
• Headaches
• Fatigue
• Inflammation

At one time or another most adults have suffered with one or many of these ailments.

Due to the number of processed foods in the Standard American Diet, it's unlikely that the average person produces enough digestive enzymes. Enzymes are found in raw fruits and vegetables, when we cook or process food we are destroying the enzymes, and the food we eat becomes enzyme deficient.

As we get older, our bodies naturally start to produce fewer digestive enzymes. By the age thirty five, the production of enzymes in the stomach, pancreas and small intestines is in decline.

Sources of Digestive Enzymes

There are many different sources for digestive enzymes. The human body alone produces twenty two different enzymes. Other sources of enzymes are raw vegetables, fruits, grains, and meat. You can also find digestive enzymes in Puristat's Digestive Enzymes supplement.

Supplements with a variety of digestive enzyme sources are best. Puristat's Digest-Stat supplement includes the following ingredients:

Pancreatin – A mixture of enzymes that break down fat, protein and carbohydrates.
- Lipase: fat dissolving enzyme
- Protease: protein dissolving enzyme
- Amylase: carbohydrate dissolving enzyme
Cellulase – aids in the digestion of fiber, helping to solubilize nutrients from fruits and vegetables.
Bromelain and Papain – Both break down proteins which help to thin blood thereby relieving inflammation.
Protease (Carica papaya) aids in the digestion of proteins.
Betaine HCL (betaine hydrochloride) aids in the digestion of fats and proteins.
Diastase (malt) aids in the digestion of carbohydrates.
Ox Bile aids in bile secretion which aids in digestion.
Amylase (aspergillus orzyne) aids in the digestion of carbohydrates, starches and sugars.

 

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