Improve your digestive efficiency! Digestive enzymes (gastric enzymes) help break down the proteins, fats and starches from foods so they may be easily digested and absorbed for proper nutrient intake. Most of us, due to cooked foods, processed foods, stress, speed at which we eat and consuming too much liquid as we eat, all contribute to a less favorable digestive system. Incorporating a complete digestive enzyme product like HealthyEnvy Digestive Enzymes before meals greatly improves digestion.
Digestive enzymes should be included to aid with dieting to help utilize nutrients helping the body send a message to the brain we are satisfied of certain nutrients as well as starches and fats. The cravings subside as well as bloating, gas and indigestion.
Digestive enzymes are highly important with food allergies. Some foods are harder to digest and therefore more culpable to allergic reactions. Certain substances in foods that trigger an allergic episode can be reduced when digestive enzymes are available for their breakdown.
Digestive enzymes break down molecules into smaller building blocks. The sites associated with digestion are the mouth, stomach and small intestine. Enzymes in the mouth, from the salivary glands, as well as the teeth help to break down foods into smaller substances and kill certain bacteria. Starch is the main substance in the mouth that is broken down. Gastric enzymes found in the stomach break down more starches, proteins, fats. The pancreas is the gland in the body responsible for digestion and secretes pancreatic enzymes before the enzyme process begins in the small intestine which is where most nutrient absorption takes place.