The Top Signs of a Digestive Enzyme Deficiency

Digestive enzymes play an essential role in breaking down the food you eat and keeping your digestive system working efficiently. Although your body does produce some natural enzymes, the majority of digestive enzymes are introduced into the body through your diet in foods such as fruits and vegetables.

Enzymes are a type of protein that’s involved with practically every process in the body. These proteins speed up the chemical processes in the body that convert nutrients into substances in your digestive tract. There are different types of enzymes, all of which serve a different purpose.

• Amylase – breaks down starches and carbohydrates  
• Protease – deals with proteins
• Lipase – takes care of fat

As you can see, enzymes are heavily involved with the digestive system Your saliva contains some digestive enzymes and so do your organs like the pancreas and liver. A big chunk of your enzymes are released from the pancreas and are involved with a whole host of processes like your hormones, energy production, fighting off infection, and transporting nutrients.The majority of foods are best consumed raw to maximize the enzymes. Enzymes can be very fragile and disrupted with changing temperatures and pH levels. This is why it’s important to eat certain foods raw such as avocado to get the most enzyme benefits out of them.

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