Digestive Enzymes & Probiotics

Digestive Enzymes are required for us to fully digest (break down or catabolize) our foods. There are several types each specific to their assigned nutrient form. Amylase and Invertase break down simple carbohydrates sucrose & fructose. Maltase and Alpha Galactosidase digest more complex carbohydrates. Phytase digests phytic acid, one of the gas producers from grains and beans releasing the phosphorus in phytates. All are found in their highest forms in the raw foods in which that form of carbohydrate exists. Protease breaks apart the bond between amino acids in proteins, while lipases digests or catabolize fats, separating them into chylomicrons so they can pass into the blood stream/lymphatic vessels. Cellulase and hemicellulase digests fiber. Lactase is the specific enzyme required to break down lactose only found in animal milks and cheese. Since all of our dairy foods are heated in pasteurization, the enzymes originally present are dead. These enzymes are killed by cooking and processing. In the Nutrition Made Simple + Hormones program the Fruit, vegetable, and berry capsules contain a very significant amount of a wide variety of enzymes. But the Enzymedica® Digest™ contains those required to metabolize beans, grains, and dairy. That is one of the biggest reasons people have allergies and digestive distress from eating beans and grains--they are not fully digesting them.