Page 99 - The Miraculous Machine that Works for an Entire Lifetime: Enzyme

Adnan Oktar

Large intestine

Mucosa

Submucosa
Circular layer of
muscle
Longitudinal layer
of muscle
Serosa
The intestine is specially created to
break down foodstuffs. The chemical events
that take place in its walls, and the system involved
in the breaking down and distribution of nutrients, are truly
astonishing.
with different functions and work at different speeds. An enzyme that
breaks down fruit sugar, or fructose, is very different from one that
breaks down sugar in dairy products, or lactose, and yet another en-

zyme breaks down starch. Because, as we have already seen, enzymes
have very sensitive working conditions, the temperature and pH here
are maintained at the ideal levels for these enzymes to be manufactured
and perform their separate functions.
Since the structure and mode of operation of the stomach and the
intestine are completely different, enzymes able to function in an acidic
environment must be present in the stomach, while ones able to work
in an alkaline one in the intestines. Foods leaving the harsh conditions
of the stomach encounter gentler ones in the small intestine. The part-
ly digested food and gastric juices passing from the stomach must do
no harm to the intestine. This is where the pancreatic juice comes into
play.

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