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Two Types of Enzyme Therapy

When it comes to using enzymes to improve your health, there are
two distinct ways to supplement.

One improves your digestion and relieves much of the burden your
body carries in manufacturing enzymes. The other replenishes an
important category of enzymes whose common deficiency later in
life is associated with numerous diseases and painful ailments.

Both are vitally important for optimal health.

Digestive Enzyme Therapy

Virtually all of the enzymes your body needs for digestion are
created within your body. From the moment you put food in your
mouth, the digestive process goes to work.

Enzymes in your saliva begin breaking down your meal as you
chew. More enzymes in your stomach continue the process once
your food reaches your stomach. As your meal moves on to your
small intestine, even more enzymes made there and excreted into
it from your pancreas convert the food into molecules that can be
extracted through the
lining of your intestines
and used throughout
your body.

Although there are
thousands of individual
types of enzymes, each
can be simply classified
as one of three types
when it comes to

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