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digestion. Each one digests a different type of food into simpler
forms that can be absorbed from your small intestine into your
body:

u Proteases - break down proteins into amino acids
u Lipases - break down lipids (fats) into fatty acids and glycerol
(sugar alcohol)

u Carbohydrases - break down carbohydrates into simple sugars

Listen to your mother. Chewing your food is an essential part of
eating – and the digestive process.

Beside breaking food into smaller, easier to digest pieces, chewing
also gives time for the three types of amylase enzymes found
in your saliva to begin breaking it down further. These amylase
enzymes are carbohydrases, which means they break down the
carbohydrates you eat.

Digestion of carbohydrates continues in the upper stomach while
protein begins to break down in the lower stomach where it
encounters stomach acids and proteases. As your meal continues
further into your small intestine, additional enzymes including
lipases are released to finish digesting your food.

When eating cooked and processed foods, all of the enzymes
needed for digestion must be made by your body. But when you eat
raw foods, the active enzymes – the same ones that cause the fruit
in your fruit bowl to go bad as it self-digests – help the digestive
process along so your body doesn’t have to do so much of the work.

Digestive enzyme therapy is as simple as taking an enzyme
supplement with a variety of proteases, lipases and carbohydrases
at the beginning of your meal. This takes much of the digestive load
off your body to ensure you have the necessary enzymes to get the
maximum nutrition and energy potential out of the foods you eat.

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