Digestion is one of those subjects often left out of the dinner conversation. The discomfort of bloating, gas, constipation, diarrhea, indigestion, reflux and other gastrointestinal conditions can be difficult to discuss. Yet, every human being at any age knows instinctively that good digestion is key to feeling well. From the time we are babies, we begin to suffer from digestive issues! How often do we hear babies crying because they need to burp?
Fine-tuning our digestive tracts is important for several reasons:
Do you know why proteins are good for you?
Lately we hear a lot about the benefits of protein consumption. A meal high in protein and low in carbohydrates produces less sugar and more even distribution into the bloodstream. This causes less of a glucose spike after a meal.
Protein during a meal or between meals gives a sense of feeling full and helps in some sound diet strategies. The amino acids that come from breaking down complex proteins are necessary to build and repair muscle, grow hair, nails, skin, build immune functions, create cell structures, produce certain hormones and replace dying cells as new ones are created.
Did you know proteins are difficult to digest?
What we eat affects how our digestive system works. For instance, eating a steak or other meats takes far more chemical and enzymatic energy than eating an apple. The fresh apple contains living enzymes that will help the stomach in digesting the apple. Protein, in general, takes considerable energy to fully digest and break down into its components of amino acids. Protein from meats is more difficult to breakdown than plant proteins. In a nutshell, it’s beneficial to eat a diet high in lean proteins, but those very proteins require more enzymes to digest them.
What happens if the proteins are not broken down?
They enter the lower digestive tract undigested. These can encourage putrefying bacteria or bacterial types that thrive on undigested protein to produce toxic byproducts. These toxins can seep through the gut barrier and travel through the bloodstream, affecting various organs. Such conditions as moodiness, poor brain function, lethargy and a low level of toxicity in the body can result.
DIGESTIVE+++ provides enzymes to break down protein
DIGESTIVE+++ contains four protein enzymes (proteases and peptidase) designed to break down a variety of bonds in the proteins to fully digest them and at the various pH ranges of the long digestive tract.
The enzyme blend in DIGESTIVE+++ works in the small intestine to digest food and absorb nutrients from proteins, carbohydrates, sugars, fats plus alpha-galactosidase, specifically to help digest sugars found in legumes and cruciferous vegetables, and lactase, to help digest sugars in dairy products.
Some digestive supplements deliver probiotics. Others provide prebiotics. Rarely does a supplement deliver digestive enzymes. DIGESTIVE+++ delivers a well-rounded formula that provides all three: a probiotic, a prebiotic blend and an enzyme blend.
Why is DIGESTIVE+++ better than other formulas?
DIGESTIVE+++ contains four protein enzymes (proteases and peptidase) designed to break down a variety of bonds in the proteins to fully digest them and at the various pH ranges of the long digestive tract.
This is the first in a series of articles about the different beneficial aspects of DIGESTIVE+++.
For a complete overview on the importance of taking DIGESTIVE+++, click here.