Do you complain of bloating, gas, indigestion, heartburn, hiatul hernia or reflux?How about fatigue, allergies, sinuses, arthritis or hives?Maybe the problem is inadequate digestive enzymes and/or lack of hydrochloric acid that is needed to break down your food.
The functions of digestive enzymes are to break down the nutrients in our food for proper absorption and utilization.As we age, we produce less digestive enzymes and hydrochloric acid.This is important to understand because good health begins with good digestion.There is an old saying “you are what you eat.”However, this is somewhat inaccurate.The correct quote should be “you are what your body absorbs and what your body doesn’t eliminate.”
If you constantly suffer from heartburn, indigestion, bloating, gas, reflux or irritable bowel syndrome and are always taking some type of antacid or acid blocker for these complaints, I would recommend looking for the cause of the problem (lack of digestive enzymes and/or hydrochloric acid), not just finding ways to treat the symptoms with antacids.
When foods are properly broken down, the nutrients are absorbed and utilized for nourishing the body.However, when foods are not broken down efficiently large undigested protein molecules leak across the intestinal barrier and enter our systemic circulation.It is those undigested food particles that cross over into our circulation that sets off a whole set of reactions (antibody and histamine response) that can be the triggering mechanism for fatigue, allergies, sinuses, arthritis, hives and other maladies.
One of the biggest misinformation plots played on the public is that all of these digestive complaints arise because of excessive stomach acidity.This is the furthest thing from the truth.In fact, 90% of the people who complain of digestive problems are not related to excessive acidity.The problem is that most of the foods we eat are void of enzymes.The lack of enzymes makes proper digestion nearly impossible.Secondly, most of us don’t make an adequate supply of hydrochloric acid to properly breakdown the proteins.When proteins, fats and carbohydrates are not properly broken down they begin to putrefy, rot and ferment in our intestines.The acids released from this rotten, putrefied and fermented food creates many of our digestive complaints.
We can find digestive enzymes in raw uncooked foods.When we cook and heat our foods we kill of these valuable nutrients needed for our health.Foods that are prepackaged or that are heavily refined are also deficient of digestive enzymes.The human body has the ability to make enzymes however we can’t ask our body to make an endless supply of enzymes for our entire life.Eventually, the pancreas will not be able to meet the demand.
When you “think enzymes - think energy.”Proper digestion will result in better absorption and nourishment for the body, which in turn promotes better health.So, start today and use some digestive enzymes to help promote better nourishment that leads to better health.
