Digestive Enzymes

Possible Benefits

• Helps with digestion. Digestive enzymes assist your body in breaking down complex foods like milk sugar (lactose) [1].
• Prevent nutritional deficiencies by increasing nutrient absorption [2].
• Digestive enzymes can aid in treating a leaky gut in people with celiac disease [3].
• Reduces irritable bowel syndrome symptoms by preventing bloating, gas issues, and loose stools [4].
• Improve nutrient absorption and assimilation. This can help increase your energy levels [5].
• Digestive enzymes lead to a healthy gut. This reduces inflammation and thus prevents chronic fatigue and pain [6].
• Improves acid reflux [7].

How to Do It

You can consume digestive enzymes in their natural form (found in food) or manufactured (supplements). Foods containing natural digestive enzymes are:

• Mangoes and bananas - amylase
• Avocadoes - lipase
• Honey - amylase and protease
• Pawpaw – protease
• Sauerkraut/fermented cabbage

NOTE: consult with your doctor before taking digestive enzymes supplements.

Time Commitment

5 minutes

Time of Day

Taken with food (meals and snacks)

Tips

• Digestive enzymes improve digestion and absorption in people with insufficient enzymes [8].
• They are also not recommended for kids below 4 years.
• Pregnant and nursing mothers should not consume digestive enzymes without consulting professional practitioners.