Guest guest Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 I would like some more evidence that we need supplemental enzymes. I did a search and look at this: > Wishful thinking > > You needn't try to figure out which enzymes you should take, since > your body manufactures all of them (with a few possible exceptions, > described below). In any case, in the digestive tract most enzyme > pills are just bundles of protein, and like any proteins, they will be > efficiently digested in the acid environment of the stomach. Even the > digestive enzymes you produce are themselves digested and reabsorbed. > Some enzyme supplements come with enteric coatings, which may help > protect them from stomach acids, but there's no evidence that those > sold over the counter get through the digestive tract and are > absorbed. Enzymes are short-lived, and even if some particles do > survive the digestive tract, they probably wouldn't last long enough > in the bloodstream to travel to where they might do some good. > > Enzyme-deficiency diseases do exist. They have to be treated with oral > or injected doses of enzymes, and pills especially designed not to be > destroyed in the stomach. Researchers have also tried injecting > certain enzymes to combat genetic diseases that result in enzyme > deficiencies, but this method has had only limited success. > > One or two enzymes you can swallow > > One common enzyme deficiency that can be treated is lactose > intolerance. At some point after infancy, many people start producing > less of the enzyme lactase, which digests lactose (milk sugar). > Lactase tablets can help, but you have to swallow them at the same > time you drink milk or eat ice cream. You can also add lactase drops > to the food, preferably one or two days in advance, or buy > lactose-reduced dairy products that have already been treated with > lactase. > > Beano and similar products, which help combat intestinal gas caused by > beans, also contain an enzyme that must be taken simultaneously with > the food. > > Bottom line: You rarely, if ever, need to worry about enzymes. In the > great majority of cases, enzyme pills are just a costly, unnecessary, > and insignificant protein supplement. > > UC Berkeley Wellness Letter, November 2002 > > <http://www.wellnessletter.com/html/ds/dsEnzymeSupps.php#top> > http://www.wellnessletter.com/html/ds/dsEnzymeSupps.php ---- Free pop3 email with a spam filter. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Have a look at http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/Enzymes1.html Sergey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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