Enzymes
Enzymes are the sparks that start the essential chemical reactions our bodies
need to live. They are necessary for digesting food, for stimulating the brain,
for providing cellular energy, and for repairing all tissues, organs, and cells.
There are three types of enzymes: metabolic enzymes, digestive enzymes, and food
enzymes. Metabolic enzymes catalyse, or spark, the reactions within the cells.
The body's organs, tissues and cells are run by metabolic enzymes. Without them
our bodies would not work. Among their chores are helping to turn phosphorus
into bone, attaching iron to our red blood cells, healing wounds, thinking, and
making a heart beat. Digestive enzymes break down foods, allowing their
nutrients to be absorbed into the bloodstream and used in body functions.
Digestive enzymes ensure that we get the greatest possible nutritional value
from foods. Food enzymes are enzymes supplied to us through the foods we eat.
Nature has placed them there to aid......
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