Answer to Eric’s question, who’s asking when to take digestive enzymes.
Hello so let’s start with these questions about nutrition and let’s see the first question the first question is asked by eric who is asking regarding nutrient timing when should i take digestive enzyme supplements if i take them after a meal will they still have the effect of breaking down my food why do they say to take before a meal how long before very interesting in
Complex question eric thank you yes they will still have the effect of breaking down your food even if you take them after the problem is how much of the food are they breaking down so actually enzymes do not break down the food they break down the macromolecules contained in the food enzymes are not like like a blender they they work on a microscopic level however
How much of the macromolecules contain any fuel in the food that you eat is being break broken down by the enzymes that’s the key part that’s why the timing needs to be adjusted the enzyme when it comes to the just’ve enzymes two keys key factors are time and mixing we need to make sure that the enzymes are properly mixed with the food in your gastrointestinal
Tract and that they stay in contact with its molecules for a sufficient amount of time to do their job that’s why it makes sense to take them right before the meal so that then you start eating and the food starts to be mixed with the enzymes and then the food proceeds throughout the gastrointestinal tract the enzymes keep getting mixed with it and also the time
They are the we suppose that they stay in contact with the food the whole time if you take your enzymes after the meal they might not be able to reach the whole the kindness the food that you ate and that already started to travel through the gastrointestinal tract however it’s not that simple because we need to remember that we are trying to imitate nature in a
Very well functioning body the the mechanism is very is very delicate and precise so what happens the body detects the food in the gastrointestinal tract mainly in the duodenum which is the very first tract of the intestine right after the stomach that’s where the enzymes are released so the body detects the food and but the exocrine pancreas releases the enzymes
In the duodenum after the stomach so as long as we eat the body releases the enzymes which get blended with the food very well and they they allow digestion the absorption of the macromolecules because the enzyme hydrolyze the enzymes hydrolyze them which means break them down to monomers and then these single molecule sub molecules let’s say they can be absorbed
By the intestinal cells or walls however when we take supplements containing enzymes it’s not that simple it’s not identical to what nature does so we are trying to optimize the process but it’s not easy indeed there’s also contradictory data for example a study by in 2005 on the alimentary pharmacology and therapeutics by domingues manos and other researchers the
Title is effect of the administration schedule on the therapeutic efficacy of oral pancreatic enzyme supplements in patients with exuberant pancreatic insufficiency a randomized three-way crossover study this study found out that when it comes to fast at least and lipase which are the enzymes that help us to digest fats they’re more effective when taken during or
After the meal so because of a certain certain pattern and uncertainty about the effectiveness the efficacy of the enzymes were taking and difficulty to perfectly imitate how naturally a healthy gastrointestinal tract works in my opinion the best way to go in is to divide our dolls in three parts and take one third right before the meal one third during the meal
And one third after the meal with plenty of water so hopefully this will make sure that the contact time of the enzymes with the macromolecules containing food is enough is extensive and that they get mixed with the food very well and they can work properly and with sufficient effectiveness i hope this helps and i wish you all the best thank you for waiting for watching the video
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When to take digestive enzymes? By RAYS Research At Your Service
