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As unpleasant as it is, everyone experiences occasional digestive symptoms like upset stomach, gas, heartburn, nausea, constipation, or diarrhea now and then. However, if you experience these digestive issues more regularly, they can become more than a slight inconvenience and can negatively impact your social life and enjoyment of food.
Digestive enzymes can help support your digestion, so keep reading to learn about what the best enzymes for digestion are and how they work.
What are digestive enzymes? Simply put, they’re substances that help you digest your food. They are secreted by the salivary glands and cells lining the stomach, pancreas, and small intestine.
Digestive enzymes play a key role in breaking down the food you eat. They split the large, complex molecules that make up proteins, carbohydrates, and fats into smaller ones. This then allows the nutrients from these foods to be easily absorbed into your blood and carried through your body.
Each of the many different digestive enzymes targets a specific nutrient and splits it up into a form that can eventually be absorbed.
The most important digestive enzymes are:
People who don’t have enough digestive enzymes or who are looking to support healthy digestion should consider supplementing their diet with digestive enzymes.
They can do this by eating healthy foods that contain naturally occurring digestive enzymes. But they can also take nutritional supplements under a healthcare provider’s guidance.
Digestive enzyme supplements can come in:
Country Life’s Gut Connection® Digestive Balance™ is in capsule form. In addition to Digestive Balance, we have more products in our Gut Connection Line, all formulated to promote digestive health with essential enzymes, vitamins, and amino acids.
Other products in this line include:
If you’re looking for a supplement to help with another health issue in addition to digestion, you may find one of these other Gut Connection products beneficial.
Shop Country Life Vitamins’ array of probiotics and digestive enzymes to support digestion, gut health, and more. If you’re only in need of digestive support, go with Gut Connection® Digestive Balance™.
Sources:
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/ways-to-improve-digestion
https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-are-digestive-enzymes-1945036
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This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.