Raw foods contain an abundance of enzymes to supportdigestion. However, most of us don’t live on arawfood diet. When we cook our food, the enzymesin the food are destroyed and our body has to makethemin order to digest our food. USANADigestive Enzyme supplement supplies enzymes to help usdigestour meals more efficiently. And with addedspirulina, this unique formula also supports the body\'snaturalprocesses for eliminating toxins.

DIGESTION

When you eat foods—such as bread, meat, and vegetables—they arenot in a form that the body can useasnourishment. Food and drink must be changedinto smaller nutrient molecules before they can beabsorbedand carried to cells throughout the body.Food enters the mouth and is chewed, while chemicalprocessingbegins with chemicals and enzymes inthe saliva from the salivary glands. It then moves down theesophagusinto the stomach, where acid both killsmost contaminating microorganisms and begins the mechanicalandchemical break down of some food.

As part of this digestion process, the stomach has three tasks:First, it stores the swallowed food andliquid.Second, it mixes up the foods and liquids,with digestive juices produced by the stomach. And third,itempties its contents slowly into the smallintestine.

After the stomach completes these tasks (typically after an houror two in humans), food is passed to thesmallintestine where the majority of digestion and absorption occurs.Here it is further mixed with threedifferentliquids. Bile, produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder,emulsifies fats; while juice secretedby thepancreas, and intestinal enzymes, secreted by the mucosalmembranes, further process sugarsandproteins.

The results go through the small intestine and into the largeintestine. There, complex molecules arefurtherdigested and absorbed. Non-digestible foodproducts (dietary fibre) are mixed with water andwasteproducts and concentrated into feces, whichare excreted.Without optimal functioning ofenzymes, good digestive health may be impaired.

THE IMPORTANCE OF DIGESTIVE ENZYMES

Although raw foods contain an abundance of enzymes, which mayplay an important role in human health,how manyof us actually eat raw foods on a daily basis? Modern diets containdramatically fewer enzymesdue to cooking andheavy processing of foods, and many researchers over the lastcentury have maintainedthat this loss of dietaryenzymes may be a significant contributing factor to poor health aswe age.

USANA Digestive Enzyme supplies thesupplemental enzymes our bodies may need to break downthecellulose (from fruits and vegetables), fats,proteins, carbohydrates, and starches that we eat, so thatthemacronutrients are available for ourcells.

SPIRULINA

In addition to promoting healthy digestion, usana DigestiveEnzyme supports the body\'s naturaldetoxificationprocesses with the addition of spirulina, a nutrient-richblue-green algae that containschlorophyll.Chlorophyll helps promote the elimination of toxins from thebody.

Spirulina is a nutrient-dense “superfood.” It is rich in aminoacids; vitamins A, C, E, and B6;phytonutrients;and minerals, including magnesium.All these are nutrients that the liver—the body\'s primary organforfiltration—depends on to functionproperly.

WHY USANA DIGESTIVE ENZYME?

Supplementing with USANADigestiveEnzyme can help compensate for inadequate—and thegradualdecline of—enzyme production. It isdesigned to support more complete digestion and absorptionofmacronutrients. The addition of spirulina makesUSANA’s formula unique in the supplement industry.

Price: USD $32.95

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