Digestive Enzymes, Nutrition and Your Health

Nutrition by Natalie
Information about Digestive Enzymes

Digestive Enzymes are enzymes that specifically work in the digestive system to facilitate the digestion, absorption, and transportation of nutrients. They also work to promote timely elimination of digestive waste products that are not of use to the body. Without enzymes, our cells would not get adequate nutrition and we would not survive.

Enzymes function as catalysts to enhance and dramatically speed up biochemical reactions that occur in every one of our cells. They are only activated in water, so staying hydrated is very important for enzymes to work effectively. Enzymes must be present to ensure proper digestion of nutrients, energy production, metabolism, transportation of fluid to cells, and elimination of toxins among many other functions.

Enzymes exist in foods to help our body's breakdown what we eat. Raw, uncooked foods are the only foods that contain enzymes. Since the majority of our diets are cooked foods, we significantly limit the enzymes available in our food for digestion, thus putting more stress on our digestive systems. Some supplemental enzymes should be taken with food to enhance digestion and absorption of nutrients, whereas other supplemental enzymes should be taken on an empty stomach to support circulation, decrease inflammation, support our immune systems and combat stress. Imbalances in these factors have been scientifically proven to be associated with or the cause of numerous diseases.

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[YungArmada]

aww come on i cant study off this your to hot its.. distracting

[rumbler227]

to me it's kind of funny watching her vids because she kinda reminds me of my mom scolding me for not eating enough healthy foods or taking too large bites and not chewing enough or bringing home regular eggs instead green organic cage free eggs or something :P

[Smaxychic]

Thank you, Natalie, for such a well-spoken tutorial on digestion, nutrition and enzyme action. It's great to see such a thoughtful video from a nutritional coach who's been there. Keep up the great work! Best wishes in your future endeavors.

[manjot1]

/watch?v=7k9tQHvMlc0 can somebody please help me with my problem :(

[chinewmarie]

Natalie, I have watched your videos from time to time and sometime I thought you are a little ditzt? but it was my own ignorance and really believe you do make a lot of sense and your skin is off the chain!!! It seems to be true you are what you eat!!! But please tell me for someone who has bad acne skin, stays blocked up and wants to live and eat healthy and stop eating all this crap food! besides drinking water where do I start? Books to read? foods to start eating daily on a tiny budget?

[lukehard242]

more and more everyday there are more people going back to raw foods, I eat a high raw food diet, has been over a eyar been to doctor and my levels are good,

p.s. I have your video on water as one of my favs!

sorry to hear about your ibs, try eating high raw, may notice a huge difference, try high raw for a week see how oyu feel without taking a pill, but do whatever works for you and feels right/good.

[Gabraela1]

@MrNickdino Sprouting actually requires at least an overnight soak. Also, if you are seeing the whole grain in the toilet, try chewing more thoroughly.

[HairLikeCottonCandy]

First of all stop smokng pot. Second of all don't tell me about your irritable bowel syndrome. That is all.

[Snoah1977]

I think what you are doing is wonderful. You explanations are professional and educational. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!  10 out of 10

[wisesakura]

Thank you Natalie, I like the way you deliver information, it goes through convincingly. About this particular video: you seem a bit tired - it's better to make videos about health when you're feeling well... Also, sometimes you emphasize some words and it's like you're screaming, my PC speakers are normal but it comes through kind of...unhappy slightly frustrated vibration, so please watch out for that too. I saw other videos where these things were not an issue, so record when you feel well, k