| Enzymes, like those found in bodybuilding | | | | breakdown of starches into simple sugars like |
| supplements are simple or conjugated proteins | | | | maltose and dextrin; pepsin, the main gastric |
| synthesized by all kinds of living organisms, animals | | | | enzyme, helps break down proteins into smaller |
| as well as plants. They act like biochemical | | | | peptides; trypsin produced in the pancreas breaks |
| catalysts that facilitate and accelerate biochemical | | | | down peptides into smaller fragments, which are |
| reactions taking place inside our body. Enzymes | | | | further split into individual amino acids by the |
| that aid the process of digestion and the | | | | enzyme carboxypeptidase, and so on and so |
| consequent absorption of nutrients from food are | | | | forth. A number of enzymes (e.g., sucrase, |
| called digestive enzymes. You may be including | | | | lactase, maltase, intestinal lipase) are produced in |
| the most nutritive foods in your diet, but unless | | | | the small intestine too that break down |
| your body is able to actually absorb all the | | | | disaccharides into monosaccharides (simplest |
| nutrients present in the food, you are not going | | | | forms of sugar like glucose and fructose) for |
| to benefit fully from your diet. That's where the | | | | absorption. |
| role of digestive enzymes arises, especially if you | | | | Though digestive enzymes are absolutely vital for |
| are engaged in the sport of bodybuilding and are | | | | anyone to stay in good health, they can lend |
| using natural bodybuilding supplements, then | | | | special benefits to sportspersons engaged in |
| consider including digestive enzymes too in your | | | | bodybuilding. As mentioned earlier, the best of |
| bodybuilding supplements kit. | | | | diets can become futile in the absence of |
| Digestive enzymes are enzymes that help break | | | | sufficient amounts of digestive enzymes. |
| down proteins, carbohydrates and fats in the | | | | Production of digestive enzymes starts declining |
| food into a form that can be readily absorbed by | | | | not only with age, illness and poor eating habits, |
| the body for growth and carrying out various | | | | but also when the body is under extreme physical |
| functions. They are secreted by various glands | | | | stress, as during bodybuilding exercises. On top of |
| present in the gastrointestinal tract (alimentary | | | | it, when one is seriously into heavy sports like |
| canal) and by accessory digestive system organs | | | | bodybuilding, the diet is much more heavily loaded |
| e.g., salivary glands in the mouth, glands in the | | | | with proteins compared to a normal person's diet, |
| stomach and small intestine, pancreas, liver, | | | | putting excessive strain on the digestive system. |
| duodenum, etc. | | | | Supplementing the diet with natural digestive |
| Digestive enzymes secreted by different glands | | | | enzymes helps proper digestion of the extra |
| perform different functions but broadly speaking | | | | proteins and their efficient absorption to build the |
| fall into one of the following three categories: | | | | required muscle mass. In the absence of |
| amylases, proteases and lipases, which are | | | | adequate digestive enzymes, a high-protein diet |
| enzymes that help the digestion of carbohydrates, | | | | can give rise to indigestion problems such as |
| proteins and fats, respectively. For example, | | | | acidity and flatulence. |
| ptyalin secreted by the salivary glands initiates the | | | | |