Guest guest Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 What are the best sources of digestive enzymes? Raw fruits and vegetables? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 Going raw as much as possible helps a lot because many foods contain the enzymes needed to digest them (until you cook them!). If you do supplements, vitamin C is a good one because it helps with the formation of some enzymes and also keeps them functioning longer. I personally have never felt much benefit from taking papain or bromelain, which some say need temperatures other than body temperature to become active. Probiotics are good because the bacteria make enzymes (and maybe dysbiosis is bad partly because you are then lacking the bacteria/yeasts to make the enzymes to digest your food). I prefer live home-made probiotics like kimchi, and bought ones like kefir (we don't use it fast enough to keep making it), umeboshi plums, yogurt, & Bubbies pickles, over the probiotic products which I've read often contain few living bacteria by the time you buy them. The non-colonizing yeast, s. boulardii is a good supplement to take, IMO, because it works against the stuff of dysbiosis and helps coax along the good bacteria. If you google it, you can find it online, because unless you're in Europe you're unlikely to find that one in a health food store! > > What are the best sources of digestive enzymes? > Raw fruits and vegetables? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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