Gut Health: Understanding Digestive Enzymes and Probiotics

Chapters

• 0:00 Podcast Introduction and Welcome
• 2:19 Understanding Digestive Enzymes
• 6:04 Types and Functions of Enzymes
• 9:46 Digestive Enzyme Supplements
• 14:02 Causes of Enzyme Deficiency
• 16:48 Pre and Probiotics Overview
• 20:25 Saffron Benefits and Conclusion

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:33

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Speaker 1: 1:29

I'm talking about the digestive enzymes, biggest. I'm talking about the digestive enzymes. So what is digestive enzymes? So digestive enzymes are proteins produced in your body, okay, and they're to break down food into smaller, more absorbable molecules. They're essential for digestion. They're needed for nutrient absorption. They're needed so that in various stages of digestion, your body is able to from the mouth.

Speaker 1: 2:23

People have to understand digestion starts. Gi track starts from the mouth all the way out to your chest, okay, so your GI tract is all throughout and what you put in it will be a direct reflection of what you get out, literally included. So reason there's been like a big hype about it is there's so many functional medicine people that are like, oh, you have to take my thing, take that thing, I don't really care what what you take. I'm just trying to explain to you why digestive enzymes are used. So what happens is main types of digestive enzymes are used. There's um, we'll go over the different ones. So there's amylase, and amylase breaks down carbohydrates, um, for simple sugars. There's proteins, which is breaks down proteins and amino acids. Then you have um. Think of it like the protease also includes trypsin and chromotrypsin, which is usually like in the turkey. Usually when people are like, oh, that has trypsin in it, it'll make me tired, that's one that breaks that down. Sometimes when you eat too much protein, actually it can actually make you tired.

Speaker 1: 3:30

Lipase breaks down fats and fatty acids. So what happens is some individuals, when they don't have the right amount of lipase in their body, they'll end up with lipomas or they'll end up having gallbladder issues or liver, fatty liver, and it basically means is that their body is not breaking down the amount of fat or they're consuming too much fat that they're not able to break it down. Lactase most people that have lactose intolerant which I am lactose intolerant they don't have the proper enzyme, lactase, to break down the lactose and the sugar and dairy. So that's where most people have that dairy allergy. What happens is when you don't have these digestive enzymes, these digestive enzymes will actually cause an inflammatory response, will cause a disruption in the body and the immune system and you'll find that there's usually some sort of dysregulation. Majority of individuals should be making this on their own in their body without having to take a supplement. The problem is, is there's different reasons why digestive enzymes are not available and cause problems?

Speaker 1: 4:39

So maltase converts it's another one called maltase and that converts sugar from starch. So think of it. It breaks down anytime you eat, like a candy bar or potatoes any potatoes like mac and cheese. Some sort of carb that's glucose, sucrose is breaking down actual like sugar sugar, so like table sugar, into glucose and fructose. You're going to think, you're going to remember these are. Glucose is energy, so it's energy to then produce so that it goes through the body.

Speaker 1: 5:08

I will share my screen at some point. I will probably share it on my video. So I will have this on my YT at some point so that you can see the video of me sharing the screen, if you want to check back about that at some point. So then you can see what I'm reading off of and how it how it's going. Okay. So I was talking about different types of maltate sucrose. So how does it work?

Speaker 1: 5:44

So digestive enzymes act as a catalyst and they speed up the chemical reactions that transform like big food that we have and eat and then it it makes energy right, it helps us grow, it helps us have nutrients, helps us have. So we're not bloating and cramping. What happens is when we don't produce the right ones and we have a lot of inflammatory response, it isn't being broken down. Majority of the time it's actually because you don't have enough digestive enzymes. So in this one specifically, we'll go over the ingredients but shake it once a day. Now there's different ones.

Speaker 1: 6:16

This isn't the only one that I would say is good. It's not bad. I like it. In this one it has pre-probiotics. It's got peppermint, bromelain, amylase, protease and, like we were talking about the different ones, lactase protease, cellulose glucanase, alpha-glucanate, laconate lipase. It has a variety of digestive enzymes. So, due to that, the idea is to help with getting your gut back into a balance. The concern is, sometimes we're not always doing that right, so we're not always getting it to where it needs to be.

Speaker 1: 6:57

Now, the reason people are not doing it is because the foods that we're we've, you know, have right. What kind of foods are you ingesting? Um, this one specifically has um pre and probiotics. Like I've said, it's intention and the research on it is it's reducing your bloating. It's supposed to help with nutrient absorption. The idea is to aid in breaking down any difficult foods that you want to eat. Provides relief. Their research itself is that it's limited.

Speaker 1: 7:31

On this one, they haven't tested it Like it's not. Third, pretty fully tested, other than it's like an organic blend. It doesn't have any byproducts. How do you use it? These are just one capsule a day and they're over the counter. Now, um, regulations on that.

Speaker 1: 7:49

So this one has, uh, artichoke roots. That's like that prebiotic. So, prebiotic, think of it like um fibrous, more fibrous, kind of things. Um, hey, what's up? Nice to meet you. Hope you're having a good day. Um, think of this is manufactured, doesn't have any allergens, so it's not made from, like soy, gluten, dairy eggs, those kind of things.

Speaker 1: 8:12

The fda did not. You know it's not diagnosed to treat or cure, prevent it's. You know supplement. So you still have to. You know with caution anything um, but you know the ingredients themselves. You can see they are. I'll even um online. I'll show you they're larger, right, they'll have.

Speaker 1: 8:32

It's about 16 digestible enzymes. Now I did say to you that your body will eventually and produce enzymes, so it's not that we necessarily need it. So there's the artichoke root. That's like the fiber. The idea is you need fiber to kind of get through the gi track in the stomach. But then you also need the prebiotic, which is the good flora back in to bring back the, the lining, so it's not as inflamed. Peppermint tea and peppermint leaf is very therapeutic in the sense of it settles the stomach. And then the digestive enzymes bromelain is for inflammatory response, and then the other ones are all the other digestion enzymes. Now, does everybody need every single one of these? Not necessarily, but it is pretty effective and it's easy to take early. But it is pretty effective and it's easy to take In some manner.

Speaker 1: 9:30

Most people will be benefit from one of their digestive enzymes because most probably due to the foods that we eat. They are deficient. We are deficient in some manner and I bet you, if I went and did your blood work, I will see that it's been a deficiency. Also, too, when you find that you're more bloated, you have headaches, you have gas or some sort of not even just bloating, even if you just have pain, or certain foods bother you, digestive enzymes are usually deficient, and it's because the foods that you eat. So let me get back up here. Why does this happen? People ask me what is it? So the main reasons. Let's go back. So, digestive enzymes.

Speaker 1: 10:12

Like I said, they work by giving you nutrients. Now, what's the what's the cause of that? There's no big cause. It's not that one is bad or you know you're saying anything like. It just means that in your body, most of the time, you should be able to take those enzymes and it would be fine, right, like you should be able to absorb them and we'll be fine. But most of the time, because of aging, because of inflammatory response, because of many, many things, mostly, if someone's sick, like if they had a um, digestive or ibs issues, those individuals would probably have to take this more often. But I found that um, those are just like burping, bloating and gas. I've been able to give them these and it's been quite effective.

Speaker 1: 11:04

Um, same thing with the? Um the bloat gas probiotic. This one's got the pre and probiotic, it's got the artichoke and then it also has additional enzymes, so the two together. The reason they put those two together is it's still got the pre and probiotic in there, it's still got the artichoke leaf or um herbal, um fiber and then the enzymes. On this one is lactase, which is usually why people bloat, and the alpha-glactosidase is one for breaking down in the colon. So it helps with some of the excess foods. And the other one, the digestive edelwein alone. I actually think that one is that itself is just fine. You I actually that one is that itself is just fine. You could take that one and it'd be just fine.

Speaker 1: 11:50

Um, and majority of the time it is made in the stomach, in the small intestines. The problem is is with aging and inflammatory and immune response. If there is a degradation or decrease, it can contribute to digestive enzyme production, which means that there's a decline and what that means is the pancreatic enzyme secretion. Studies show that people that age their measurable decline in pancreatic and exocrine secretion and that digestive enzymes such as lipase, chromotypsin, amylase, they both decrease in volume.

Speaker 1: 12:24

Stomach and small intestines. When those decrease, small intestine walls, then an atrophy. So over time you'll hear a lot about leaky gut. You'll hear about the lining of the stomach. People have ulcers, people have upset stomach. Why is that happening? That happens? The degraded the junctions between um the stomach lining, those little cell junctions. They're supposed to be slightly separated, but when they get really separated they um cause like low levels of mucus and they're not slippery anymore. So the lining of the stomach and the gi tract is supposed to be nice and smooth so that it can, you know, have nice peristalsis, which means movement instead of negative movement, so that it can move around, get the poop out and get the things out. But what happens is the hydrochloric acid and the enzymes are decreased and the nutrients is decreased because they're not able to absorb the protein properly and then it becomes a problem. Older age the enzyme adaptability decreases. So obviously, when you become a little older nice to meet you, thanks for coming in You'll notice that older adults they may reduce the ability to adapt to enzymes. So those individuals would benefit from digestive enzymes majority of the time, but they can even just do herbal teas and such to help with the inflammatory response.

Speaker 1: 13:40

Big ones are chronic stress and inflammation. I talk a ton about this. Um, why is chronic stress and inflammatory? Impair the digestive system and decrease digestive enzymes in this conversation. And it's because the gut functions and it damages the cells. It's because once it damages the cells, stress damages cells, makes them irregular and they're not able to work properly. Think, like you know, you've got a square and a square, or you know peg and hole and that goes in nice and nice, nice, like peg and hole works perfectly fine. But when you have one that's degraded and then you've got the degraded peg, it's not able to go into the hole and it's not able to absorb and work in its proper function. So due to that those locking key mechanisms in the body are decreased.

Speaker 1: 14:29

So whether it's from chronic stress or inflammatory responses, elder age, you know, maybe someone has a genetic component, but most of the time clients and patients that I see it's because of a degrade of their digestive tract due to chronic stress, inflammatory and food that has slowly degraded them over time and due to that the irritation has caused them. They call that slightly leaky gut, but overall just inflammatory and bloating process. It can be improved within a three-month period with changing diet, modifying their stress levels, putting in hydration and lifestyle management and then adding the proper salt. So this is one option. It's, it's um useful um. And then the clinical impact of why digestions and aptic line also, is that um, it just leads to, you know, from common intolerances to food foods that we're, you know, around and things like that. So those are big things, like um estrogen deal.

Speaker 1: 15:24

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Speaker 1: 16:23

The next part is the probiotic part. It's similar to the digestive enzyme in the sense of it has pre and probiotics. Pre and probiotics are so probiotics themselves are like a fibrous. We'll first talk prebiotics. So prebiotics are a fibrous, kinds of foods that you want to eat, therefore the body. Usually what happens is it benefits the gut, but it's things that are naturally sourced. So think of it as like garlic, onions, leeks, potatoes, bananas, oats, apples. The body needs it to, you know, move things along, but it doesn't always break it down necessarily, but it's helped with digestion and the gut health, um, and it balances out your blood sugars because it kind of like almost attaches to some of the glucose, um, and it helps with your overall immune and metabolic health. Okay, so that's the prebiotics.

Speaker 1: 17:26

Now the probiotics. Like when you're talking one versus the other, prebiotics are not necessarily digestible, but probiotics are live bacteria, so usually they're good or bad. They feed on the good bacteria. The probiotics, the prebiotics, the good bacteria is what you want. You want to balance it through the bad bacteria. Your body is made of good and bad bacteria from the mouth all the way out to the tush. Thanks for joining in and I appreciate you Enhances your body through that.

Speaker 1: 17:53

Now how can you make more prebiotics in your diet? It's pretty easy. You can have garlic, you can have green bananas, you can have flax seeds, apples I mean the more um, fruits and veggies, majority of the time in some manner, that's prebiotic probiotics. Um, you do have to adjust. Probiotics that people have usually done are usually like a kimchi or a um um, what is it called? Kombucha? You can, you can do that. You can get the probiotics that way where you have to um, ingest them. But usually there are some natural ways to get the probiotics that way where you have to ingest them. But usually there are some natural ways to get the probiotics. So you know, these are just options of supplement pills. It doesn't mean that those are the only ways, but usually what happens is you know, lactobacillus is a pretty big one People, people like kefir and also to help with bloating and stuff. So when you combine those two, that is usually very helpful.

Speaker 1: 18:47

So that is kind of my conversation about bloating and digestive enzymes and the use of it and why it's effective. Oh, what's in here, sunny? What's in here, my love? What are you looking for? And then I'm just going to put a music break. So music break. I'm going to end this. I hope I helped. If you have any additional questions when to consider to use, or if you're going to be a guest, you're welcome to.

Speaker 1: 19:14

There's so many multi-strains of probiotics and prebiotics. There's so many things that help boost your immune system. You know you really need that to help your gut microbiome. You've noticed people that have severe acne usually have a deficiency in their probiotics and their gut health is absolutely usually significantly decreased. Or there's a genetic component. Majority of the time it's because there is a deficiency in their microbiome and there's a lot of skin conditions. A deficiency in their microbiome and there's a lot of skin conditions. Also additional, those patients or clients that have allergies or severe genetic allergies and you'll see more skin problems and they do benefit from quality omegas and probiotics. So those are usually very helpful and that is my discussion for today.

Speaker 1: 20:02

I can also discuss a little bit about saffron and how much I love saffron. Saffron is actually pretty expensive, so if you can get it, even in a small dose, it's helpful around for thousands of years. Um, the reason it's a golden spice is that it is used to help. Um, it's a culinary, you know food but it is a natural antidepressant. It's used I like to offer it for relaxation, kind of like a cabin meal or peppermint. Also nice to meet you. Um, hi, how are you, maria? Mary, mary Davila, nice to meet you.

Speaker 1: 20:46

It has eye health benefits, like helping with visual, like it's an anti-inflammatory. So the idea of any sort of anti-inflammatory helps with circulations by opening up and getting a person to have anti-inflammatory properties, person to have any inflammatory properties, such as like mood support, antioxidants, of the compounds to help reduce. Now, in reference to weight loss and appetite suppression, it can help and manage some of that slightly due to its benefits of relaxation and sometimes you may feel full because when you're eating're actually absorbing the proper nutrients. When it comes to eye and heart health, it's regulating the blood pressure because it's a vasodilator. It's opening up and building more circulation. Um, and you know it's improving your metabolic. You know, nice to meet you.

Speaker 1: 21:40

You're welcome to come in if you have time and sometimes I think it's very helpful at sleep time, sleep and morning to kind of get you through the day and involved in cortisol. You don't want to have more than 30 milligrams per day on that one and for some people you have to still make sure you're not having allergies. So those kind of things. Some people will make golden milk. Well, you can put, like saffron or a turmeric option, um with milk and or you can put it into some baked goods. This one's just a pill form or a powder that's pretty easy to take. But there's other options out there and if you have any other questions, please reach out to me. I'd be glad to help.

Speaker 1: 22:22

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Speaker 1: 22:43

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