Avoid the 3 B's - Burping, Belching & Bloating
- Do you suffer from gas, heartburn or bloating?
- Are you tired after meals?
- Do you have constipation or diarrhea?
- Do you take vitamins, but feel no effects?
- Do even healthy meals leave you uncomfortable?
- Do you find it hard to satisfy your appetite?
If you eat cooked foods, are over 18 years of age, and live in our modern, polluted and stressful times, you are likely enzyme depleted. Enzymes are vital to proper digestion. Indigestion causes weight gain, erodes health and is associated with many conditions including, allergies, diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer's, chronic pain and arthritis. The good news is, you can boost your body's enzyme supply by taking a good enzyme supplement. Enzyme supplements help digest your meals more efficiently, so your body doesn't have to work so hard. You'll have more energy without the bloating, gas and other unpleasant signs of indigestion.
When we are born we have plenty of digestive enzymes, but as we age, unfortunately, our supply diminishes. We actually produce only 25 percent of the digestive enzymes needed to process our meals! The rest are meant to come from our diet, as technically, food comes complete with all the enzymes necessary to aid in their own digestion. However, enzymes are very sensitive to heat, and heating foods above 118 degrees C or 244 degrees F (or too hot to hold comfortably) destroys the food's enzymes. Most of us eat lots of cooked and processed foods and not enough raw foods. Therefore, we end up relying on our own depleted supply of enzymes to digest our meals.
Without sufficient enzymes, we feel tired after eating, and our appetites are hard to satisfy because we don't absorb the nutrients. Undigested food particles stagnate and clog the digestive system, giving us gas, indigestion and bloating. Lactose intolerance is a common example. Lactate converts lactose (the sugar in milk) into two easy-to-absorb sugars. When we lack lactate, undigested lactose travels through the small intestine, bringing extra water along. The extra water causes the cramps and diarrhea so common in lactose intolerance, and it only gets worse. When the lactose reaches the colon, the bacteria that live there digest it in a process called fermentation. This fermentation leaves lactose intolerant people feeling bloated, in pain, and flatulent!
As if fermentation and indigestion aren't bad enough, enzyme deficiency also causes you to gain weight. First, because the pancreas is working overtime, it gets tired, leading to either diabetes or weight gain. Second, because the body can't absorb enough nutrients without those enzymes, it thinks it's starving and begins to store fat. This double whammy leaves us with more overweight yet undernourished people than ever before.
So what's the solution? Improve your digestive system, thus making it easier to lose weight. The easiest way is to take a good enzyme supplement. They rejuvenate your body with all the essential enzymes you need to relieve indigestion, and extract the energy and nutrients from the food you already eat. After extensive research, Cathi Graham has discovered that the best digestive supplement is a full spectrum of enzymes that are bioactive. Now, she is happy to introduce Fresh Start Super Digestive Enzymes.