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Enzymes for Amateurs

Diet and Nutrition

You may have seen commercials that advertise enzymes in laundry detergent, but enzymes are at work in every living thing, including humans.

In the simplest of terms, enzymes break things down. So let’s talk human beings…

The human body engages in an infinite number of chemical reactions that are essential for survival. None of these reactions could take place without enzymes; in fact, there are more than 75,000 different types of enzymes at work in your body.

As catalysts, enzymes either initiate some type of reaction in the body or they work to make it faster.

As proteins, enzymes convert the foods we eat into simpler compounds that your body can use for energy and to generate new cells. Most enzymes can be found in the digestive track – enzymes such as amylases that break down starches into simple sugars.

The lack of certain enzymes is responsible for a number of diseases; phenylketonuria or PKU can cause severe mental retardation or even death in infants and Tay-Sachs disease can cause mental retardation, paralysis and death in young children if it is not properly treated.

Think about this…without enzymes, a single meal that you eat could take as long as 80 years to digest! So, while you may not have known anything about them, at least now you have an idea about how vital they are to all living organisms.

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Dr. Priestley Asks some important questions of interest to Newport Beach residents - Chiropractor Newport Beach Dr. Priestley Asks...

Why are frequent visits advised when starting chiropractic care?
Consistent visits at the beginning of your chiropractic care help create the momentum necessary to correct and retrain unhealthy spinal patterns. Later, Newport Beach practice members find that continued care on a less frequent visit schedule can help preserve their progress and avoid a relapse.
Is a muscle spasm a cause or an effect?
With the knee-jerk use of muscle relaxers, you'd think it was a cause. But it's an effect. Chiropractors know that bones don't move unless muscles move them. And muscles don't contract unless commanded by the nervous system. That's why your nervous system is the focus of our Newport Beach chiropractic practice.