Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Digestive enzymes and probiotics

Probiotics are not the same thing as digestive enzymes . Probiotics are friendly bacteria and digestive enzymes are a special kind of protein that breaks down food into small components.

Your body produces all of the digestive enzymes it needs except for enzymes that can break down certain sugars found in beans and other veggies. In order to assist with the digestion of these sugars the digestive enzyme Bean-0 will help. Also, if you have problems digesting lactose a sugar found in milk then the digestive enzyme lactase will help. Most of the other digestive enzymes sold in health food store will provide very little additional help in the digestion of food because your body produces all that it needs.

There a special medical conditions where your body might not be producing the right amount of a specific digestive enzyme then your doctor will prescribe this enzyme for you.

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