What are enzymes, and what do they have to do with digestion?
Digestive enzymes, for instance, belong to the hydrolase category and help break down foods to make them more easily absorbed throughout the body. There's also metabolic enzymes, which belong to the ...
Reasons to Drink Water with a Pinch of Celtic Salt
Adding a pinch of Celtic salt to water can enhance hydration and provide essential minerals like magnesium, calcium, and ...
Genetic study links defects in sugar digestion to irritable bowel syndrome
Sucrase-isomaltase (SI) is an intestinal enzyme critical for the digestion of dietary carbohydrates, particularly sucrose and starch. Previous studies from the Gastrointestinal Genetics team at CIC ...
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Digestive Enzyme Defect May Trigger IBS Symptoms
A new study has found that genetic variants affecting sucrase, a digestive enzyme, are associated with an increased risk of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Researchers analyzed data from over 360,000 ...
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Digestive system is a potential route of COVID-19: an analysis of single-cell coexpression pattern of key proteins in viral entry process
Additionally, among all the coexpressing cells in the normal digestive system and lung, the expression of ACE2 was relatively highly expressed in the ileum and colon. Conclusion This study provides ...