Thursday, May 21, 2009
Vitamin Supplements
I am learning about vitamin supplements and how they affect the digestive system and this is what I have learnt so far. Vitamin C helps enzymes do their job which is to chemically digest food. There are two enzymes in the saliva which are called amylase and lingual lipase. Amylase starts breaking down starches in food. Lingual lipase separates triglycerides (the chemical form of fat that is found in food) into its components of glycerol and fatty acids.
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thats really interesting , so does that mean that if you don't have enough vitamin c you will have troubles digesting food propelly,I wonder if taking vitamin c supplements is a good thing?
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