Enzymes in Food by Vanessa Fraser https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc Research about enzymes and put information on this wall en-us 2017-11-01 22:08:23 UTC 2023-05-24 19:06:18 UTC hello@padlet.com Water, Minerals and vitamins are too small to be soaked up by the body with out being broken down, therefore they can not be digested. https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/203720788 2017-11-06 02:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/203720788 Digestive enzymes can't break down dietary fibre so this is why the body cannot absorb it. https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/203720958 2017-11-06 02:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/203720958 Saliva in your mouth has amylase in it this is another starch digesting enzyme. https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/203721053 2017-11-06 02:47:58 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/203721053 Enzymes increase chemical reactions. https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/203721367 2017-11-06 02:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/203721367 Enzymes are substances made of protein that help stimulate chemical reactions. An enzyme in saliva called amylase, for example, helps break down starch in your mouth. Enzymes occur naturally throughout your body. They're also found in foods and dietary supplements. cweiss39_1 https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/203721741 2017-11-06 02:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/203721741 Enzymes help immensely when it comes to human digestion. Some of the things that we eat are too big to be digested on their own and so they need help. Enzymes like Amylase help to break down the foods that we eat. This helps to us to digest food more easily. https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/279133732 2018-09-09 06:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/279133732 https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/279136074 Enzymes are so important in human digestion as they are one of the key ingredients for a healthy digestive system. Most people don’t know that having an enzyme deficiency can be the simple explanation behind common digestive problems like constipation/diarrhea, heartburn, bloating and IBS and even serious problems like Crohn’s Disease and high blood pressure.]]> 2018-09-09 07:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/279136074 Human Digestion https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/279137572 Human digestion is an important factor of life therefore enzymes are essential in human digestion because they break down molecules such as proteins, Fatty acids, glycerol and starch. Enzymes also  increase the rate of chemical reactions by lowering the amount of energy needed to initiate a particular reaction. This shows how important the break down of human foods through the process of digestion is essential.

]]> 2018-09-09 07:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/279137572 Enzymes are mdyoung1_1 https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/279143999 2018-09-09 09:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/279143999 https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/279153015 Enzymes are important to human digestion because they break down molecules as part of the digestive system. Digestion is when the body breaks down food into small molecules so they can be absorbed by the blood stream. Digestion could not occur without enzymes as they are what break down the molecules so the process can occur. Amylase helps break down carbohydrates, protease breaks down protein and lipase breaks down lipids, which are fats and oils.]]> 2018-09-09 12:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/279153015 Human Dige https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/279202837 2018-09-09 21:25:46 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/279202837 Enzymes are very important as they help the body to function properly. Without enzymes the body wouldn’t work properly and basic functions are not carried out. This can result in not being able to breathe, swallow, drink, eat or digest your food. If there were no enzymes in our bodies we wouldn’t exist. They carry out simple functions that we couldn’t live without. Enzymes help us to digest our food by breaking it down into smaller parts which can be used for different things in our body. Different enzymes break down different types of food, for example carbohydrates which are then broken down into glucose which gets used as energy. https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/279202857 2018-09-09 21:25:54 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/279202857 Enzymes in Digestion lcolla2_1 https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/279638221 Enzymes are important to human digestion because they allow for the nutrients ingested to be turned into molecules small enough to be useful. The role of enzymes is to turn nutrients into small molecules, such as carbohydrates, proteins and lipids. Through the use of their corresponding enzymes (carbohydrase (and amylase), protease and lipase), these nutrients are broken down into molecules small enough to be ingested into the bloodstream. This gives all body cells the nutrients they need to function - which is why without enzymes, body cells - and therefore the body - would not be able to function. Consequently, this is why enzymes are majorly important to human digestion as without them the body would not be able to digest food and therefore function.

Lydia Colla]]> 2018-09-10 22:30:53 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/279638221 enyzymes https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/299606141 Enzymes play an important role in the human body. Each And every enzyme inside of us functions to keep us alive! For example, when we digest proteins (which help create energy for our body and brain), the enzyme inside of us break them down and turn them into nutrients for our body to use. These nutrients are vital for a healthy lifestyle. They keep us full, strong, energetic and allow organs in our body to function. Without these enzymes, living wouldn't be even possible! Therefore, enzymes play a vital role in the human body.



]]> 2018-11-01 21:49:39 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/299606141 Enzymes https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/299608910 Enzymes are extremely important in the human digestive system because they work along with other chemicals to help the breakdown of food. Scientists have found that enzymes are vital for a healthy digestive system and that they work alongside stomach acid and bile to help the breakdown of food into molecules to help a wide range of bodily functions. Without enzymes the breakdown of food into molecules would be harder for the body and this makes enzymes vital for the human digestive system. Therefore, enzymes are a very important part of the human digestive system and they work to make sure that our digestive system is healthy. 

]]> 2018-11-01 22:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/299608910 Enzymes play an important role in human digestion because they break down the food that we eat so that can be used in your body to help it function properly. Enzymes are special proteins that break down our food (larger molecules) into smaller molecules like carbohydrates, proteins and lipids. These enzymes consist of amylase, protease, carbohydrase and lipase. Particular enzymes break down particular foods. Once these foods are broken down and are small molecules they can be used to give our body nutrition and energy to go about our daily lives. https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/299610642 2018-11-01 22:15:01 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/299610642 Enzymes sdelany2_1 https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/299611021 Enzymes are vital for life and serve a wide range of important functions in the body, such as aiding in digestion and metabolism. There are 4 types of enzymes all of which have extremely vital roles in the human body, especially digestion. These include Oxidoreductases, Transferases, Hydrolases and Lyases. Oxidoreductases is an enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of electrons from one molecule and they serve an important role in helping aerobic and anaerobic metabolism. Transferases regulate the process of fermentation they are the fundamental enzymes of the cell detoxification system and substrates to produce less toxic compounds. Hydrolases use water to cleave chemical bonds and they carry out important degradative reactions in the body. Lyases catalyzes the cleavage, breaking various chemical bonds. Enzymes are essential for healthy digestion and a healthy body. They work with other chemicals in the body, such as stomach acid and bile, to help break down food into molecules for a wide range of bodily functions.
Scarlette, Evie and Sophie]]> 2018-11-01 22:17:02 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/299611021 Enzymes https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/299611352 Enzymes are proteins that significantly increase the rate of chemical reactions in your body. Enzymes keep us alive, without them, chemical reactions would be too slow to keep you living. Different enzymes break down in different ways. Some enzymes, including the ones in your gut, break down to larger molecules compared and others break down to be smaller. Enzymes also help to keep cell growth at a healthy rate. Enzymes are needed for digestion, metabolism, and respiration. ]]> 2018-11-01 22:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/299611352 Enzymes https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/299611635 Enzymes are important for the bodies digestive system. There are three main enzymes, amylase which breaks down starch into sugars, protease which break down proteins into amino acids, and lipase which break down lipids into fatty acids and glycerol. These enzymes break down large insoluble molecules into molecules small enough to move by diffusion through the wall of the small intestine to the bloodstream. Therefore without the presence of enzymes, your body would be unable to receive and use the food molecules that you need for your body to function in daily life.

]]> 2018-11-01 22:20:23 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/299611635 Enzymes https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/299613566 Enzymes are special protein which breaks large molecules into smaller molecules and increase the rate of chemical reactions in your body without getting used up. Without enzymes , the chemical reactions would take place too slowly to keep us alive. The three classes of enzymes : Amylase, Protease and Lipase all have different roles in keeping us alive; Amylase breaks down indigestible starch into sugars and protease breaks down protein into amino acids. But in those classes there are dozens of more enzymes all doing one job to keep our body running. Enzymes also help our cells communicate and grow in a healthy way. Therefore enzymes play an extremely important role in our body/digestive system by keeping us healthy.
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]]> 2018-11-01 22:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/299613566 Enzymes - Amy https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385026288 Enzymes are proteins that control the speed of chemical reactions in your body.Without enzyme, biological reaction essential to life takes 2.3 billion years. All biological reactions within human cells depend on enzymes. Their power as catalysts enables biological reactions to occur usually in milliseconds without as much energy. They help keep us going and provide the protein we need

]]> 2019-09-17 01:36:12 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385026288 Enzymes - Lizzie https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385026378 Enzymes are important as they break down foods and speed up the rate of reaction. They are a chemical process, and they are not used up or changed by the reaction. There are over 700 enzymes in the body and without them the reactions would be to slow for you to live. The enzymes are very important as they keep our cells healthy and help them grow.  ]]> 2019-09-17 01:36:32 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385026378 E https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385026500 2019-09-17 01:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385026500 Enzymes - Sidney https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385026503 Enzymes are biological molecules (typically proteins) that significantly speed up the rate of virtually all of the chemical reactions that take place within cells. Some enzymes help break large molecules into smaller pieces that are more easily absorbed by the body. ]]> 2019-09-17 01:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385026503 enzymes - jesse https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385026746
Enzymes are very important for healthy digestion. Enzymes work in different parts of the body to break down food into molecules for a wide range of bodily functions. Amylase is used to break down starches and carbohydrates into sugars. The organs that amylase secretes to are the mouth and small intestine. protease breaks down proteins and turns them into amino acids. the organs that protease secretes to are the pancreas and abdomen. lipase breaks down lipids (fats and oils) into glycerol and fatty acids. hydrolyses catalyse the hydrolysis of a chemical bond. the organ that secretes hydrolyses is lactobacillus jensenii. in conclusion these enzymes are very imprtant for our digestive system.]]> 2019-09-17 01:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385026746 Enzymes, Erin Fitzgerald https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385026780 Enzymes help speed up the digestion of food. The enzyme's job is to break down or help digest certain materials as they go through the digestive system. This chemical process is important because its job is to obtain the nutrients of the food faster after we eat the food. Enzymes break down food by connecting with the material and chemically breaking it down into simpler materials in different parts of the digestive system. ]]> 2019-09-17 01:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385026780 Georgia https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385027001 Enzymes are very important to the human body. They increase the digestive process and helps break down the food you intake and digest. There are over 700 enzymes in your body, and they are used in different ways to break down each food group. For example when we digest protein the enzyme amino works to breaks it down and uses it for nutrients. Without enzymes, it would be extremely hard for the body to break down all the nutrients and food your are digesting. Therefore enzymes are vital in the human lifestyle and help us have the right amount of nutrients stored in our body.

]]> 2019-09-17 01:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385027001 Sophia https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385027050 Enzymes are important in human digestion because they speed up the digestive system and do not use much energy. Enzymes are a chemical process found naturally in the body, meaning it uses up less energy as it is a chemical reaction. There are many types of enzymes that dissolve particular types of food. This chemical process is important because it speeds up the digestive system and does not use too much energy meaning the body is able to function. Enzymes keep us alive as normal chemical processes would be too slow without enzymes]]> 2019-09-17 01:39:45 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385027050 Nell https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385027307 Enzymes are proteins that help to speed the process of digestion by breaking up large and complicated molecules and changing them into simpler forms. It is a chemical reaction that speeds the process of breaking down food. They are essential for respiration, digesting food, muscle and nerve function, among thousands of other roles. The chemical reactions that keep us alive - our metabolism - rely on the work that enzymes carry out.  Enzymes are crucial for our body.

]]> 2019-09-17 01:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385027307 Tilly https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385027384 Enzymes are proteins that speed up the rate of reactions in a living organisms. Each enzyme has a specific reaction to each large molecules . They help break it down so it is easy to digest. After they are done they go and help another molecule.]]> 2019-09-17 01:41:17 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385027384 Grace https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385028154 Enzymes make a colossal impact on the human body. Without Enzymes reactions in the body will be too slow to function and inevitably the body wouldn’t be able to survive. Enzymes are vital to the human body they quicken the rate of chemical reactions e.g. Protease Break down proteins into amino acids. Without all of these reactions we would not be accessing the critical substances (fats, glucose, amino acids) we need in order to survive. BBC.co Digestive Systems notes state ‘Food has to be broken down chemically into really small particles before it can be absorbed. Enzymes are biological catalysts needed to make this happen quickly enough to be useful.’ This phrase indicates that enzymes are essential to break down food so we get the nutrients we need to stay alive. Enzymes are extremely important in the digestive system because they break down complex food particles into smaller digestible foods.]]> 2019-09-17 01:44:43 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385028154 Presley https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385028495 Enzymes are important because they control the speed of chemical reactions in your body. There are many examples of enzymes like Lipase, Amylase, Lactase or Maltase. There are around 700 types of enzymes but those are just some examples. Therefore we need enzymes because they are good for our body and if we don't have them we will slowly perish.]]> 2019-09-17 01:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385028495 molly https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385640343 Enzymes are very important in human digestion as it lowers the amount of energy needed to break down food and makes the process quicker. There are lots of different enzymes that all have different purposes, some examples of an enzyme is lipase which has the role of braking down dietary fats. therefore we need enzymes because they help you to digest food faster.]]> 2019-09-17 23:21:39 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/385640343 Amelie https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/1654079400 The importance of digestive enzymes it plays a key role in breaking down all type of foods that we can all eat. This protein speed up the chemical reactions that turn nutrients into substances that your digestive system. Your saliva does have digestive enzymes in it. Some of the organs, do include your pancreas, and liver also releases them. Enzymes help speed up chemical reactions in the human body. They bind to molecules and alter them in specific ways. They are essential for respiration, digesting food, muscle, and nerve function, among thousands of other roles.

]]> 2021-07-19 01:33:36 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/1654079400 Enzymes stultandy https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/1654097011 Digestive enzymes play a key role in breaking down the food you eat. Proteins speed up chemical reactions that turn nutrients into substances that your digestive tract can absorb. Your saliva has digestive enzymes in it. Some of your organs, this includes your pancreas, gallbladder, and liver, also release them.]]> 2021-07-19 01:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/vfraser1/mp0fhyibldcc/wish/1654097011