What does the enzymes do to help in your intestine?

Answer 1

Enzymes are biological catalysts. Catalysts are chemicals that speed up chemical reactions and/or allow chemical reactions to happen at much lower temperatures than would normally be required.

Thus enzymes are used in the digestive system (of all animals, not just humans) to speed up the chemical reactions that break food down into simple enough molecules (e.g. starches to simple sugars, proteins to amino acids, fats to fatty acids) that they can easily be absorbed in the small intestine. Without the enzymes help the intestines would need to be hundreds of times longer than they already are and even then much of the potential nutrient value of the food would still be lost and one could easily starve with a full belly.

Answer 2

Food needs to be broken into their building blocks so that they can be absorbed into the bloodstream. However, the physical breakdown of food is not enough. Enzymes are hence needed for the chemical breakdown of food, speeding up the digestive process. The products of digestion can hence be small enough to be absorbed.

Answer 3

Enzymes help break down food into smaller molecules that can be absorbed by the intestines. They assist in the digestion process by speeding up chemical reactions that convert food into nutrients the body can use for energy and growth.

Answer 4

Enzymes are needed in the small intestine to digest bigger molecules such as fats, proteins and carbohydrates

Answer 5

cleans the blood