What is the Function of Digestive enzymes?

The Function of the digestive enzyme is to break down complex nutrients from the food we eat into simple ones that can be easily utilized by the body for energy needs.

There are several digestive enzymes produced in the body to digest specific nutrients. For example, Lipase is the digestive enzyme that breakdown fat in food so it can be easily absorbed by our body. Similarly, Amylase is an enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates and Protese is an enzyme that breakdown Proteins in food.

Digestive enzymes are very important for the proper digestion of food. Inadequate digestive enzymes in the body cause poor digestion of food that results in malnutrition.