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An enzyme is a substance in a living organism that acts as a catalyst to bring about a specific biochemical reaction.

The most basic understanding of an Enzymes is that they are a substance used by a cell to carry out chemical reactions very quickly, which in turn allows the cell to build or disassemble things as needed. This is how a cell grows and reproduces.

Looking at it simplistically, a cell is really a little bag full of chemical reactions that are made possible by enzymes!

Enzymes are proteins made from amino acids. When an enzyme is formed, it is made by stringing together between 100 and 1,000 amino acids in a very specific and unique order. The chain of amino acids then folds into a unique shape. That shape allows the enzyme to carry out specific chemical reactions, even speeding that reaction up tremendously.

While many separate enzymes are needed to interact with the food we eat, there are three amylase, protease, and lipase which are associated with the primary macronutrients in our diet; carbohydrates, proteins, and fats respectively.

Examples include Acetylcholinesterase, Amylase, Cellulase, Helicase, Lactase, Lipases, Maltase, and Trypsin.

Amylase is a digestive enzyme, that converts starch and glycogen into simple sugars. Amylase is present in the saliva of humans and some other mammals, where it begins the chemical process of digestion.

The pancreas and salivary gland make amylase (alpha amylase) to hydrolyse dietary starch into disaccharides and trisaccharides which are converted by other enzymes to glucose to supply the body with energy. Plants and some bacteria also produce amylase.

Amylase is responsible for the breaking of the bonds in starches, polysaccharides, and complex carbohydrates into easier to absorb simple sugars.

Salivary amylase is the first step in the chemical digestion of food. This is one of the major reasons that it is so important for people to take time while eating and thoroughly chew their food.

This initial step in the digestive process is essential to the proper breakdown of food eaten and the ultimate liberation of the nutrients within to be absorbed later in the digestive process.

As the starches, polysaccharides, and complex carbohydrates continue through the digestive tract, they are further broken down from additional amylase released from the pancreas into the proximal small intestine.

Amylase can be found in foods including: avacados, bananas, ginger root, honey, kefir, mango, papaya, pineapple, sauerkraut.