Personalized Nutrition: How to Tailor Your Diet with Supplements
Healthy Digestion and Metabolism
Food as Fuel Supporting our digestive and metabolic health is key to getting the most out of the food we eat. Digestion and metabolism transform nutrients into energy so all our systems can operate smoothly.
Importance of Digestive Health Many people aim to improve their digestive and metabolic health to enhance overall wellness, especially when striving for a healthy weight.
Digestive System Your digestive health is governed by an end-to-end digestive system. It begins when you put food in at one end and culminates with the elimination of undigestible waste at the other. In between, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals from your food are broken down and absorbed.
Digestive Enzymes The process includes digestive enzymes found in saliva and digestive juices from the stomach and pancreas. Bile from the liver and gall bladder also plays a role in digestion. "Healthy digestion means that each stage along this tract is functioning normally," said Kristin Morris, a principal research scientist for Nutrilite™ products.
Metabolism Once digestion is complete and nutrients are absorbed, metabolism takes over. Metabolism converts nutrients into energy (measured in calories) essential for all bodily functions, including breathing, running, controlling body temperature, thinking, and even digesting food.
Supplements Supporting Digestive and Metabolic Health
Digestive Enzymes Our bodies produce 22 digestive enzymes necessary for breaking down food during the first stages of digestion (predigestion). Nutrilite™ Digestive Enzyme is a supplement that can help your body absorb nutrients more effectively. Nutrilite™ Digestive Enzyme contains a proprietary blend of enzymes to help break down proteins, carbohydrates, fats, and dairy products.
White Kidney Bean Extract White kidney bean extract, often marketed as a carb blocker, works against digestive enzymes that target carbohydrates. This reduces the amount of carbohydrates broken down into starch and sugars, leading to fewer calories being absorbed. Nutrilite™ Carb Blocker features white kidney bean extract and helps inhibit the digestion of sugars and complex carbohydrates. Nutrilite™ Carb Blocker is designed to inhibit the digestion of both simple sugars and complex carbohydrates when taken with a high-carbohydrate meal.
Green Tea Extract Green tea contains phytonutrients such as epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), which has been linked to numerous health benefits, including weight management when combined with a low-calorie diet and exercise. Nutrilite™ Slimmetry™ includes a special technology that may improve EGCG absorption. Nutrilite™ Slimmetry™ includes GreenSelect® Phytosome®, which helps EGCG cross intestinal membranes so more of it is absorbed by the body instead of being eliminated.
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