Sentences with phrase «enzyme used by the body»

What causes rosacea is unclear but increased matrix metalloproteinase (an enzyme used by the body to break down proteins) target tissue activity appears to play an important role.

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There are four different types of lactase deficiency — a lack of the enzyme that breaks down lactose into simple sugars that can then be used by the body, meaning that lactose may pass into the large intestine without being properly broken down — that may lead to intestinal discomfort.

To help visualize these brief, transient interactions, Li and Wahl turned to a molecule called luciferase, an enzyme that generates bioluminescence of the sort used by fireflies to make their bodies glow.

The drug works by inhibiting an enzyme used by Mycobacterium tuberculosis to replicate and spread throughout the body.

Unfortunately, the enzymes used in past glucose biofuel cells were not suitable for implants, because they either required highly acidic conditions to work or were inhibited by a variety of ions found in the body.

The cell envelops the foreign body and exterminates it specifically by using reactive oxygen species (ozone, hydrogen peroxide, bleach), generated thanks to the enzyme NOX2.

Ginger activates an enzyme which is responsible for improved use of cholesterol by our bodies, effectively reducing the levels of bad cholesterol in our body.

To clarify in more detail, the liver is a major processing system, involving countless enzyme pathways, including methylation, which turn one nutrient into another and toxins into non-toxins, preparing them all to be used and / or expelled by the body.

Then the body will use these amino acids to build the proteins it needs, not necessarily will the original enzyme be reformed by the body.

(If you are an organic chemistry - buff, perhaps you'll know a lot more about what the following information means than I do) When reduction is initiated by digestion (digestive enzymes) or fermentation, 100 % of molecules break «to the right» — which is how our body uses them best.

By having the enzymes available in the food itself it avoids using up the limited store of enzymes that we have in our bodies.

Cabbage, onions, peppers, cauliflower, and other vegetables are a good source of carbohydrates packed with vitamins, minerals, and enzymes that will aid in the digestion and use of meats by the body.

The vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and enzymes of fresh juice are easily transported across the intestine walls into the bloodstream, where they become available for use by the body.

Glycine is also used by the body to create a key detoxification enzyme, glutathione.

When you eat carbs, they need to be broken down into single sugars by enzymes before they can be absorbed through your intestinal wall and used by your body.

Basically, it works by blocking COX - 2 enzymes, which become overly active in your body when it becomes inflamed, and is widely used as a form of pain relief; in 2011, 2.4 million Americans received prescriptions for this drug.i

«Proteins are broken down into amino acids and used by the body for everything from creating enzymes, immunoprotectors, transporter molecules, and structural elements, such as skeletal muscle,» he says.

An enzyme called amylase helps break down carbohydrates into glucose (blood sugar), which is used for energy by the body.

For example, foods such as meat, eggs, and beans consist of giant molecules of protein that must be digested by enzymes before they can be used to build and repair body tissues (15).

Magnesium regulates key enzymes that convert the vitamin D into the active form used by the body (1,25 OHD).

Mercury can damage the body's glutathione system both by depleting the glutathione molecule itself and by blocking the enzymes that synthesize and recycle glutathione and facilitate its use.

The body will try to correct this problem by using nutrients to produce enzymes to assist the digestion of the grains.

Manganese is used by the body as a co-factor for the powerful antioxidant enzymes, superoxide dismutase.

Don't Eat Raw Cruciferous Vegetables — Cruciferous vegetables like: broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, kale, collard greens, bok choy and cabbage contain goitrogens which is a chemical that suppresses the function of the thyroid gland by disrupting and blocking the enzyme that lets your thyroid use the iodine in your body to make the thyroid hormone.

Digestive enzymes convert food nutrients to chemicals that can be used by the organs to carry on body functions and leave some energy for running, playing, working, and looking for tomorrow's dinner.

During digestion, the enzyme amylase breaks down starches into simple sugars, such as glucose, for use by the body as energy.