Sentences with phrase «lack of amylase»

There has been an argument that the cereals are not appropriate for baby's as they are unable to digest the grains due to a lack of the amylase enzyme which helps to break down the grain in the body.

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In advanced chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, a stone in the common bile duct or pancreatic duct, and in cystic fibrosis, starch may be poorly digested due to lack of the pancreatic enzymes alpha - amylase.

Even if Dog (or cat) could utilize the nutritious parts of a grain, (which they are unable to do due to the lack of the production of the enzyme amylase) they are generally present only in trace amounts if at all since the heat of processing leaves most of the ingredients dead and void of nutrition of any kind.