Your dog's or cat's body isn't designed to handle large quantities of «fresh» grains or seeds (those that haven't been
predigested by a prey animal), yet commercial pet foods — especially kibble formulas — are often loaded with grains.
As for digestion difficulties with those who try to get off meat, I have found their discomfort more from the digestion issues they uncover their body has, now trying to digest foods containing nutrients which have not already been
predigested by the animals.
Not exact matches
So fast food is fast in this other sense too: it is to a considerable extent
predigested, in effect, and therefore more readily absorbed
by the body.
Starches in the grains are converted into maltose — which is ordinarily done
by the body during digestion — thereby
predigesting nutrients for you.
Micellar is digested slowly and is the most popular form, while hydrolysate is
predigested and therefore rapidly absorbed
by the body.
Many common diseases may be influenced
by the microbiome, because microbes control many of the body's essential chemical processes: They
predigest our food, chemically modify the pills we take, shape our immune system responses, and repel infectious invaders.
More of an art than a predictable science, this bio-active invitation of live cultures into our foods not only helps to
predigest hard - to - assimilate foods, making certain key nutrients more bioavailable
by removing anti-nutrients and toxins, but it also engages with the beneficial bacteria that is ever present in our environment to build enzymes, produce essential b - vitamins, omega 3 - fatty acids and several strains of pre and probiotics.
Fermentation increases mineral availability
by neutralizing phytic acid, increases vitamin content,
predigests starches and neutralizes enzyme inhibitors.
Fermentation
predigests the food, making it easy for our digestive systems to handle, that is why fermented foods are easily digested
by people with damaged gut.
Excellent choices include: yogurt, pickles, sourdough bread, aged cheese (which may even help ward off cancer), miso, kimchi, sauerkraut, tea and even chocolate can all give your digestive system a head start
by «
predigesting» your food for you.
A friend of mine can only tolerate sprouted corn tortillas because the corn is
predigested, if you will,
by the sprouting.
It appeals to the lowest public tastes
by providing a kitschy, totally
predigested and inoffensive McArt for the masses.»