Your digestive system is replete with enzymes and probiotics. Saliva begins digesting food with an enzyme called amylase as soon as food hits your mouth. From there, the food travels to your stomach, where stomach acid and other protein-digesting enzymes join the process. The food then travels on to the small intestine where pancreatic juices, which contain a wide variety of enzymes, are secreted. The intestine is also where the vast majority of your gut bacteria reside--working symbiotically with your body to digest food, create needed nutrients, and boost all your systems.

This carefully calibrated digestive machine can breakdown for any number of reasons: too much food, the wrong kind of food, high stress, environmental factors, illness, or sometimes its just the way we're born. But perhaps the most common reason is simply age. Like any machine, your digestive system gets squeakier as you get older, making the simple task of nutrition seem a lot harder.

As we love to say, you aren't what you eat, you are what you digest and absorb. Digestive enzymes and probiotics just help the process along, supporting your body's well-worn digestive system.*