What types of food help digestion?
A good example of the digestive system at work is found in raw dairy products. Raw milk contains proteins, fats, and carbohydrates (sugars) called macronutrients. Raw milk from healthy, grass fed, pasture raised cows will also contain the micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, and enzymes) needed for the milk to be digested. As the milk enters the environment of the mouth, enzymes in it are activated and begin carbohydrate breakdown. In the stomach, protein-digesting enzymes are activated. In the small intestine, fat-digesting enzymes break down fats into fatty acids. The body is able to utilize the full nutritional value of raw milk because it contains the components required for complete digestion. Milk that is ultra-pasteurized (a process of heating the milk before it is poured into cartons) has lost most of the natural enzymes and nutrients because they are very sensitive to heat. This means that supermarket milk does not provide our bodies with the natural enzymes to digest it. When
