If we did not have enzymes, would we all be malnourished? like, enzymes are the things that break down what we eat. they also absorbed the nutrients. so, i think that's what would happen. also, what if we increased the amount of enzymes in our body? what would happen then?

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Kaylah Chung

Biology

6 November, 16:36

If we did not have enzymes, would we all be malnourished? like, enzymes are the things that break down what we eat. they also absorbed the nutrients. so, i think that's what would happen. also, what if we increased the amount of enzymes in our body? what would happen then?

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Claire Lawrence · Answer 1

If we increased the enzymes, our food would break down too fast to process it. If there were no enzymes, the food wouldn't break down. Enzymes are so important, that without them in our saliva, we wouldn't be able to swallow or chew our food.