Enzymes are proteins and are important to the way our body works, enzymes are catalysts and act to speed up a reaction. Without enzymes essential reactions which need to take place in our bodies would not do so. The two main areas where enzymes are essential are digestion and liver metabolism digestion is the breakdown of food into smaller particles which can be absorbed into the blood stream. Larger food molecules can be broken down by the digest of enzymes into smaller compounds which can be absorbed into the blood. Liver metabolism happens when molecules in the body are changed by the action of enzymes often this is to make them water soluble so that they can be used by cells where excreted by the kidney. These molecules include both food
