Digestive enzymes break down these complex molecules into smaller molecules the body can use. What would happen if digestive enzymes were not present?

Our body can only absorb food when it is present in the simpler form. We take the complex form of nutrients which is converted into simpler form by enzymes present in our body. Then these simpler forms of nutrients are absorbed by the small intestine in the body.

So if digestive enzymes will not present in the body then we will not be able to digest the polymeric complex form of nutrients present in our food like starch, proteins, fats.

Therefore if the digestive enzymes are not present we have to take a simpler form of nutrients from outside like in case of carbohydrates we have to take glucose to survive otherwise we can not survive on complex molecules without digestive enzymes.

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All the food go to the waste which leads to poor health and physique.

If digestive enzymes were not present in the body, the food will not broken down into smaller molecules and no energy can be extracted from it which leads to poor health condition. Lack of digestive enzymes leads to poor digestion as well as malnutrition. It causes a disorder known as exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) in which pancreas doesn't make enough digestive enzymes so all the food go to the waste and leads to stunted growth.

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