Results showed that the risk of developing atherosclerosis of the aorta at a young age (< 55 for men, < 65 for women) was 9 times higher for people with a parent who has suffered from the condition than for those who did not have any family history of the disease.
Fats, such as the fats in milk, need to be digested by your body. They are broken down into fatty acids and glycerol by an enzyme called lipase. Gastric lipase, secreted by the stomach lining, has a pH value for optimal activity around neutrality and would appear, therefore, to be essentially inactive in the strongly acid environment of the stomach.
Amylase is an enzyme that helps to digest starch into maltose. Extracts from this document... Introduction. Introduction Amylase is an enzyme that helps to digest starch into maltose. Enzymes are catalysts that speed up chemical reactions. They are grouped into three categories, Carbohydrases, Proteases, and Lipases. Carbohydrases include Amylase, which helps to digest starch, Lactase, which helps to digest Lactose, Sucrase, which helps to digest Sucrose, and Maltase, which helps to digest Maltose.