NURSE-UN 1243 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Apple Sauce, Jelly Babies, Wine Gum
29 Apr 2019
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When not to take enzyme supplements: on an empty stomach, with drinks that contain less than half milk such as tea, non-milky coffee, fruit squashes and fizzy drinks. If you eat small quantities of fruit, vegetables, dried fruit, fat-free sweets (jelly babies, wine gums, mints). If you take a very small quantity of food such as an individual chocolate/square of chocolate or a small plain biscuit. Enzymes may be inactivated by exposure to alkaline environments or prolonged contact with a moist environment: pancreatin may lower blood sugar levels. Caution is advised in patients using herbs and supplements that may also lower blood sugar.
