Many of my patients will report back saying that they don’t need digestive enzymes to help them with gas and bloating anymore after they start eating their proteins first, followed by carbs/starches. The reason why is because protein digestion takes more effort from your gut. Stomach acid (hydrochloric acid - HCl) activates pepsinogen into pepsin, a protein-digesting enzyme in the stomach. Adequate acidity (pH of 1-2 ideally) is used to denature (unfold) proteins. Denaturing = deactivate, so ade