Enzymes are necessary for the digestion of food, releasing valuable vitamins and minerals which keep us alive and healthy. Digestion is a continuous chemical process of the simplification of food. The food is split by enzymatic action into simpler chemical fragments which can then be absorbed through the walls of the digestive tract. Pancreatic enzymes are very potent as the larger part of the pancreas manufactures and secretes juices which contain some of the most potent digestive enzymes: Lipases, which split fats; Protases, which split protein; and Amylases. which split starches.