Should digestion be improved for weight loss?

Question
Hi! I'm constantly reading these conflicting(?) articles on weight management and digestion. Some advertisements sing the praises of this or that food/supplement/ingredient, saying it "aids digestion" and thereby helps promote weight loss. Many health articles give us list of foods which are easily digested "making the nutrients more absorbably/accessible."

But...the low-glycemic diet plan is all about SLOWING digestion, isn't it? And eating foods that aren't so quickly and readily absorbable. In fact, it teaches that the harder your body has to work to "get" at a food/nutrient, the better the food is.

Then there are even foods out there that function as natural "carb blockers" or "fat blockers," preventing/decreasing our bodies' absorption of certain fats and carbs.

But...then there are enzymes we're supposed to take to help us absorb nutrients more effectively!

What am I missing??? Help!!! :0)

Thanks for your feedback!

Answer
Dear Alyssa,

Good point! The answer, I'm afraid, is beyond the scope of nutrition and is in the filed of marketing.

However, I must mention that nutrient deficiencies due to poor digestion can indeed be one of problems the dieters face because those deficiencies may cause specific cravings and unhealthy appetite. Also, the enzyme supplements are shown to aid in healthy intestinal microflora producing, for one thing, immunostimulators thus easing the body's energy budget and helping to enhance the exercise capacity and general level of everyday life physical activities so your energy expenditure goes up.

I wonder, what a combination of healthy low glycemic foods with the "digestion aids" (I mean real ones, not all that is advertised) would do for weight loss..

Tanya Zilberter

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