A more science-y question:

Lets say you weren't producing sufficient enzymes for the complete digestion of your food, and started supplementing with a complete enzyme complex w/ pepsin and betaine HCl.

Would this make the pancreas lazy? Would it be like "oh, there are already enough enzymes, i can get lazy and shut down now"? Or would it go on as if nothing was different?

I don't want to have to use enzymes forever--just temporarily. I read that in order for the body to make enzymes, it needs amino acids, but if the pancreas isn't producing enough enzymes to break down proteins into amino acids, then it's sort of a catch-22. And the enzyme supplementation is part of my attempt to get out of that catch-22.

What do you think?