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The Value of Food Enzymes

by: MichaelSellar
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Enzymes carry out each chemical reaction within cells, and as such, they represent the "life force" of the cell. If the enzymes are weakened, in short supply or not able to properly function, the health of each cell would be in jeopardy, and hence the life of the whole being.

Enzyme Pioneer - Edward Howell PhD

Dr Edward Howell who died in 1988 at the age of 90 spent his life studying enzymes. His research suggested that at birth we have an enzyme potential. If allowed to become deficient, we are at risk of degenerative diseases. This enzyme potential must be preserved at all costs and not wasted by forcing the metabolic enzymes that carry out the chemical reactions in our bodies, to be diverted into the task of digestion, because of poor choices of foods that contain no digestive enzymes.

The Fatal Process

This is the term Howell used for cooking. Whether boiling, frying or baking, the enzymes in foods are killed off by the high temperatures.

Fasting and Raw Foods

In Europe in particular, where raw food therapies have a long tradition, highly nutritious raw food or mainly raw food diets have been used with success in many disease states. Therapeutic fasting preserves even more of the enzyme potential. This allows metabolic enzymes to go to work on rebuilding the body.

Howell was not an advocate of an all raw food diet. He didn't feel this would be practicable or acceptable to people. Instead he recommended that with a cooked food meal, digestive enzymes in the form of supplements could be taken.

I would suggest the following to ease the burden on the digestive system and indeed on the rest of the body which has to assimilate and detoxify what has been eaten:

Don't overeat. This is about the worst dietary offence you can commit. Aim to eat just enough to satisfy you and no more.

Eat more raw fruits and raw vegetables. Eat less cooked food and foods that have been refined and stripped of their enzymes.

Avoid foods which you like but you know don't agree with your digestive system.

Look at the principles behind food combining, where concentrated starches and protein are separated. This eases the digestive burden.

Make sure you drink enough water. A good amount is half a pint about thirty minutes before meals. The digestive process requires water. The metabolic enzymes function more efficiently with water.

All the above measures will help to preserve enzymes, take the load off the digestive system and ease the burden on every cell in the body.

About the Author

The writer runs an alternative medicine website for London, England. It includes london osteopathy and london psychotherapy plus a number of other therapies as well as articles on nutrition.

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