WHAT ARE ENZYMES AND HOW THEY BENEFIT US?

Now a day, many people are trying to somehow take care of their health, eat right, do sports or simply move more. But each time it becomes more and more complicated. Since modern food products on supermarket shelves very often undergo industrial treatment, they contain various types of preservatives, even natural fruits and vegetables are sometimes genetically modified and when they are grown chemical fertilizers are used, which adversely affects our health. And many fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, etc. even those that were grown on “environmentally friendly fields” without chemicals, very often do not contain enough vitamins, minerals and enzyme, since the earth is greatly depleted and does not contain the nutrients it had a few years ago.

WHAT ARE THE ENZYMES?

The enzymes are organic molecules, which render as proteic catalysts of high importance for all of the organism’s metabolic and biochemical reactions. They allow us to easily process food so it can be assimilated by the digestive system without any trouble. These catalysts are chemical substances that boost the reaction process, but they don’t suffer any modification nor do they deplete during this process. A lot of these processes can only happen with the aid of the enzymes. Thanks to the enzymes, we only spend a minimal amount of energy on the chemical reactions. Every enzyme works on a specific substance, just like a lock and key mechanism.

Thanks to the enzymes, the body receives the maximum amount of nutrients from the food, due to them, the cells receive nutrients and remove toxins. They are also needed to: increase immunity, cope with the virus, are a source of energy, improve metabolism, burn fats, synthesize certain hormones and many vitamins and minerals become more active in their functions and reactions.

The enzymes are highly sensitive to temperature. They can be altered and killed by a temperature just over 41 or 42° Celsius. Many fresh and raw foods contain enzymes, which are then destroyed when we cook them.

There are over 3,000 enzymes in our body, which are divided into 7 groups, however the most important ones are just 3: Digestive, Metabolic and Food Enzymes.

1. The food enzymes are the ones we obtain through our meals, they can be found in fruits, vegetables and sprouted grains. They lie inside ALIVE AND RAW FOOD! So they aren’t inside cooked or prepared food. They can also be found inside food that has been prepared under low temperatures, inferior to 35 – 42° Celsius. This can only be achieved through the use of a special machine that works under a specific temperature, called dehydrator.
   
2. The digestive enzymes are lipase, amylase and protease, these are mostly produced in our pancreas and they help us easily and quickly break down and absorb the food’s nutrients. We are born with a limited stock which we spend every time we’re eating cooked food, and therefore we prematurely run out of enzymes, causing decay, disease and premature aging. The lipase is an enzyme that helps break down fats, the amylase helps us break down carbohydrates and the protease is useful for the absorption of proteins. When these enzymes are missing, we lack nourishment and absorption of nutrients.
   
3. The metabolic enzymes are responsible for cell’s reparation, which is a fundamental feature to preserve our good health.
   
   

The enzymes, especially the digestive ones, help assimilate nutrients and eliminate toxins. A lack of these enzymes may lead to health decay; given that this can produce organic overstrain leading to deterioration. Other side effects are flatus, constipation, liver disease, abdominal swelling, and enlarged pancreas, among others. These side effects can be observed, mostly, in those who consume cooked meals.

During some investigations which took place in Tufts’s college of medicine, Doctor David Galton led and experiment with subjects weighting from 105 kg to 110 kg (230-240 pounds), with whom he did a blood test, and found that they all lacked lipase, the enzyme that helps break down fats. Everybody can take this test to find out the lipase levels in their bloods.

The digestive enzymes produced by our pancreas are limited; this is why they decrease as we get older. Studies show that their production is lowered by 13% in average every 10 years. By the age of 40 it is 25% lower than that of a child, and by the age of 70 we produce only a 30% of what we used to, this also lowers the production of hydrochloric acid, a fundamental component which activates the digestive enzymes that allow us to maintain good health. This is similar to what happens with women, the female body has its eggs production limited, as years go by it decreases and, once they run out, menopause begins. The same phenomenon occurs with enzymes; we can spend them prematurely by consuming cooked meals and induce a premature aging in our organism, or use them with moderation through a good diet based on living food. We often see 30 years old people who look 50 because they abused their pancreas, we can also observe people that are 50 years old but look 30, this is because they care for their diet and their enzyme levels.

Whenever we eat raw and fresh fruits and vegetables with an empty stomach, we seize more their nutrients, because they go into our blood stream without straining our organs. The enzyme’s job is to destroy the structure of the viruses, bacterias, and the harmful substances that are released with swellings; this makes them our immune system’s first line of defense, having a therapeutic effect. Thanks to this, the enzymes, present in freshly squeezed juices, especially green juices plentiful in yeasts, are highly effective. People who eat more raw meals have a lesser burden during their digestion and the enzymes that are left without use, become available for other vital physiological processes in our organism.

WHICH ARE THE ENZYME’S SOURCES AND HOW CAN WE INCREASE THEIR PRODUCTION?

The natural sources that increase the enzyme levels are:

Some other ways to increase the enzyme levels are: Consuming at least 80% of our daily food intake as alive and raw food; quit chewing gum; eating slowly, chewing every bite of food at least 40 times (the top being, 70 to 80 times), in order to produce more saliva and predigest food in the mouth, to diminish the pancreatic burden and digest our meals more easily; fasting at least one day per week to replenish the enzymes spent during the rest of it, and, using high quality enzyme supplements of vegetal origin, not the ones made out of animal cartilage. These help significantly to repair and restore the digestive process and their systematic use highly improves health, not only in disorders such as allergies, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, etc., but also, to keep being youthful until you reach an old age and, they especially help with those resilient to lose weight. Some other sources where we can find a high amount of enzymes are: horseradish, garlic, bananas, and a huge amount in YEAST!

It’s time to enjoy our enzyme sources and experience the excellent benefits they’ll bring to our health and vitality!