Guest guest Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 " Misty L. Trepke " Sat, 29 Nov 2003 14:04:37 -0000 [s-A] [PillarsofHealth] Importance of Enzymes Comments? Misty L. Trepke http://www..com The Importance of Enzymes I would like to express some of what I have heard about enzymes. With all of the cooking and processing of food what enzymes are there are killed. Since most food is no longer allowed to ripen naturally these foods do not have any enzymes in them as well. If you have ever had a home grown fresh tomato for example and cut it open you can smell the tomato. If you go to the store and buy a tomato and cut it open what do you smell. If you go to a store that has produce do you smell the produce? Lets look at a different example. You have 2 tomatoes. One you get from the store and one from your garden. You place both on a plate where they can get some sun and wait a week or two. The store bought tomato will shrink but the home grown tomato will digest itself. We often call this self digesting rotting. We were made to help the digestive process not do the whole thing by ourselves. Many problems like acid reflux and new food allergies are caused by a lack of enzymes or a buildup of undigested food. The body often will give problems as signals but many people just treat the signals without looking for the root problem. I found a page that has some info that you may want to read on enzymes. I am not promoting this site but did like some of their info. The info below taken from: http://www.annapurnaretreat-spa.com/enzymes.html What are ENZYMES? Enzymes are the body's labor force. They are the active construction and demolition teams that work 24 hours a day to maintain health and balance in your body. Without enzymes we would be a worthless pile of lifeless chemical substances, vitamins, minerals, protein and water. What can ENZYMES do for us? All our life processes depend on enzyme function. When enzymes are depleted, so is our vital force and health. We are home to hundreds of different kinds of enzymes, each absolutely necessary for total health. Enzymes are perhaps more important than any other active element as an aid to digestion and health. The body cannot heal itself of infections or have healthy blood without them. Proper utilization of nutrients and vitamins cannot occur without the presence of enzymes. Vitamins often serve as co-enzymes producing many reactions which promote digestion and other functions of the body. One of the most valuable needs for enzymes is to help process iron, which carries oxygen all over the body to be deposited in the billions of skin tissue and brain cells. What are the causes and consequences of ENZYME deficiency? In cooked foods, 100% of the enzymes are destroyed, approximately 70% to 85% of the vitamins are destroyed, pesticides and fungicides break down to form toxic compounds, protein is 50% less assimilable because of coagulation, and there is an increase in free radical production. The body compensates by depleting its own reserves of enzymes. Most people have brittle bones due to lack of enzymes in cooked and denatured foods. Lack of enzymes is also a major contributing factor in the development of leukemia. NEW WEB MESSAGE BOARDS - JOIN HERE. Alternative Medicine Message Boards.Info http://alternative-medicine-message-boards.info Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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