Enzymes - Limited Supply??

[Guest guest]

I've read that each person has a limited supply of enzymes? Some say

you can rebuild lost enzymes or obtain them from outside sources,

while others say once they're gone they're gone.

 

What does everyone think about this? And how does the raw food

lifestyle help or worsen this situation? Thanks

[Guest guest]

I'm no doctor, but I will tell you what I've learned and I hope it helps. I

give the disclaimer that the Howell Book on Enzymes would be the reference of

choice, and I could be not remembering corrrectly

Enzymes are the catalyst of the metabolism.

It was explained to me that everyone is born with a supply (think of a battery)

with enzymes.

Genetics, pollution/toxins/lifestyle and age all take from that reserve.

So if someone has a genetic disposition to say allergies, and their brother has

asthma, that could be an amalayse deficiency (digestor of carbohydrates).

If someone is overweight and their sister has really dry skin and hair, they

could have genetic Lipase deficiency (digestor of fats). Though different

ailmants manifest differently, it could be the same deficiency.

Each raw food, comes with it's own enzymes to digest it, so we utilize the food

rather than store it as fat. Though radiation, pesticides, etc. also kill

enzymes as do caffiene and heat.

If you have no enzymes, you're pretty much dead (if you are in ICU with someone,

you notice that even a medical hospital checks for enzymes).

If you eat cooked food, then your body has the burden of creating the enzymes to

digest the food AND digesting the food. That is what causes the backup of

toxins, esp if you overeat and you''re body can't keep up. Also bad food

combinations are culprit.

Wigmore's blending book says something about blending being wonderful because

the live food starts digesting in the mouth, so it gets even more help from the

saliva.

I supplement enzymes and am 98% raw, and I still feel enzyme deficient. Also,

when I was cooked vegan, I never lost weight unless I supplemented enzymes.

Now, I " m losing weight again (raw and enzymes).

So even if your food is raw, with depleted soil, radiation, pesticides, etc, you

may still lack some essential enzymes.

Hope that helps, and remember my disclaimer, but i did my best

aloha /m

 

(the enzyme supplement folks say that you can replenish that " battery " if you

use their produce, but who would know if that is really true)

 

I run marathons and I can tell a difference if my enzymes are good, or deficient

in my performance, endurance, and energy level.

 

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[Guest guest]

Yes, I am also interedted in this info and feed-back about these enzymes.

Melba

 

 

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sunflowersupreme

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Wednesday, 22 December, 2004 4:08 PM

[Raw Food] Enzymes - Limited Supply??

 

 

 

 

I've read that each person has a limited supply of enzymes? Some say

you can rebuild lost enzymes or obtain them from outside sources,

while others say once they're gone they're gone.

 

What does everyone think about this? And how does the raw food

lifestyle help or worsen this situation? Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

The explanation that I have heard that makes the most sense to me is that plant

enzymes that bring the fruit to ripeness have done the work for us in making the

fruit ripe, which means it digests much more easily in our bodies, requiring

much less work from our own enzymes. So even if we are somewhat

'enzyme-depleted,' we don't have to worry about it if we are eating

predominantly ripe, fresh raw foods.

 

I do know that I have no digestive discomfort when I eat the raw foods; any

cooked food, though, has immediately let me know that something is not working

right!

 

Peace,

Valerie

 

sunflowersupreme <no_reply > wrote:

 

 

I've read that each person has a limited supply of enzymes? Some say

you can rebuild lost enzymes or obtain them from outside sources,

while others say once they're gone they're gone.

 

What does everyone think about this? And how does the raw food

lifestyle help or worsen this situation? Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thank you Michele for this information on enzymes. I'll also check

out the book by Howell.