The Importance of Food Enzymes and Why You Must Preserve Them
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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
According to Dr. Howell (1898-1988), we do become enzyme deficient, and this leads to degenerative disease. Howell believed we are all born with an enzyme potential which has to last a lifetime. They need to be preserved and not carelessly wasted. The way to do this is to make sure the metabolic enzymes which run our bodies are not diverted to the task of digesting food.
The Fatal Process
Howell used this term to describe cooking. All enzymes are killed off at high temperatures so most cooking methods would kill off the enzymes.
Raw Foods & Fasting
Raw food therapies have a long tradition in some parts of Europe where they are used as a therapeutic tool to overcome health problems. Raw foods contain enzymes, preserving the enzyme potential as does fasting to an even greater extent. Metabolic enzymes are now able to focus on the job of healing 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:
Do not eat more than you need to. Eating too much puts a huge burden on the digestive resources.
Increase raw fruit and vegetable consumption. Decrease cooked, refined and adulterated foods, especially high calorie sugary/fatty foods.
Cut out those foods which you may enjoy eating but you are well aware that they don't agree with you.
Look at the principles behind food combining, where concentrated starches and protein are separated. This eases the digestive burden.
Drink eight fluid ounces of water up to half an hour before meals. Water helps digestion and also aids the metabolic enzymes.
All these measures will help to preserve the food enzymes, take some of the burden off of the digestive organs and help every cell in the body.
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