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Improve your digestion with enzymes

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Those of us who are familiar with and always aware of the importance of digestive enzymes sometimes forget that enzymes are necessary for more than fodd processing . In fact , in the absence of enzymes there would be no chemical reactions anywhere in our body, because enzymes represent the potential labor force your body can draw from to fire up every necessary chemical reaction. Without enzymes there is no life .

But food digestion uses a large investment of energy from your body in terms of enzyme capacity . Since we only have a certain enzyme potential when we’re born and it needs to last our entire life, it only makes sense to manage our capacity to manufacture enzymes and supplement when possible . One of the reasons that supplementing is necessary, is because our cooked diet is responsible for robbing us of the enzyme activity we would gain from a diet of raw food . (And if you can understand how we are shortchanged of our natural enzyme sources from our diets of cooked food, just think of the implications  for your dogs and cats !)

To supply our saliva and pancreatic, gastric and intestinal juices with the myriad of enzymes needed to process our intake of cooked food, our bodies need to steal from the provision of enzymes to our heart, brain , lungs, kidneys , muscles and other tissues and organs . According to food enzyme researcher, Dr. Edward Howell, that trade off between our digestive tract and the other organ systems in our bodies might directly contribute to the development of a few different chronic and incurable diseases .

In short , in the words of this physician , who has spent more than 40 years treating ongoing ailments  -the depletion of our enzyme “bank “, which is the direct result of our diets dominated by cooked – “enzyme dead” food, is a leading cause of premature aging and early death.

Since few of us will  move totally to a diet of raw foods , there are 2 simple steps that we can try to  address this problem .  The first is to make a conscious effort to eat more raw, vegetables and fruits replacing some of our cooked foods with simpler fare – like grains, fruits and vegetables.

Another idea – that’s also simple is to start supplementing  with quality digestive enzymes .  Maximizer, which is a product available from RGarden is a multi-enzyme supplement.  For people with problems like stomach ulcers, an even better choice is Gamma-Zyme another multi enzyme supplement that does not contain Protease ( for proteins) which can upset some stomachs.

What are Digestive Enzymes and why do I care?

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Enzymes are all complex molecules, that support every chemical reaction that happens in the body.  Digestive and Metabolic are the two majors types of enzymes.  The Metabolic enzymes fuel you body functions.  Digestive enzymes breakdown big food molecules into small enough , more easily used components.  Food begins with the enzymes necessary to aid the digestive process so that your body doesn’t need to do as much work.  But when we cook, refine or process food, most, if not all of the enzymes are destroyed.

Our digestive system’s job is to extract and absorb the critical nutrients contained in our food.  But, eating cooked foods means that  our body needs to draw enzymes from our pancreas, liver and other organs to support our digestion and over time this can contribute to a weakened immune response and it can slow down our metabolism.

Enzyme-deficient food sits in the upper part of your stomach rotting instead of  starting to digest . That’s what the enzymes are designed to do. When that happens your white blood cell count will increase since your immune system responds to your undigested food as an alien substance.  Additionally , it strains our systems to provide extra digestive enzymes at the expense of making metabolic enzymes for cellular activity.  If stomach acids don’t complete their function before the food moves into the small intestine, it’s possible for food particles to enter your blood system undigested!

This rotten material can cover the intestinal walls , hurting your ability to absorb needed nutrients and interfering with the removal of toxins through the intestinal wall.  In this environment, bacteria and viruses can thrive and easily multiply out of control and make you susceptible to infection, fatigue, and degenerative disease.

Very few of us are going to eat a raw food diet so we’re living on enzyme deficient food, but you can supplement with digestive enzymes like enzyme Blends like Maximizer, Gamma-Zyme or Quadra-Zyme Plus from RGarden.