Every chemical reaction within the body cells is carried out with the help of enzymes. In a sense they represent the cell’s “life force”. If enzymes are in short supply or are weakened, they won’t be able to carry out their duties fully and the cell’s health would be compromised as would the health of the body as a whole.
Enzyme Pioneer - Edward Howell PhD
Dr Howell (1898 - 1988) believed that we can become deficient in enzymes and that this can lead to degenerative diseases. His research suggested that at birth we have an enzyme potential which has to last our whole lives. They need to be preserved by eating food that still contains its enzymes, not wasted on enzyme deficient food that forces the metabolic enzymes that run our bodies to be diverted to digesting food.
The Fatal Process
Dr Howell used this phrase to describe the practice of cooking foods. Cooking at temperatures above 119 degrees Fahrenheit kills off the enzymes in food.
Raw Foods and Fasting
The use of raw food diets and fasting have been used particularly in Europe as a means of healing the sick. Both preserve the enzyme potential and allow metabolic enzymes to focus on healing without being diverted to digestion.
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:
Don’t overeat. This is about the worst dietary offence you can commit. Aim to eat just enough to satisfy you and no more.
Increase raw fruit and vegetable consumption. Decrease cooked, refined and adulterated foods, especially high calorie sugary/fatty foods.
Avoid foods which you like but you know don’t agree with your digestive system.
Consider food combining which separates concentrated starches and protein, thus easing the burden on the digestive system.
Make sure you drink enough water. A good amount is half a pint about thirty minutes before meals. The digestive process requires water. The metabolic enzymes function more efficiently with water.
All the above measures will help to preserve enzymes, take the load off the digestive system and ease the burden on every cell in the body.
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