What are enzymes :July 2021 Newsletter Written by Dr Jerry J. Masarira, (Naturopath D.CBIS).
Raw food has been found to preserve essential enzymes as opposed to cooking and processing, which destroys them.
Enzymes are proteins produced by all living organisms. They consist of amino acids and are the catalysts that make essential biochemical reactions happen.
Enzymes are very specific in their functions and perform very important tasks in the body. These include building muscle, destroying toxins, and breaking down food particles during digestion. Each individual enzyme’s shape is tied to its function. Without enzymes, some reactions would not occur at all, or when they do, only very slowly and inefficiently.
Enzymes operate similarly to the way a lock and key operates or like a hand and glove. Only one will work on a particular food or perform a specific function. The body cannot fulfil specific functions in the absence of the right enzymes.
A unique fact regarding enzymes, is that one will work on the same food or perform the same function several times without getting destroyed. This is because enzymes are not used up or chemically altered in the process.
Substrates are the molecules that an enzyme works with in order to perform their required functions. Their job is to make chemical reactions take place quickly and efficiently.
There are three main groups of enzymes:
a. Digestive enzymes.
b. Food enzymes in raw foods.
c. Metabolic enzymes.
Enzymes are a crucial part of the metabolic process in the body. Digestive enzymes are produced in the pancreas and the digestive tract. When you eat raw food, your body uses the enzymes within the food itself to digest instead of producing the needed enzymes internally.
Because of high heat, cooking food destroys enzymes. Using a microwave creates a similar effect. It generates a lot of heat which eventually destroys the enzymes. The absence of active enzymes puts the pancreas under a lot of stress to “find” the right enzymes for digesting certain foods. Lack of enzymes can result in degenerative illnesses such as pancreatic cancers and other conditions.
Your body produces digestive enzymes throughout your lifetime depending on your dietary habits. These should include plenty of raw foods and healthy unprocessed foods. They help to keep your body functioning efficiently and constantly replenished with the right materials. The digestive enzymes in saliva continue their activity in the alkaline upper stomach during the first one hour after eating.
It is important to note that food and enzymes are only in the stomach for about one and half hours, then pass into the intestines where most of the absorption takes place. Any insufficiently digested particles entering the small intestines may invoke an allergic reaction or cause inflammation.
Enzymes from animal products are destroyed by the low pH of the stomach acid. Animal enzymes such as pancreatin, trypsin, and chymotrypsin are only active in the alkaline environment of the duodenum.
Enzymes derived from microbial and plant sources work at pH found in the upper stomach where food may sit for over one hour. They continue to be active in the acidic lower stomach and when food passes into the alkaline small intestine. Microbial and plant enzymes have a much wider variety of specific enzyme types which enable them to work on many kinds of foods.
Because microbial and plant derived enzymes have these advantages over animal enzymes, they help the body in certain essential processes and in fighting disease. That is why when treating cancer patients, it is highly encouraged to consume foods which contain microbial and plant enzymes, as opposed to animal and processed products which do not have any active enzymes.
It is also why wild animals which eat mostly grass and leaves enjoy better health, and their bodies heal themselves a lot more quickly and efficiently. This is in stark contrast with domesticated animals which suffer from a multitude of health problems and conditions due to their diet.
You might have a question on why carnivorous animals that consume only meat, manage to live fairly healthy lives just like herbivorous animals which consume only grass and plants. This is because the meat they consume is raw and unprocessed. Raw meat contains active enzymes from the plant based diet which herbivorous animals consume. These are similar to the enzymes used for digestion when we eat raw foods like salads and other raw organic foods.
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