The so-called aging process may often be traced to the result
of the slowing down and disorganization of enzyme activity. As folks
grow older, their bodies tend to produce fewer enzymes. There- fore, with the increased intake of enzyme-containing raw foods and
juices, you will help protect yourself against the consequences of
premature aging.
Enzyme Intake More Important Than Food Intake. Many
older folks make wise improvements in food intake, emphasizing
more wholesome and natural products. This is helpful. But it would
foods in order to make regular foods all the more nourishing.
be more beneficial to include an assortment of enzyme-containing
Enzyme Power. The basic power of enzymes in the digestion
and assimilation of ingested foods. Enzymes help your body
break down nourishing food into biological elements you need to
maintain good health. Enzymes must always be present to digest
the eaten nutrients and then transport them to build and rebuild
your body to a more youthful stature.
Eat and Starve Without Enzymes. Nearly all foods you eat
are totally indigestible until enzymes work on them and break them
down into simpler substances which can be absorbed in your blood-
stream for eventual regeneration. Caution: You can eat the most
wholesome and nourishing food that exists and still suffer mal-
nutrition if you are enzyme deficient! Therefore, you need enzymes
first and good foods second.
Example:To digest a cut of steak in the laboratory, to break
it down into component parts that can be utilized by the body, it
has to be boiled in concentrated acid for over 24 hours; then, the
food value is either diminished or destroyed by overcooking. In your
body, enzymes can accomplish this breaking down action within 3
hours and the end product is nourishing food! So you can readily
appreciate the power of enzymes for life…knowing there is no
substitute!
Simple Enzyme Test. Chew a piece of bread for a while. You
will notice, gradually, a sweet taste. This is enzyme action. Your
body cannot utilize starch as such; it has to be broken down to
sugars. So ptyalin, a salivary enzyme, accomplishes this action. This
same process occurs throughout your body. Your digestive enzymes
“chew” food and prepare it for nourishment of your entire body.
Chew First, Digest Better. All food should be chewed
thoroughly. Mouth enzymes will help break down this food so that
digestive enzymes will be more effectively able to further metabolize
the food for nutritional assimilation via your bloodstream. If you chew thoroughly, you will digest your food more enzyme-effectively.
You will then be rewarded with a feeling of total energy of both
body and mind.