Location: Located near your stomach is your pancreas
gland. It is a broad strip of soft glandular tissue across the back of
your abdomen. It is considered a digestive gland in the sense that
its task is to metabolize carbohydrates and send them into the blood-
stream in the form of energy-producing glucose.
Hormone Function: Scattered through your pancreas gland
are small clusters of specialized cells known as the islets of Langer
hans. They produce insulin, a hormone released directly into your
bloodstream. Pancreatic substances contain digestive enzymes
catalysts by which complex substances in your food are broken
down into particles that can then be absorbed by your body for its
building and rebuilding. But these enzymes are even more impor- to produce insulin, which enables your body to make proper use of
tant to your thyroid because they activate your islets of Langerhans
enzyme content will cause your pancreas to become sluggish. As a
Problem: An insufficient amount of enzymes or weak
causes excess accumulation of sugar in the bloodstream and runs
consequence, there is a decrease in the production of insulin. This
the risk of development of diabetes. For protection, the availability
Enzyme Control Program. To invigorate your pancreas, the
of enzymes is of vital importance.
enzyme program calls for increased amounts of raw foods. In so
doing, you will be supplying your pancreas with the needed enzymes
for insulin manufacture.
Threat of Cooked Food. Does it matter if fruits and
tables are cooked or raw? Yes, insofar as enzymatic health is con
cerned. Cooking lowers vitamin content, weakens and destroys
from 80 to 100 hours for full digestion. While cooked food is lan-
essential enzymes. A meal of cooked and processed foods requires
guishing in your intestines, it gives off chemical byproducts that tend
This predisposes to a diabetic condition. The enzyme-starved pan-
to poison some of the systems involved in carbohydrate metabolism.
creas cannot resist the onslaught of toxic wastes stemming from
insulin production declines. Sugar builds up. Diabetes may be the
smouldering cooked foods and it grows weaker and weaker. Now
consequence. So for the sake of your pancreas, you could say that
cooked food is a threat to your hormone health.
Benefits of Raw Food. Food eaten fresh and raw is high in
natural nutrients and the precious enzymes. A meal of fresh and
raw food requires from 18 to 24 hours for full digestion. There is a
marked reduction in the amount of toxic wastes. The pancreas is
now nourished as the food enzymes use nutrients for its building and
functioning. There is a more healthful release of insulin because the
absorption of carbohydrates from raw foods is smoother and more
effective in the digestive system.
Chewing Is Good for Your Glands. Raw foods require much
more chewing than do cooked foods. The chewing process alerts
various digestive enzymes to perform their task more efficiently in
a speedier amount of time. This is believed to be most beneficial for
all of your glands which are then actually bathed with regenerating
enzymes – you can chew your way to more youthful health.