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submitted: Jul 17th 2008 | by: MichaelSellar | Total views: 1 | Word Count: 399 | |

Enzymes are responsible for speeding up every chemical reaction within the body cells. In this way they can be said to be the "life force" of the cells. If there is a shortage of enzymes, or they cannot function optimally for whatever reason, the health of the individual body cells would be at risk, as would the whole body.

Food Enzyme Pioneer - Dr Edward Howell

Dr Edward Howell who died in 1988 at the age of 90 spent his life studying enzymes. His research suggested that at birth we have an enzyme potential. If allowed to become deficient, we are at risk of degenerative diseases. This enzyme potential must be preserved at all costs and not wasted by forcing the metabolic enzymes that carry out the chemical reactions in our bodies, to be diverted into the task of digestion, because of poor choices of foods that contain no digestive enzymes.

The Fatal Process

Howell used this term to describe cooking. All enzymes are killed off at high temperatures so most cooking methods would kill off the enzymes.

Raw Foods and Fasting

Raw food therapies have a long tradition in some parts of Europe where they are used as a therapeutic tool to overcome health problems. Raw foods contain enzymes, preserving the enzyme potential as does fasting to an even greater extent. Metabolic enzymes are now able to focus on the job of healing the body.

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 recommend the following as a guide to preserving the enzyme potential and placing less of a burden on the digestive system as well as the rest of the body.

Do not overeat. Just eat enough to satisfy you.

Increase raw fruit and vegetable consumption. Decrease cooked, refined and adulterated foods, especially high calorie sugary/fatty foods.

Avoid foods that your digestive system doesn't like by giving you digestive upsets.

Consider food combining which separates concentrated starches and protein, thus easing the burden on the digestive system.

Drink eight fluid ounces of water up to half an hour before meals. Water helps digestion and also aids the metabolic enzymes.

All these measures will help to preserve the food enzymes, take some of the burden off of the digestive organs and help every cell in the body.

About the Author

The writer runs an holistic medicine website for London, England. It encompasses london osteopathy and london psychotherapy plus a number of other therapies as well as articles on nutrition.

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