The Power of Enzymes - Discover the Key to Good Health

NaturalNews) Did you know that good health starts with proper digestion and good digestion relies on the right enzymes in the right amounts being at the right place and time? Sounds complex? It is, and is just another example of how intelligent our bodies really are.

As we age we become more challenged by various forms of stress, environmental pollution, chemicals, and our emotional issues. All of these deplete our body

So what are enzymes and how important are they to us?

Enzymes are complex protein molecules that are manufactured by all plant and animal cells. Enzymes are very important because they break up large food molecules into smaller units that are absorbed into the cells.

They help the body digest food and assimilate nutrients from proteins, carbohydrates, fats, and plant fibers. In addition, enzymes assist in all chemical reactions taking place in our body; including the regeneration of cells/tissues and the elimination of waste products/toxins as well as supporting our immune system. In short, enzymes make things happen!

According to Dr. Edward Howell, pioneer of Enzyme Therapy:

Enzymes are the body's labor force to perform every single function required for our daily activities and are required to keep us alive. They are responsible for all of the functions of every organ system in our bodies. In addition to our immune and defense systems, we require enzymes not only to eat, digest and absorb nutrients, but also to see, hear, smell, taste, breathe and move

Do we have an infinite supply of enzymes?

No, we do not. Until recently, the scientific community believed that the digestive enzymes in our body are constant and last forever. Researchers now know that we lose digestive enzymes through sweat, body waste and the natural ageing process of the organs that produce our digestive enzymes.
Our current fast-paced society with its preoccupation with convenience has resulted in more chemical pollution, overly processed foods and microwave cooking, all of which create a lot of free-radical damage in our body, also known as a process of accelerated ageing. This process of free-radicals lowers the body's natural ability to produce enzymes and meet its demands to function well.

Are there practical solutions we can implement to offset this phenomena?

Yes, but first let

The three main categories of Enzymes are:

Digestive Enzymes
Food or Plant Enzymes
Metabolic Enzymes

1. Digestive Enzymes, secreted by the salivary glands, stomach, pancreas, and the small intestine help break down food into simple components.

2. Food Enzymes exist naturally in raw food. If the food is cooked above 47 degrees Celsius, the high temperature involved in the cooking process destroys the enzymes. Digestive enzymes and food enzymes serve the same function; they digest the food so it can be absorbed into the blood stream. The difference between the two is that food enzymes are derived from fresh, raw, uncooked foods such as fruits, vegetables, eggs, raw unpasteurised dairy, meat and fish (sashimi), whilst digestive enzymes are made inside our body.

3. Metabolic Enzymes are produced in the cells and are found throughout the body in the organs, in the bones, the blood, and inside the cells themselves. Metabolic enzymes help run the heart, brain, lungs, and kidneys. Hundreds of metabolic enzymes are necessary for the working of our body.

Enzyme supplementation in our diet:

* Improves overall digestion so we have more energy for life

* reduces the effects of aging, wrinkles, sun spots.

* aids in disease prevention

* aids in the prevention of cancer and debilitating diseases

* minimizes the negative effects of cancer therapies

* boosts the immune system

* reduces inflammation/soreness of muscle and joint pain

* retards periodontal disease

* prevention of heart disease

* speeds healing after surgery

* reduces the negative effects of anesthetics

* aids in reproduction problems, regulating cycles, infertility and sterility

* cleanses our system from allergic reactions

Let

Lipase: An enzyme that digests fats, helping to maintain correct gall bladder function. When added to a meal as a supplement, it digests dietary fat, relieving the gallbladder, liver, and the pancreas which would otherwise need to produce the required enzymes. Protein absorption from fatty foods such as fish or seeds can be improved by incorporating supplemental lipase enzymes in the diet.

Protease: This enzyme breaks down protein found in meats, poultry, fish, nuts, eggs and cheese and may be helpful for people with food allergies or who have difficulty digesting protein.

Amylase: A natural plant extract which helps your body break down and assimilate starches and carbohydrates. Works great for digesting starches and carbohydrates and may be useful for people with gluten sensitivities.

Cellulase: An enzyme tht breaks down food fiber (cellulose) found in fruits and vegetables. Cellulase, which is not found in the human system, breaks the fiber bonds and increases the nutritional value of fruits and vegetables.

Lactase: Digests milk sugar. Lactase deficiency is the most common and well-known form of carbohydrate intolerance. It is estimated that approximately 70% of the world's population is deficient in intestinal lactase. Supplemental lactase enzymes have been found to decrease the symptoms of lactose intolerance associated with the consumption of dairy foods.

Phytase: This enzyme breaks down phytic acids in grains, seeds, and simple sugars into fructose and glucose.

Maltase: Digests complex and simple sugars. Maltase breaks down unused glycogen in muscle. Glycogen is a thick, sticky substance that is converted from sugars and starches and is stored in your muscle cells for future use. If stored glycogen continues to build up in the muscle tissues, it leads to progressive muscle weakness and degeneration.

Papain from papaya and Bromelain from pineapple, both help digest protein. Bromelain is also a natural anti-inflammatory.

Why are enzymes so important for digestion?

In its raw state, food contains enough natural enzymes for it to be digested. However, when the food is heated above 47 degrees Celsius, the natural enzymes present are also heated and denatured, that is they become inactive. This makes the enzymes totally ineffective in the digestive (breaking down) process.

What can we do about it? Eating raw food as much as possible is ideal but is obviously not acceptable in some cases. For example, eating raw meat, raw fish (apart from sushi), or uncooked rice is not only difficult but even unpalatable and certainly not enjoyable to most palates. So, eating raw vegetables such as spinach, green salad, and shredded carrots with our meats is helpful. If we eat our meats medium rare to medium at the most, that also preserves some enzymes in the meat. But if we eat cured or well cooked meats than it is helpful to take some digestive enzymes so our bodies are not as taxed trying to process meat devoid of enzymes.

Another very important fact to consider is if we totally depend on our internally made digestive enzymes, we are placing more stress on our body's systems/organs. In turn, these systems and organs have less time to make more enzymes for rebuilding and replacing worn out, damaged cells and tissue and keeping our immune system strong.

Your body

This means digesting food and converting it into nutrients. There is no activity more important to the body than this. This takes a lot of energy and enzymes, particularly if the body must make most or all of these enzymes. Remember that no food can be digested without digestive enzymes, and they are destroyed above 47 degrees Celsius. It sheds light on why so many people suffer from digestive complaints and lethargy.
Dr. DicQie Fuller PhD, in her book The Healing Power of Enzymes, emphasizes the importance of enzymes for digestion:

Eighty percent of our body's energy is expended by the digestive process. If you are run down, under stress, living in a very hot or very cold climate, pregnant, or are a frequent air traveler, then enormous quantities of extra enzymes are required by your body. Because our entire system functions through enzymatic action, we must supplement our enzymes. Aging deprives us of our ability to produce necessary enzymes. The medical profession tells us that all disease is due to a lack or imbalance of enzymes. Our very lives are dependent upon them!

What enzymes should we take and how?

Approximately 80 per cent of digestive enzyme supplements are plant-based. Look for combinations that have high Protease, Lipase, Amylase units with added lactase and bromelain. This would be a very good combination to take with each meal. This combination may also be taken in between meals to clean the blood of impurities.

If taking straight pancreatic enzymes, make sure they are of good quality and reputable sources. This is a delicate area in Australia and it pays to investigate the companies

For vegans and vegetarians, plant based and fungi derived enzymes would be ideal and the good thing is that plant based enzymes do the job well. In some cases, plant based enzymes might even be more effective as they survive the acidity of the stomach whereas pancreatic enzymes may not and might not get to the small intestine where they do their job. This highly complex area of biochemistry of digestive enzymes is beyond the scope of this article, and for the purpose of more understanding it is helpful to have as much fundamental science as we can when selecting the right supplements.

In the long run, it is better to get professional nutritional advice in relation to taking digestive enzymes as we are all biochemically unique. No two people have the same fingerprints, not even identical twins; therefore no two people will have the same digestion and biochemistry.

In essence, when we improve our digestion we are improving our health. Eating our food as close to its raw state as possible is a good place to start. If eating well cooked/cured/smoked meats, then adding digestive enzymes would be necessary to ensure they are digested. When cooking eggs, soft boiled or poached is best, instead of omelettes and frying. Eggs have some of the best enzymes and nutrients particularly for our thyroid gland and our liver, so it pays to preserve these delicate enzymes in eggs as well as other proteins.

This is because proteins are the building blocks of life, and we constantly need these building blocks in rebuilding and maintaining lean muscle tissue, regenerating organs/glands, synthesising hormones, regulating our brain chemistry, and supporting our immune system. If we are not digesting our protein well, we don

The key to good digestion is enzymes, and ensuring we have enough supply in our system for optimal digestion, energy and overall well-being.

References:

Anthony J. Cichike, D.C., Ph.D. The Complete Book of Enzyme Therapy; Avery Publishing, 1999

Dr. Edward Howell, Food Enzymes for Health & Longevity by Lotus Press, 1994, D.A. Lopez, M.D., R.M.

Williams, M.D., Ph.D, M. Miehlke, M.D., ENZYMES - The Fountain of Life. The Neville Press, 1994, Dr

DicQie Fuller-Looney PH.D. D.Sc. N.D The Healing Power of Enzymes. Forbes Custom Publishing. 1998

About the author Teya Skae M.A., B.A.,Dip Health Sciences, Dip Clinical Nutrition
Kinesiologist/Nutritionist/Writer
Health/Life Coach and Educator
Teya is the founder of Empowered Living
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Neurologically Balancing busy people for chronic fatigue, corporate burnout, physical/emotional stress, Emotional Freedom Technique to resolve energy blocks, Metabolic Typing Nutrition and Results Fat Loss. Teya writes article for various publications and runs empowering educational courses in the area of balancing your health, physical body,emotions, and how to have more energy to enjoy your Life!

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Restriction endonuclease can be integrated in the specific section known as the restriction enzyme to identify sequences of DNA sequences within or near the site-specific, and cutting the double-stranded DNA. It can be divided into three categories: Class

DNA purity, buffer, and temperature conditions of restriction endonuclease itself will affect the restriction endonuclease activity. Most of restriction endonuclease from single-stranded DNA or RNA impact. When the amount of pollutants entering restriction endonuclease storage solution, it will affect their further use, and thus learning from restriction endonuclease, each with new straw to the first. If the two restriction endonuclease, it is necessary to provide their attention to the optimum concentration. If they can be the same buffer, hydrolysis at the same time. If need different salt, low salt concentration of restriction endonuclease to be the first to use, and then adjust salt, and then the high salt restriction enzyme hydrolysis. Can be digested in the first reaction after the completion of volume with phenol / chloroform extraction, and 0.1 times the size of 3 mol / L NaAc and 2 times the volume of anhydrous ethanol, blending post -70

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DNA restriction enzyme digestion of DNA pattern known as the physical map, which has identified a series of multiple location restriction endonuclease digestion sites, for the straight-line or circular schema said. In the DNA sequence analysis, genome mapping function patterns, DNA clones of gene library construction work, the establishment of restriction endonuclease map is an indispensable component, in recent years the development of RFLP (restriction fragment length polymorphism Normality) technology is built on the basis of it.

Construction of DNA restriction endonuclease map There are many ways. Usually a combination of a variety of restriction endonuclease, through comprehensive analysis of a variety of single-cut and a variety of different combinations at the same time be cut by the restriction fragment to determine the size of the restriction enzyme sites and their relative position. Digestion patterns depend on the value of its degree of accuracy and precision.

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DNA units plus 1 enzyme digestion 1-2 hours. But to completely enzyme hydrolysis is the need to increase the amount of the general increase in 2-3 times, or even more, the reaction time should be extended.

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Ethidium bromide, EB) staining, visible under ultraviolet light can be detected at least 1-10 ng of DNA bands, which can be identified DNA fragments in gel position. In addition, it can gel electrophoresis after the recovery of specific DNA bands for future cloning operation.

Agarose and polyacrylamide can be made of various shapes, size and porosity. DNA agarose gel separation size of a wide range of films, different concentrations of agarose gel detachable length from 200 bp to nearly 50 kb DNA fragment. Agarose usually installed in the level of intensity and direction of the electric field under constant electrophoresis. Polyacrylamide isolated DNA fragments (5-500bp) results better differentiate its high power, and even the difference between the 1 bp DNA fragment can be separated. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis soon, which could accommodate a relatively large number of DNA, but the preparation and operation difficulties than agarose gel. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis using vertical devices. At present, general laboratory use agarose slab gel electrophoresis of DNA electrophoresis device. Preparation mainly in the DNA agarose electrophoresis as a solid support matrix, and its density depends on the concentration of agarose. In the field, in the neutral pH value negatively charged DNA migration to the anode, the migration rate from a variety of factors determine the following:

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3, the conformation of DNA molecules when DNA molecules at different conformation, in the field of mobile and molecular weight of not only the distance, and the conformation of its own. The same molecular weight linear, open loop and super-helical DNA agarose gel in the moving speed is not the same as the fastest super-helical DNA mobile, and linear double-stranded DNA moving slowly. Identification such as electrophoresis gel plasmid purity was found on several of the band it is difficult to determine DNA plasmid DNA is different from or because conformation containing DNA from the other, will be DNA from agarose gel with each recovery, with one Restriction endonuclease hydrolysis respectively, and then electrophoresis, the gel such as appeared on the same DNA pattern, compared with the same DNA.

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