Enzymes, by definition are long chain proteins. These enzymes are very specifically formed and held together by hydrogen bonds. Like a ball of string with very small strips of Velcro. If the Velcro bond is broken – the enzymes loose their shape. With no shape the key will not fit the lock. At this point the enzyme is no longer an enzyme, but just another foreign protein.

What are the effects of foreign proteins in our bodies? Inflammation – triggering a response from our immune system. This auto-immune response is the body attacking itself to protect against the invasion of foreign bodies.

The enzyme collapses if the bonds are broken and the enzyme can no longer do the job it was intended to do. This collapse of an enzyme is referred to as denatured. There are several reasons for an enzyme to become denatured. Drugs, fluoride, alcohol, food processing, free radicals, irradiation, canning and heating above 118F – cooking.

All foods that are processed have no enzyme nutrition, but contain an abundance of denatured, allergenic enzymes. The majority of which can be directly traced to processed food intoxication – food allergies.

Civilization has been the cause of the destruction of milk. Enzymes are destroyed by heat, addition of antibiotics and the addition of hormones to cows feed. Cows are kept in an environment that is mineral deficient and artificially prepared for long storage periods.

Eating In America: Most of us are aware of what we should eat. But in actuality, we eat foods that we crave. Which happens several times a day. We are bombarded with commercials for soft drinks, fries, burgers, sweets of all kinds, donuts and much more. As soon as we hear these commercials we can’t help the desire to have them. These foods contain little or next to no enzyme nutrition. They contain no enzymes which means even when we do eat them there is no nutritional value in them. All the enzymes have been removed through the processing of these foods. The digestion process now becomes the burden of the enzymes in our own bodies. Foods are partially digested or not at all. These foods now become foreign, so processed with so many chemicals and preservatives. This processing of foods is relatively new to the humans. Our bodies are overstressed in its inability to metabolize them.

Natural raw foods have an abundance of nutrients. Vitamins, minerals and enzymes. While the description of process foods is devitalized. No nutrition to speak of and these foods are made to last a long time on the shelf and their nutritional value to humans is negative.

Garbage in: Undigested food, what happens to it and where does it go? A lot goes in and never gets to come out. Simply, the undigested foods remains in the intestines. According to the FDA the average thirty-five year old has between 4-22 lbs of undigested food in their intestines.

However, this rotting debris does not remain in the intestines alone. It can travel to the blood stream and then be deposited in almost any location of our bodies. This is foreign matter and may cause inflammation in any part of our bodies where it becomes lodged.

Eating enzyme-rich raw foods is important in enzyme nutrition. With enzyme nutrition you’re not only preventing and treating your diseases. You also promote health and longevity.