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What
are enzymes?
Enzymes are protein molecules that are manufactured by all plant
and animal cells. All cells require enzymes to survive and function.
Enzymes
are catalysts, which means that they make chemical reactions go
faster, but are not changed by the reaction. For example, digestive
enzymes cause food that you eat to be broken down much faster
than would occur without them, but enzymes are not broken down
in the reaction they are speeding up.
Research
has shown that people who have a chronic disease or have low energy
levels also have lower enzyme content in their blood, urine, and
tissues. While there is clearly a direct relationship between
disease states and a person's enzyme levels, only recently has
the NATURE of that relationship been better understood. Researchers
began to question if a person's enzyme levels were low because
they were sick or were they sick because their enzyme levels were
low. The researchers found something surprising.
A
person may not have a low enzyme content because he is sick or
old, but instead, the reason a person may be sick or old is because
of low enzyme content.
As
a result, the "old concept" of "I am sick, therefore
my enzyme levels are low" has recently been replaced by a
"new concept" which is "my enzyme levels are low,
therefore I am sick."
Read
more about enzyme research.
Why
are enzymes important?
Enzymes are one of the most essential elements in our body. Enzymes
are as important as the air you breathe, the water you drink,
and the food you eat. Why is this? Enzymes are required for your
body to function properly because without enzymes you wouldn't
be able to breathe, swallow, drink, eat, or digest your food.
To do all of these things, your body needs some help. You must
have enzymes to help perform these tasks. Enzymes are an absolute
necessity to live.
Enzymes
are your body's workers. They are responsible for constructing,
synthesizing, carrying, dispensing, delivering, and eliminating
the many ingredients and chemicals our body uses in its daily
business of living. Your body makes enzymes. When you were young,
you had an abundant supply of enzymes. You felt great. Your energy
level seemed never ending. You had "enzymes to burn"
which kept you running at tip top efficiency.
As
time goes by, you SLOWLY begin to lose this efficiency. For years
you don't even notice the changes. But then you are less able
to eat the spicy foods you love or less able to recover as quickly
from the aches and pains of weekend sports. This reduced vitality
and stamina can signal a weakened and compromised body.
You’re
running low on the enzymes you need to fuel your life. The process
of depleting your enzymes is a slow one, and most likely you didn't
notice your energy and vitality disappearing until one day something
you once loved to do was suddenly too much work. You aren't getting
too old to enjoy life, you are running out of enzymes that would
ensure you the energy you need to enjoy life. You simply need
to restore your enzyme potential.
What
is happening to our enzymes?
The reason we are running out of enzymes is a LIFESTYLE PROBLEM.
Our poor dietary habits, fast food obsessions, and excessive intake
of fat and sugars, all require excessive amounts of enzymes to
digest our foods. Stress kills and damages cells, resulting in
our enzyme-making machinery having to work overtime to help rebuild
and replace them. Environmental pollution causes cellular damage
requiring ongoing assistance from enzymes just to maintain a healthy
immune system. And time is a big factor. Time and the process
of living uses up enzymes that must be replaced if we expect to
retain the healthy active lifestyle we have grown accustomed to.
Every one of these factors diminishes our body's capacity to act,
to do, to feel the way we want to feel; and, as many reputable
scientists will tell you, these factors may even shorten your
life.
ENZYMES
are ESSENTIAL, but your enzyme potential is dropping. Many researchers
now view the aging process and death itself as nothing more than
an enzyme potential which has decreased to a level where the living
organism can no longer be repaired and maintained in its existing
environment.
You
may slow down this trend by fortifying your body with supplemental
digestive enzymes. You can help minimize this inevitable downward
spiral in your body's efficiency, a spiral created by a growing
shortage of available enzymes.
How
can I maintain my enzyme potential?
There is much you can do to combat your waning enzyme potential.
The sooner you start, the quicker you begin to restore and extend
the vitality you once had. If you still think you have it, you
might be surprised what you have ever so slowly lost without knowing
it until you get it back. And, if you're young enough not yet
to have lost it, then here's a way to keep it.
Supplemental
digestive enzymes are win-win for all ages. The research is clear
that enzymes can help you maintain good health.
Read more about enzyme research.
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