Guest guest Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 The folowing article emphasizes the power of Raw enzymes in digestion of foods in their natural state. while it may be harder in winter when raw foods are not quite as plentiful, its worth trying to increase your share of raw foods in the diet--especially for arthritis type conditions-that are a result of cooked foods. arnold Message: 1 Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 16:33:59 -0700 From: " Boswell " <eboswell@...> Subject: Re: Re: Eating Cooked Food And What It Does To You Hi Rick: Good article, but could you elucidate more clearly on your statement below, that " Sunlight is far more important than enzymes " ? It is my understanding that enzymes are the activators of all chemical processes, and just plain " essential " , and necessary, for our metabolism. ---- Original Message ----- From: " rickmuenzer " <r.muenzer@...> <cures for cancer > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:49 PM Subject: [cures for cancer] Re: Eating Cooked Food And What It Does To You > Hi and All > > Yes B3 helps but 'B' vitamins are best when combined with > other B's. This makes nutritional yeast valuable, and > extremely valuable when combined with Flax Seed Oil and > organic Cottage Cheese in a 'Budwig Smoothie'. > > Also if you do an extensive study = you will discover > that Sunlight is FAR more important than enzymes! > This is what Budwig was attempting to convey. > > Rick > > > > > Darryl - I meant to include in my note to you ( it is my > understanding ) > > that Niacin ( Vitamin B3 ) will reduce and restore protective > enzymes that > > have become oxidized in the process of destroying a dangerous > oxidant. > > > > [cures for cancer] Eating Cooked Food And What It Does To You > > > > > > > Or > > > > > > How To End Life Sooner > > > > > > > > > So where do you get your enzymes? > > > > > > Taken from: > > > > http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/020121horne/020121ch6.ht > > > ml > > > > > > THE HEALTH REVOLUTION --ROSS HORNE-- FIFTH EDITION > > > > > > CHAPTER SIX ENZYMES > > > > > > > > > Have you watched a jumbo-jet rise into the air, its wheels folding > > > neatly out of sight as it speeds away to some distant land? > > > > > > Powered also by carbon and hydrogen (from food), combining with > the > > > oxygen from the atmosphere, are the microscopic cells of the body, > > > each one a thousand times more complex than any jumbo-jet. Reflect > > > again. Imagine, as you read these words, the chemical and > electrical > > > processes going on inside your brain. Imagine the same processes, > > > stepped up, in the minds and bodies of two tennis players > contesting > > > a hard match, or say a jazz saxaphone player improvizing a hot > solo-- > > > senses racing, fingers moving in a blur. Thoughts, actions and > > > reactions--how can they occur so fast, billions of body cells so > > > perfectly co-ordinated? > > > > > > ENZYMES! > > > > > > Every one of the countless processes within the body requires > energy, > > > released without the severe heat Of fire, with exact precision, > at a > > > speed too fast to comprehend. Enzymes make this possible. > > > > > > As school students all know, chemical reactions can be speeded up > by > > > the use of catalysts--chemicals which, without changing in form > > > themselves, can influence other chemicals to combine and change at > > > great speed. Because they remain unchanged, catalysts can be used > > > over and over again. Enzymes act as catalysts in the body, > enabling > > > the release of energy and the operation of metabolic processes to > > > occur at lightning speed. > > > > > > Enzymes, however, have characteristics surpassing those of > > > chemical catalysts and appear to hold the key to the mystery of > life > > > itself. They have been described as possessing properties > > > intermediate between dead colloids and living cells, and to carry > > > outside of the cell certain properties belonging to living matter. > > > Unlike simple chemical catalysts, enzymes are consumed. Enzymes > > > perform two separate but overlapping functions in the body: > > > > > > 1. The constant metabolism to do with tissue maintenance and > general > > > body functions. > > > 2. The digestion of food. > > > > > > All living organic matter, animal or vegetable, lives only > because of > > > enzyme activity, and upon death it is decomposed and returned to > the > > > earth by enzyme activity. > > > > > > Enzymes, which are protein-like substances, are produced in > countless > > > forms by the body, and countless thousands of combinations or > > > systems. Each enzyme exists for a specific purpose and there is > not > > > one body process--thought, digestion, movement or growth--that can > > > occur without enzyme activity. Life, animal or vegetable, cannot > > > exist without enzymes. For all intents and purposes, life and > enzyme > > > activity are one and the same. Enzyme levels in the body can be > > > measured, and it is a fact that even though vitamins and mineral > > > levels remain fairly constant throughout life, enzyme levels do > not; > > > they are highest in young adulthood and decline with age. Enzyme > > > levels rise in acute illness, if the body has the resources, but > are > > > always low in chronic disease. > > > > > > Dr Howell, of Chicago (now of Fort Myers, Florida) in > his > > > book The Status of Food Enzymes in Digestion and Metabolism* > > > says: " The fact that the enzyme content of organisms is depleted > with > > > increasing old age is forcibly presented when fluids or tissues > are > > > examined at different ages. After full mature growth has been > > > attained there is a slow and gradual decrease in the enzyme > content > > > of organisms. When the enzyme content becomes so low that > metabolism > > > cannot proceed at a proper level, death overtakes the organism " . > This > > > decline in enzyme production is explainable by the silting up and > > > degeneration of the body cells which, it appears, is the cause of > the > > > problem and not a result of it. (See next chapter.) > > > > > > *Reprinted in 1980 by Omangod Press under the title Food Enzymes > for > > > Health and Longevity. See also Enzyme Nutrition, E. Howell (Avery > > > Publishing 1984). > > > > > > > > > Dr Howell describes how the digestive enzymes secreted by humans > > > eating cooked foods, are much stronger than those secreted by > animals > > > eating raw food, and how the human pancreas is hypertrophied due > to > > > overwork. He says: " A separate and distinct organ, the food enzyme > > > stomach, is widespread in Nature. It was evolved specifically to > pre- > > > digest food by food enzymes before the body's digestive enzymes > come > > > into contact with the food. I have also documented that three > > > outstanding, authoritative texts, Gray's Anatomy, Cunningham's > > > Anatomy and Howells Physiology have recorded that the human > stomach > > > consists essentially of two parts--the upper section and the lower > > > section, with different physiological duties. The upper part of > the > > > human stomach performs the same function as the food-enzyme > stomach > > > of animals, which is the predigestion of food by food enzymes " . > > > > > > The enzyme content of natural food is proportional to the > amount > > > of energy (calories) contained. Raw vegetables do not contain a > great > > > quantity of enzymes and so salads do little to compensate for the > > > destruction of enzymes in cooked food. Fruit is high in enzyme > > > content. Fruit will ripen rapidly then decompose rapidly in hot > > > weather, while vegetables may only wilt and shrivel. Animal > protein > > > foods, meat, fat and dairy products when raw contain valuable > enzymes. > > > > > > Whereas the enzymes of the body's digestive juices or of > > > manufactured enzyme supplements are much stronger than enzymes in > raw > > > food, the consumption of raw food stimulates the secretion of > weaker > > > hydrochloric acid into the stomach so that exogenous enzymes in > the > > > food can perform longer and with greater effect before being > > > neutralized. > > > > > > Dr Howell describes experiments which show that it is possible > for > > > unsplit, complex substances such as bacteria, yeast cells, > proteins > > > and fats to be absorbed into the bloodstream and lymph. Such > > > substances in the body fluids are foreign and therefore > antigenic,* > > > provoking allergic responses and leucocytosis, the increase in the > > > blood's white cells. The experiments showed that enzymes in the > blood > > > serum, if adequate, complete the digestion of these substances. It > > > was shown too, that when enzyme levels were low and symptoms of > > > allergy were present, these symptoms subsided and enzyme levels > > > returned to normal after large doses of pancreatic enzymes were > > > administered orally to the patient. > > > > > > *Antigens are described in Chapter 19, The Immune System. > > > > > > The regular consumption of cooked food results in the enlargement > of > > > the pancreas, and hypertrophy of this organ is the most > pronounced in > > > people who consume large amounts of cooked grains (including > rice). > > > By comparison, as a percentage of total body weight the human > > > pancreas is over twice the size of the pancreas of herbivorous > > > animals, the only explanation being that humans consume cooked > food. > > > Experiments at the University of Minnesota showed that when rats > were > > > put on a diet containing 80% heat-treated carbohydrate carefully > > > constructed to contain all nutrients and vitamins, the pancreas > and > > > sub-maxillary glands increased in weight 20-30% in a period of 155 > > > days. > > > > > > Thus, notwithstanding the fact that cereals of one kind or > another > > > constitute the basis of the diets of most humans, this form of > food > > > cannot contribute to optimal nutrition. What constitutes optimal > > > nutrition is discussed in later chapters. > > > > > > Accompanying the hypertrophy of the pancreas brought about in > the > > > digestion of cooked food are changes in the gonads, adrenals, > > > pituitary and other ductless glands. A study of people killed > > > accidentally showed that all of those over 50 had a defective > > > pituitary gland, which is the master gland of the body. > > > > > > To say that enlargement of the pancreas demonstrates the > capability > > > of the body to adapt, is an argument valid only in the short term. > > > Our object is health and longevity. It was proposed by a health > > > professional in a lecture I heard recently, that manufactured dog > > > food, scientifically prepared to contain a perfect balance of > > > nutrients, was capable of providing perfect nutrition for humans > too. > > > Why not? Laboratory animals fed similar scientifically prepared > food > > > appear to maintain good health. Such observations however, are not > > > valid because the test animals are always young ones whose lives > are > > > terminated before degeneration is evident. In experiments where > rats > > > have been kept several years on manufactured food only, the > animals > > > have been observed after only two years to develop a variety of > > > pathological conditions, commonly suffered by aged humans, > including > > > blindness in half of them, followed by death soon afterwards. > > > > > > To conclude with some further remarks from Dr Howell: " At first > > > thought it might be presumed that hypertrophy of the pancreas is a > > > desirable accommodation. But there is always the tendency for the > > > hypertrophy of excessive function to proceed to the atrophy of > > > exhaustion. An atrophy of the pancreas occurs in many terminal > > > wasting diseases " . > > > > > > Dr Howell's whole argument is that if throughout life the > enzyme > > > production within the body is overstrained, in the later years it > is > > > inevitable that enzyme levels will diminish sooner than they > should, > > > thus accelerating degeneration and old age. Referring to an > > > experiment at Cornell University in which it was shown that the > > > lifespan of rats could be almost doubled by dietary manipulation, > Dr > > > Howell said. " After reviewing this work, I cannot see how it is > > > possible to escape the conclusion that when the enzyme reserve (I > use > > > this phrase interchangeably with the term vitality) is drawn at a > > > more rapid rate it will be exhausted sooner and consequently life > > > will end earlier " . > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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