Re: systemic enzymes / enzyme categories, function, and use

April 24, 2006

You are thinking along the right lines, but there are some holes yet.

It's tricky to follow at first because a few terms have very

different meanings. Here is an organizational structure for the

general categories of enzymes. While all enzymes are proteins that do

work in nature, the categories are based on the enzymes source and

function.

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1. Food enzymes - comes natural in food as in raw food (makes food

rot away).

2. Digestive enzymes - produced by living organisms that aren't

plants (can be from of animals, humans, bacteria, yeast, etc). This

category includes enzymes made by the pancreas, in saliva, stomach,

and intestinal cells). Enzymes produced by various microbes are

refined and purified, and made into supplements. Pancreatin is

pancreas enzymes from ox, pig, or possibly other animals. These

enzymes specifically breakd down nutrition for the organism to use

for nourishment.

3. Metabolic enzymes - these enzymes are produced in the body on an

as needed basis and are not supplemements. These enzymes do work in

nature. These enzymes build various tissues, transfer compounds from

one molecule to another, oxidize things, reduce things, etc.

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Within #2, the category of digestive enzymes, there are two

subcategories based on how the digestive enzymes are USED.

2a. Used for food breakdown - digestive enzymes used in this way are

taken with food to break foods into pieces.

2b. Used to clean things out in the body - digestive enzymes used in

this way are taken between meals (may be enterically coated or may

not be). The idea is so the digestive enzymes get in the body to help

reduce inflammation, breakdown yeast, bacteria, or virus elements,

remove harmful plaque and fibrin, and clean out immune complexes and

gunk.

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I've noticed that the term 'systemic enzymes' are used to describe

both #3 and #2b. This makes it confusing. When talking about #3, the

person means to talk about enzymes working in the system besides

digestive enzymes (metabolic enzymes). When talking about #2b, the

person means to talk about digestive enzymes used to do cleaning and

healing in the body 'system.'

To add to the confusion, there are some pop diets called the

Metabolic Diet which talks about using digestive enzymes. You are NOT

swallowing metabolic enzymes directly as supplements to improve

metabolic function.

However, taking digestive enzymes can improve metabolism indirectly.

1. This can happen by better digesting food to make nutrients better

available in the body so it has the raw materials it needs to run

better.

2. Improved digestion puts more energy into your body. Having more

energy in the body improves metabolism, lessens fatigue, and helps

you function better overall.

3. Taking enzyme supplements keeps gunk and pathogen levels down.

4. Taking enzyme supplements to help digest your food and keep the

body cleaned out means that your own metabolism doesn't have to do

this. Your immune system and metabolism can focus on better on other

areas of running the body when they aren't bogged down with food

digestion. (a correlation is when you get really sick. The body needs

all the energy and raw materials it can muster to fight off the

pathogen...so the person temporarily looses their appetite and lays

low temporarily).

Taking enzyme supplements between meals faciliates this over taking

them with meals (this part helps reduce inflammation too). Some

people feel this is the use of digestive enzymes that prolongs age.

I hope this helps. It is confusing particularly when terms are used

interchangeably but have different meanings. Let me know if you have

other questions on this point.

.

..> I think I mean metabolic enzymes, because they must be specially

> coated to not get used up in digestion so that they can go

elsewhere

> to reduce inflammation. (???) From what I understood in my

> reading, taking digestive enzymes between meals would not be enough

> to accomplish this.

>

April 24, 2006

In a message dated 25/04/2006 01:13:36 GMT Daylight Time, snowbear@... writes:

You are thinking along the right lines, but there are some holes yet. It's tricky to follow at first because a few terms have very different meanings. Here is an organizational structure for the general categories of enzymes. While all enzymes are proteins that do work in nature, the categories are based on the enzymes source and function.========================1. Food enzymes - comes natural in food as in raw food (makes food rot away).2. Digestive enzymes - produced by living organisms that aren't plants (can be from of animals, humans, bacteria, yeast, etc). This category includes enzymes made by the pancreas, in saliva, stomach, and intestinal cells). Enzymes produced by various microbes are refined and purified, and made into supplements. Pancreatin is pancreas enzymes from ox, pig, or possibly other animals. These enzymes specifically breakd down nutrition for the organism to use for nourishment.3. Metabolic enzymes - these enzymes are produced in the body on an as needed basis and are not supplemements. These enzymes do work in nature. These enzymes build various tissues, transfer compounds from one molecule to another, oxidize things, reduce things, etc. ========================Within #2, the category of digestive enzymes, there are two subcategories based on how the digestive enzymes are USED.2a. Used for food breakdown - digestive enzymes used in this way are taken with food to break foods into pieces. 2b. Used to clean things out in the body - digestive enzymes used in this way are taken between meals (may be enterically coated or may not be). The idea is so the digestive enzymes get in the body to help reduce inflammation, breakdown yeast, bacteria, or virus elements, remove harmful plaque and fibrin, and clean out immune complexes and gunk.========================I've noticed that the term 'systemic enzymes' are used to describe both #3 and #2b. This makes it confusing. When talking about #3, the person means to talk about enzymes working in the system besides digestive enzymes (metabolic enzymes). When talking about #2b, the person means to talk about digestive enzymes used to do cleaning and healing in the body 'system.'To add to the confusion, there are some pop diets called the Metabolic Diet which talks about using digestive enzymes. You are NOT swallowing metabolic enzymes directly as supplements to improve metabolic function.However, taking digestive enzymes can improve metabolism indirectly. 1. This can happen by better digesting food to make nutrients better available in the body so it has the raw materials it needs to run better.2. Improved digestion puts more energy into your body. Having more energy in the body improves metabolism, lessens fatigue, and helps you function better overall. 3. Taking enzyme supplements keeps gunk and pathogen levels down. 4. Taking enzyme supplements to help digest your food and keep the body cleaned out means that your own metabolism doesn't have to do this. Your immune system and metabolism can focus on better on other areas of running the body when they aren't bogged down with food digestion. (a correlation is when you get really sick. The body needs all the energy and raw materials it can muster to fight off the pathogen...so the person temporarily looses their appetite and lays low temporarily).Taking enzyme supplements between meals faciliates this over taking them with meals (this part helps reduce inflammation too). Some people feel this is the use of digestive enzymes that prolongs age. I hope this helps. It is confusing particularly when terms are used interchangeably but have different meanings. Let me know if you have other questions on this point..