The Eight Digestive Enzymes For
Optimum Health
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Copyright © Ron Harder
This part will focus on the more important enzymes that
your body must have in order for you to maintain your
good health.
The following are the eight major digestive enzymes
that you should have in your body to make sure that
you maximize your digestion. The first four are
absolutely essential for optimum health, and the last
four are generally manufactured by your body on an
as-required basis. However, all eight of these enzymes
perform a very specific function that cannot be
performed by a different enzyme, and so they are all
very important.
The digestive enzyme
PROTEASE
Responsible for digesting proteins in your food, which
is probably one of the most difficult substances to
metabolize. Because of this, protease is considered to
be one of the most important enzymes that we have. If
the digestive process is incomplete, undigested protein
can wind up in your circulatory system, as well as in
other parts of your body.
When you take protease in higher quantities, it can help
to clean up your body by removing the unwanted protein
from your circulatory system. This will help to clean up
your blood stream, and restore your energy and balance.
One of the tricks of an invading organism is to wrap
itself in a large protein shell that the body would view
as being "normal". Large amounts of protease can help to
remove this protein shell, and allow the body's defense
mechanisms can go into action. With the protective
barrier down, your immune system can step in and destroy
the invading organism.
Additional amounts of protease are also helpful in
fighting such things as colds, flu's, and cancerous
tumor growths. Protease helps in the healing and
recovery from cancer by dissolving the fibrin coating on
cancer cells, and thereby giving your immune system a
chance to do its job. It can effectively shrink these
tumors by helping to remove the dead and abnormal
tissues, and by stimulating healthy tissue growth.
The digestive enzyme
AMYLASE
The second most important enzyme that we have, amylase
is responsible for digesting carbohydrates in food.
Because of this, it could be considered a natural
antihistamine. Incomplete
digestion of carbohydrates has been linked to blood
sugar imbalances, allergies, and asthma.
Amylase is also very effective in helping to relieve the
symptoms of allergic reactions to such things as insect
bites, pollen irritation, or contact with poison oak,
poison ivy, or sumac. A possible reason why some people
appear to be more immune to these poisons is because of
a higher amount of amylase within their bodies.
The digestive enzyme
LIPASE
Responsible for digesting fats in food. When taken in
higher quantities it will also find its way into the
blood stream and help to remove excess fatty deposits
from the inside of your veins and arteries. When this
occurs, the arteries and veins are more open and allow
the blood to flow more smoothly throughout your body.
It is well understood that clogged arteries cause a rise
in blood pressure, and that this in turn leads to heart
problems. Using extra lipase during the pre-digestive
phase can help with overall fat control both in the
stomach and in the arteries of your body.
Additional lipase can also be helpful in a weight
management program, because it converts fat to energy
instead of allowing it to be stored in your body.
The digestive enzyme
CELLULASE
Responsible for breaking down fiber. It is also an
excellent antioxidant because it binds to heavy metals
and other toxins and carries them out of your body.
We generally consume a combination of soluble and
insoluble fiber. Soluble fiber is effective in binding
to excess cholesterol and toxic material and removing
them from the body. Cellulase helps with this process
because it breaks down the soluble fiber and allows it
to be more efficient.
Insoluble fiber provides the necessary bulk to keep the
intestinal tract properly inflated, and acts as a "push
broom" to keep the walls of both the small and large
intestines clean.
The digestive enzyme
MALTASE
Responsible for taking the complex sugar found in malt
and grain products and changing it into
glucose.
The digestive enzyme
LACTASE
Responsible for digesting the milk sugar found in dairy
products.
The digestive enzyme
PHYTASE
Helps with digestion in general, and is especially
effective in producing vital nutrients of the B-Complex.
The digestive enzyme
SUCRASE
Responsible for digesting the sugars that are found in
most foods.
Suggestions:
You may not always get enough enzymes from the food that
you eat, and because of that you may sometimes have
problems with your digestion. To help you with that I
have included a few suggestions that you may wish to
consider.
a) Chew your food well. This will help to break down
your food so that your enzymes can do their job more
effectively.
b) Eat your meals slowly. This will allow your food to
proceed along your digestive tract in an orderly and
continuous fashion.
c) Take time to relax after you eat so that your body
will have the energy to start the digestive process.
d) Eat smaller more frequent meals during the day to
help your digestion, and to promote better metabolism of
proteins, carbohydrates and fat.
e) Do not eat a heavy meal within three hours of
bedtime.
f) Drink plenty of water or herbal tea with and between
your meals to promote better digestion and system
regularity.
g) Eat plenty of fresh raw fruits and vegetables to
maximize your enzyme intake.
Do your very best to obtain all the enzymes that you
can. The more enzymes you consume, the better your
digestion will be, and the more value you will obtain
from your food. And you do not have to worry about ever
getting too many enzymes, they are not something that
you can overdose on. Eat well, and be healthy.
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This article written by Ron Harder, Nutritional Health
Consultant, Iridologist, and Author of "How To Defeat
Cancer - Naturally - without Chemo, Radiation, or
Surgery". For more health information please visit his
web site at
www.defeatcancer.ca
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