Rebuilding the Temple of God, one stone at a time!

                     Enzyme Therapy         Call 1-800-642-9670

Digestive, Metabolic and Systemic Enzyme Therapy

*High Dose Enzyme Therapy

• Types of Enzymes
• Vitamin, Minerals & enzymes
• Enzymes the cornerstone of health.
• Enzymes and Illness

• Enzymes and histamines
• Enzymes and Fibromyalgia
• Enzymes and leaky gut
• Benefits of Enzymatic therapy

Enzymes and your Health

Enzymes & Nutrition

Enzymes are protein molecules that are responsible for many chemical reactions including digesting food, building bones repairing unhealthy tissues, purifying blood and aiding in detoxification. Enzymes have even shown promise with many degenerative diseases by reducing inflammation and protecting against further damage. There are three types of enzymes. Dietary, digestive and metabolic enzymes. Dietary enzymes are found in all natural unprocessed foods and aid in the digestion and breakdown of that food.

Digestive enzymes are produced by the pancreas and secreted into the stomach and small intestine where they aid the food enzymes in digestion. Dietary enzymes ease the need for digestive enzymes by pre-digesting foods as they sit in the upper portion of the stomach. By the time the pre-digested foods reach the lower stomach, where digestive enzymes take over, fewer internally produced enzymes are required to finish off digestion.

Metabolic enzymes are produced by the liver and control most chemical reactions within cells, including cellular respiration, detoxification and energy production and pH balance of healthy tissue.

Systemic Enzymes are the workhorses of the body because they act as catalysts that start and stop chemical reactions such as immune functions, digestions, and hormone balance.
Unlike digestive enzymes, systemic enzymes must pass through the stomach so that the enzymes can be released into the blood stream

Vitamins, Minerals and Enzymes
Vitamins are defined as mineral catalysts. A catalyst is something that has to be present for a chemical reaction to take place. And by definition, the primary and most important function of a vitamin is to promote mineral metabolism and utilization in the human body. Remember that a vitamin and Minerals cannot work without the appropriate enzymes present.

In natural whole foods, a vitamin is found as a complex, organized mechanism serving a catalytic function in relationship to other minerals and nutrients. Any attempt to separate the vitamin from its natural synergistic food factors and enzymes will destroy its natural and intended function.
A vitamin is a complex biological "wheel within wheels" consisting of enzymes, co-enzymes, antioxidants and trace mineral activators. The Enzymes found within a vitamin complex contain amino acids and trace minerals. All living cells do not only need these nutrients but they are always found in any natural assemblage of vitamin concentrates. Without their trace mineral activators, they are rendered inactive. Synthetic vitamins are void of these trace mineral activators and enzymes.

The Concept of Enzyme Nutrition

The benefits of supplemental plant enzymes on your health and blood have been documented in numerous research studies. Most of the excitement and knowledge of this vital nutritional factor stems back to the work of biochemist, Dr. Edward Howell whose extensive, pioneer study in the enzyme concept began more than 50 years ago. His work and that of other noted researchers has shown the benefits of supplemental plant enzymes on various conditions of the body, particularly as they relate to the digestion and assimilation of foods..
Recent research has been increasingly more specific, focusing on different types and sources of plant enzymes, including various protease, lipase, carbohydrase, and cellulase preparations. Both in vitro and controlled in vivo studies using internal and parenteral routes have examined the effectiveness of these enzymes in a wide range of conditions including maldigestion, malabsorption, pancreatic insufficiency, steanorrhea, celiac disease, lactose intolerance, arterial obstruction and thrombotic disease. Reports from doctors across the nation indicate that plant enzymes are being used in an even broader spectrum of clinical conditions.

Data from various studies and clinical applications verify the efficacy of plant enzymes for a broad spectrum of conditions

For those interested in longevity, vitality, superior health, overcoming health challenges or losing weight, the topic of enzyme nutrition should be of interest to you.

Enzymes are needed for every chemical action and reaction of the body. Without enzymes, life could not exist. Our organs, tissues and cells are all critically dependent on an orderly, integrated succession of enzyme reactions.

Four factors are required for an active enzyme system. They are:

Enzymes, The Corner Stone to rebuilding health.

Simply stated, minerals, vitamins and hormones cannot function properly without enzymes being present. (Example) Experts estimate that over 10,000 enzyme reactions require the mineral Zinc to work properly.  Enzymes, also cannot function if the cells are too acidic and if they are exposed to heat. Like a light bulb that needs the power of electricity in order to illuminate, vitamins and minerals need the chemical reactions of enzymes in order to perform their vital functions.

Dr. Edward Howell, M.D., who studied enzymes and health for more than 50 years, says: "Without the Life energy of enzymes, we would be nothing more than a pile of Lifeless chemical substances -- vitamins, minerals, water and proteins. In both maintaining health and in healing, enzymes and only enzymes do the actual work. They are what we call in metabolism, the body's natural life force."

The cellular energy is the very core of every enzyme's active function. In other words, they are electro magnetically charged, which is separate and distinct from caloric energy, released from food by enzymatic action. Enzymes are involved in sight, thought, touch, hearing, digestion of our foods, the way we age and even moving our limbs. If enzymes were lost, all the functions of our body would fail, including that of immunity.

Enzymes and Illness

There are many different types of enzymes in the body. Some enzymes digest our food into micronutrients that can be assimilated into the blood stream. Different kinds of enzymes in the blood take these micronutrients and build them into muscles, nerves, Red blood cells and lymph glands. A few examples of enzymes having other vital function are those involved in: immunity, detoxification and waste removal, sexual reproduction, sugar storage and metabolism, elimination of carbon dioxide in the lungs, body pH levels and regulation of cholesterol in blood vessels.

Intestinal permeability, or 'leaky gut syndrome' is receiving increasing attention as the hard-to-deal factor in patients being treated for food intolerances.
      Hyperpermeability is also associated with Fibromyalgia, Constipation, Irritable bowel syndrome, food allergies, coeliac disease, alcoholism, Crohn's disease, atopic eczema, chronic allergies, and intestinal yeast overgrowth.

Undigested Proteins in the Blood

Undigested food allows parasites and other pathogenic micro-organisms to live off the waste inside the body. Incomplete digestion allows bacteria to ferment carbohydrates and putrefy protein giving off gas. The bloating that occurs after meals is the result of this. It is trapped gas, unable to move through the colon. The accumulation of undigested food in the intestinal tract leads to intestinal toxemia. It is also known as indicanuria or Leaky Gut Syndrome and is responsible for a number of health related problems
 It has long been known that fiber in the diet is important for the maintenance of a healthy gut, but research shows that not all types of fiber have equally beneficial effects. In looking to repair the damaged intestine, an important new item can now be added to the standard prescription of anti-fungals, and probiotics, High dose Enzyme therapy or combination enzymatic therapy.

Leaky gut syndrome has been theoretically suspected as a major factor in a wide range of food and chemical sensitivities, arthritis, asthma, Fibromyalgia, lupus, constipation, headaches, digestive problems of varying seriousness and chronic fatigue. It was quickly linked to many of the problems experienced in patients with severe bacterial and fungal overgrowths, since it was known that Candida, in its fungal form, can put down 'roots' into the gut wall, allowing comparatively large molecules to pass through into the bloodstream.
     Whether these are food molecules, bacteria or chemical toxins, the result would be the same: an immune response by the body, an attack by antibodies and the start of a cycle of immune response, inflammation and antibody-antigen reactions.

The considerable exists supporting the biological and therapeutic importance of the "leaky bowel" phenomenon and the role of plant enzyme therapy. The intact absorption of orally administered foods and plant enzymes can no longer be reasonably denied.

Chronic Histamine Reactions

It has recently been shown that histamines may play a much larger roll in human disease than once thought. In the past, histamine production was blamed on some very common allergic reactions such as hay fever, bee sting reactions, and as severe as nerve damage and anaphylactic shock.

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Histamine Reactions In recent studies, histamine involvement in chronic inflammatory & degenerative diseases such as lupus, arthritis, Fibromyalgia and leaky gut syndrome have been coming to light as to a possible cause of a chronic inflammatory response to abnormal proteins in the blood sera of chronically ill patients!  It is also thought Fibromyalgia is related to excessive waste in the body. Undigested remains of disproportionate carbohydrate consumption can accumulate in tissue since the body cannot eliminate it properly. This might partially explain the patient response to palpation at several lymphatic trigger points when being diagnosed. The lymph system removes waste from the body. Yet, this will not occur very well when too much food is eaten causing a virtual backing up of the "plumbing"? Using highly concentrated enzymes with patients who have chronic histamine reactions alleviates the response within a very short time and without the side-effects generally associated with conventional anti-histamines.  

The Benefits of Enzymatic therapy 

Enzymes have become the most vital nutritional discovery since vitamins and minerals. All of the processes of life depend on enzymes. They are involved in the function of every system in our bodies. Where there are no enzymes, there is no life.

Enzymes function in every physiological process that occurs in the human body. Specifically, the body requires enzymes to properly use the nutrients provided in food and supplementation to promote health.* If proper enzyme levels are not present, many vital nutrients will be unable to be used by the body.

Most degenerative diseases are promoted by a lack of enzymes. In addition, digestive complications are the number one cause for hospitalization in America! A wealth of enzymes in the body is an additional assurance your body will function at its best, with vibrant energy, comfortable digestion, and a healthy immune system. Without proper enzymes in our diet or the supplementation of enzymes, our bodies do not have the most important cornerstone in rebuilding our health and without them vitamins and minerals will not work!!!

Copyright ©