The Main Source of Enzyme Depletion Over the past few decades humans have dramatically altered the food we once consumed. Due to heavily refining, processing, cooking, and quite possible the most damaging, microwaving food; we have created a long list of health issues that have started to plague our society. The origin of this epidemic is due to our consumption of food that is ‘enzyme dead’, thus causing major imbalances in our organs due to the fact that our metabolic enzymes have been recruited to break down the food digestive enzymes have not. This is really the beginning of the end. When metabolic enzymes are borrowed to digest the food that digest enzymes have left behind a major enzyme deficiency is undoubtedly prevalent. This is an issue that needs immediate attention because metabolic enzymes are responsible for many vital functions within the body. As metabolic enzymes are converted into digestive enzymes much of the body’s energy is depleted making it impossible to properly reproduce new cell, tissue, hair, bones, etc, etc. As stated earlier, one can live many years on a cooked food diet. Eventually the constant demand for enzymes depletes the body’s enzyme account I mentioned earlier. This in turn lays the foundation for a weak immune system, and ultimately allowing for disease to stake its claim within the body. (3) An experiment was reported in the Philippine Journal of Health that concluded the extensive use of cooked foods put the body’s organs into a state of immense stress. Researchers preformed over 760 post mortem examinations of Philippinos, and discovered that their pancreases were anywhere between 25 and 50 percent heavier then Americans and Europeans. The researches concluded that the constant consumption of cooked rice, a staple of many Philippinos, caused their body’s pancreas to work much harder to produce the adequate enzymes necessary for digestion versus their American and European counterparts. As a result of consuming cooked processed rice their pancreas became hypertrophied (over enlarged). (4) This experiment was conducted in 1930; imagine what the modern day results could be considering all of the processed foods that are in the market place these days. My assumption is if results would be nothing short of freighting. Organs are very different from muscles; they are not designed to respond to increased stress levels. As we already know muscles increase in size and strength as they’re excessively used, in contrast when organs are pushed past their threshold they become enlarged, this indicates a pathological (diseased) state caused by excessive use. This can lead to total exhaustion and degeneration, and in many cases complete shutdown of the organ affected.  To reiterate: the body must have some sort of enzymes to digest the food we eat, if there are little or no enzymes contained in that food, our bodies will ‘barrow’ or better put ‘steal’ them from its own endogenous (metabolic enzyme) account. This sacrificial act is absolutely necessary because digestion is so vital to our existence. Without digestion we would not receive any nutrients to nourish the body. As equally important, without digestion, as we mentioned earlier, food begins to rot inside the intestinal tract. Proteins start to putrefy, carbohydrates start to ferment, and fats go rancid, setting the stage for a whole line of future health issues due to the toxic conditions unknowingly created by our own hands. (5) This toxic condition is referred to as toxemia. Toxemia is the umbrella for all disease. Toxemia is based on an enzyme deficient environment that occurs in the body. Other factors can also play a pivotal role in bringing about toxemia, and it’s very likely that these factors may create a negative synergistic effect on the body. They are as follows: lack of oxygen due to poor air quality, shallow breaths, and or excess carbon dioxide in the body, poor hydration or a state of dehydration, and little if no beneficial intestinal bacteria. These are all additional and very important subjects in their own right. Information (on this site) on how to combat these detrimental associations to disease, as well as other beneficial information on living a vibrant, healthy lifestyle will soon be present, so keep checking back!

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