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Sunday, July 12, 2009

Why The Enzymes In Food Are Vital For Health

By Terry Adams

Enzymes are important to the various chemical processes in the body and have been shown to be important for maintaining health. Raw food is full of these important chemicals which are catalysts for many of the metabolic processes that go on in the body. They are especially important in the digestive system as they help in the breakdown and absorption of food.

They are also vital for the many functions that go on in the body as a whole and can be found all over including the muscles to help muscle contraction and in the brain where they are important for neural functioning. Nothing can happen within the body without them..

If you ingest more of these enzymes, from foods such as fruit and vegetables, into the body via your food then the less your own body will have to make and the less you body will be depleted of its own supply. Therefore, it can work more efficiently and work on other more important processes.

Cooking destroys a lot of the enzymes in food, which are very sensitive to heat, than when eating the food raw. To combat this we often have to eat more of the cooked food to get the same amount of these chemicals which increases the calorie intake and also increases the general demands on the body. Eating food raw puts a lot less demands on the body than cooked food.

That is why your appetite is often satisfied faster eating raw foods such as fruit and vegetables than when eating cooked foods, and at less calories. Higher calorie intake not only increases the risk of obesity but due to the increased stress it also increases the rate of aging.

A great way to get raw fruit and vegetables into the body is by eating salads and drinking fruit juices. Drinking fruit juice on a daily basis and eating a salad every other day is an excellent way of increasing your intake of enzymes and boosting your health quite considerably.

A quick and delicious way of getting all of your nutrients and enzymes is to consume a daily juice of a combination of fruit and vegetables. Some fish and meat can be eaten in its raw state which will also boost the nutrients and enzymes supplied by them in the same way. Eating a rare steak will, however, not only increase the nutrients supplied but will also be easier to digest. This will, in turn, reduce the risk of complaints such as constipation.

If you do decide to follow this plan then I would advise starting by just replacing some of your foods on a daily basis with fruit and vegetables. Then each day replace more and more and before you know it you will be experiencing the full benefits. - 17274

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