Re: High Meat - Enzyme Nutrition

[Guest guest]

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> The indigenous natural enzymes in a living being are a fundamental

basis

> for life. They are tools, if you will, at the cellular level.

Cells must

> have these enzymes to build new cells, do work and produce energy,

use

> nutrients eaten by the being, clean away waste, etc., etc. Without

these

> enzymes the cells could not do their jobs and the being would not

be able

> to live. Cellular enzymes have a key role in what we call " life " .

And, as

> you say, they assist in the breakdown of the tissues after death.

It is

> very important for us to eat living enzymes (uncooked, natural

foods) to

> achieve good health and longevity. Otherwise the enzymes necessary

for

> digesting the denatured foods we might eat are permanently taken

from our

> cells to do the job. This causes no end of problems including

premature

> aging and disease.

>

> Regards,

>

> -=mark=-

Mark, I just gotta respond. I've seen Howell's work quoted all

over. " Enzymes necessary for digesting the denatured foods we might

eat " are *not* " permanently " taken from our cells to do the job.

Enzymes in cells are completely different than those we produce to

break down food. More accurately, Howell claimed that we have a bank

or " potential " for enzyme production that is depleted by

overdependence on endogenous production of enzymes for digestion of

cooked food. Despite his attempt to prove it, I'm not convinced.

Enzymes are proteins and as such are constructed in vivo from amino

acids. He claims that enzymes are more than catalysts, having that

" spark " in them. Enzymes are just catalysts (no " spark " ). High

quality protein nutrition will promote optimal levels of enzymes for

the purposes of cell metabolism, digestion, etc. The benefit of raw

meat is in the predigestion via enzymes in the meat, in addition to

optimal digestion in its uncooked hydrophilic state, in addition to

high levels of assimilable enzyme cofactors like zinc. The result is

an adequate supply of amino acids for the construction of metabolic

and other enzymes. Poor protein quality/quantity/digestion lead to

enzyme dificiencies which lead to premature aging.

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