Re: Systemic enzymes in traditional diets?

June 3, 2008

My thinking has been that they ate much more raw food than we do,

which were able to supply more enzymes. Since the ability of the

body to create enzymes is limited, the fewer needed for digestion,

the more are available for other uses. I've heard that the digestive

enzymes we take when we don't need them for digestion go into the

bloodstream for use elsewhere.

Since what tastes " good " to us and what is " gross " is mostly

determined by the foods we are exposed to at a young age, like before

the age of 5, many of us are't likely to eat the kinds of raw and

fermented foods (like meats that smell strongly) that they considered

wonderful. I read somewhere that in many different cultures the

people prized some form of food, often fermented meat or dairy, that

almost any other culture would consider rotten and just plain awful.

I wonder as well how many of our ancestors snacked on insects and the

amount of enzymes available in them for digesting fat and protein,

which they are very high in.

So my opinion is that supplementing the enzymes would not

be " cheating " but would be similar to following a traditional diet -

to make up for not eating the foods you haven't been taught in the

window of opportunity to like. I've heard pretty good things about

them enhancing the health of people as well - especially people who

are chronically ill. But some like papain and bromelain (if that's

what you were thinking of) aren't active at our body temperature so

you may not notice much from taking them!

(YES! so if you're a parent, go ahead and encourage you little ones

to experiment with eating grasshoppers, etc! - LOL!)

--- In , Aidan Bindoff <editor@...>

wrote:

>

> Hi all, I'm thinking about undertaking a Smolov Cycle to increase

my

> squat (for powerlifting). I have limited time and funds for

recovery

> methods, but I will need something more than food and sleep to

complete

> the cycle.

>

> I'm interested in systemic proteolytic enzmyes, but I am deeply

> suspicious of anything that wouldn't appear in SOME form in a

> traditional diet.

>

> My guess is that our ancestors didn't coat their papaya in

enteric, but

> is there any way they either obtained or simply HAD these enzymes

in

> their systems through natural means?

>

> Two basic possibilities:

> 1. they consumed foods (or food-like stuff) that supplied

proteolytic

> enzymes in a protected form that could survive passage through the

> stomach and into the intestine

> 2. we are actually born with this sort of enzyme, or our gut flora

> produces enzymes beyond our stomach that can be utilised

systemically to

> break down inflammation and fibrosis

>

> I don't mind supplementing something that isn't foreign to my body

> (within reason), but I don't like to introduce something

completely

> foreign without a much better reason than " to win an amateur

competition " .

>

> Any ideas?

>

> Aidan

>

June 4, 2008

Hello all,

I have recently read a book called,

" The Healing Power of Enzymes, " by

Dr. DicQie Fuller. It is an incredible

book. She does a great job eplaining the

different kinds of enzymes, and their sources,

and which enzymes would be best for you.