Enzymes are energized protein molecules necessary for life. They catalyze and regulate nearly all biochemical reactions that occur within the human body. There are three primary groups of enzymes: metabolic enzymes, digestive enzymes and food enzymes. Metabolic enzymes are those enzymes that cata ...
Vegetarian vs. animal derived enzymes
Many of the digestive and systemic products on the market today contain enzymes derived from animal sources, such as the pancreatic tissue of pigs. However, microbial or vegetarian enzymes have sever ...
Using proteolytic enzymes to combat inflammation
Inflammation – a common problem faced daily by health care practitioners and their patients. Whether it manifests as a sprained ankle, arthritis, or a muscle tension headache, every day, healthcare practitioners provide treatment and patients deal with the pain.
However, inflammatio ...
Enzymes, the key to digestion
Your body uses enzymes to digest the food you eat. Two ways you get enzymes to perform this task are externally from the food you eat (food enzymes) and internally from your digestive organs (digestive enzymes). But when your food is cooked or processed at temperatures greater than 118°F, the ...
The history of enzyme therapy
In the 1920's, while working with Dr. Henry Lindlahr, Dr. Edward Howell observed that Lindlahr's fasting and raw diet therapy had a healing and health-promoting effect by significantly decreasing the demand for digestive enzyme secretions by the body. As a result, the metabolic enzymes of the ...
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