The Importance of Healthy Digestion
More than $10 billion dollars is spent on drugs to relieve heartburn, excess acid, bloating, and other symptoms of indigestion. These products are designed to give temporary relief or to cover up these symptoms but do nothing to improve your ability to digest food. Fortunately, there is a little known secret about improving digestion that has been around for more than 50 years.
The secret is that each raw, uncooked fruit or vegetable contains enzymes that will digest the food in which they are contained. When these food enzymes are destroyed or removed from your diet, your body must assume the burden of digesting the food. Scientists are gradually becoming aware that the organs that produce our digestive enzymes are not large enough to produce all the enzymes needed to digest the food. These enzymes are destroyed during cooking, canning, and other methods of food processing. In fact, cooking is stressed as a major digestive aid in nutrition textbooks. While cooking does make it easier to digest some foods such as raw vegetables, it also destroys enzymes contained in the food that would improve digestion even more than cooking. Digestive problems may be caused by enzyme deficiencies.
The secret is that each raw, uncooked fruit or vegetable contains enzymes that will digest the food in which they are contained. When these food enzymes are destroyed or removed from your diet, your body must assume the burden of digesting the food. Scientists are gradually becoming aware that the organs that produce our digestive enzymes are not large enough to produce all the enzymes needed to digest the food. These enzymes are destroyed during cooking, canning, and other methods of food processing. In fact, cooking is stressed as a major digestive aid in nutrition textbooks. While cooking does make it easier to digest some foods such as raw vegetables, it also destroys enzymes contained in the food that would improve digestion even more than cooking. Digestive problems may be caused by enzyme deficiencies.
What are Enzymes?
Enzymes are the “spark” of life. Without them, life would not exist. They are the workers that make your body function. It is the driving force behind every biochemical process that occurs in the body. There are hundreds of thousands of enzymes active in every organ, tissue, and fluid, and each has its own function. Enzymes activate our muscles, stimulate our nerves, make our hearts beat, keep us breathing, and help us think. These complex biochemical substances are also able to convert nutrients from food to strong, healthy bodies.
Enzymes are released by either chewing or cutting the plant. ALL enzymes require the following in order to work: the presence of water, the proper temperature, the correct pH range (acid vs. alkaline), and something to digest. The body is provided with enzymes every time raw food is eaten because all raw food contains just the right amount and type of enzymes to digest itself. Nature put enzymes in raw food to aid in the digestive process so that the body’s enzymes would not have to do all the work.
Enzymes are released by either chewing or cutting the plant. ALL enzymes require the following in order to work: the presence of water, the proper temperature, the correct pH range (acid vs. alkaline), and something to digest. The body is provided with enzymes every time raw food is eaten because all raw food contains just the right amount and type of enzymes to digest itself. Nature put enzymes in raw food to aid in the digestive process so that the body’s enzymes would not have to do all the work.
Digestive Indicators
- History of chronic indigestion
- Unusual fullness after eating
- Lower bowel flatulence or gas and unaware of what specific foods cause the problem
- Undigested food, capsules, or tablets found in the stool
- Frequent abdominal cramping after eating
If you experience these symptoms, contact us and we can help you get your health back optimally as possible. Healthy digestion is healthy gut is healthy body!