Enzymes - The Life Force

There are thousands of different enzymes. Enzymes are usually defined as protein substances produced by living cells. But there seems to be much more to them than that. Enzymes have been studied since the early 1900’s, and although there has been a flurry of research on them in recent years, we are only just beginning to understand their importance and function. Enzymes function on two levels, chemical and biological. Chemically , they are the dynamos that drive metabolism to use the nutrients we take in. The chemical part can be synthesized by chemists. But it’s the biological part that is so fascinating. That part can not be synthesized. Here’s why. It’s life force, pure life energy. Only creator God can make that! Without the life force of enzymes, we would be only a pile of lifeless chemicals.

Humbart Santillo, in his book, “Food Enzymes: The Missing Link to Radiant Health,” uses the example of a light bulb to explain this mystery of enzyme activity. Just as a light bulb is just a carrier of an electrical current, so also a protein molecule is only a carrier of the enzyme activity. He explains, “An enzyme is the electromagnetic energy that manifests itself in a protein molecule that controls the chemical and biochemical processes of life…pure energy.”

We have two sources of enzymes, one is the enzyme store already resident in each of us, and the other is the food we eat. Each of us is born with a certain amount of enzyme energy at birth. As we age, this internal store becomes diminished. By the age of 60 a person will have 50% fewer enzymes than they did at age 30. As we age we use up our store of enzymes, and therefore experience lack of energy, disease and aging. The faster an enzyme supply is used up, the shorter the life-span will be. But, this out-flow of vital enzyme energy can be slowed. We can determine that by the food we eat. Only food that is in its fresh, raw state is going to have the enzyme activity that will benefit our health. The enzymes in food begin to be destroyed at a temperature of 118 degrees F. Enzymes are amazing little powerhouses that can perform complicated chemical reactions within the body at only room temperatures and are not changed or destroyed within the body, even in digestion. So, eating fresh fruits and vegetables daily is vital to optimum health. Carefully dehydrated fruits and vegetables also preserve the enzymes of the food in a dormant state. The enzymes can then be awakened when moisture, either through water or saliva, is introduced.
It just shows there is a lot to be said for a raw food diet, or at least a mostly raw food diet.