Anyone who has real understanding of health takes enzyme supplements with every meal they eat.
But that’s not most people.
Most people think enzyme supplements are for gas or heartburn; i.e., digestive symptoms only.
In fact, there are four conditions that need to be satisfied at every meal if you want to skip supplemental enzymes.
We all need supplemental live enzymes unless we:
- Eat only raw food
- Chew our food really slowly
- Eat our meals in leisure (relaxed—not on the go, or over stressful conversations)
- Have no digestive symptoms
Every cell in your body depends on enzymes.
All hormones, all vitamins and minerals require the catalyst of enzymes in order to work. Your immune system, your energy level, in fact all functions of the body depend on enzyme activity.
The body makes enzymes, but there is a limit to our body's manufacturing potential. Rather, we are meant to use external enzymes through our diet and eating habits.
But we don’t. We don’t eat mostly raw; we don’t chew our food and crucially, we don’t eat in a relaxed atmosphere.
Let’s look at these 4 criteria more closely:
1. We need to eat live foods which contain enzymes. Food that is cooked loses all enzyme activity. They are destroyed. Whenever you eat a meal of cooked foods, eat 1/3 raw with it, and/or supplement with live plant enzymes.
2. Chew food properly; eat at a leisurely pace. Enzymes are also secreted by the salivary glands and gulping your food reduces enzyme secretion by about 75% which means the food bypasses the step of pre-digestion in the mouth. This is where digestion is supposed to begin. When it hits the stomach without pre-digestion, you need a lot more help.
3. When you eat under duress, the body shuts down digestion. HCL is not secreted. Pepsin, pancreatic enzymes and bile are also not secreted. The food sits much longer in the small intestine, putrefying and causing reflux back up into the stomach. So step back. Set time aside for your meals. Relax.
4. When enzymes are plentiful and working optimally, there are no digestive symptoms—no gas, bloating or burping, no constipation or diarrhea, no heartburn, no reflux, no pain. If you have these symptoms, you still need the support of supplemental live enzymes, even if you do follow the above recommendations.
Every cell, every process in the body needs enzymes to function. That is why having sufficient enzyme activity can increase your energy levels, enhance your immune system, help with hormonal balance, reduce inflammation and more.
Taking enzymes can definitely boost your vitality.Â
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