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>>Apparently the foods highest in enzymatic activity
>>are raw foods, but not necessarily *cold* raw food. Howell
>>notes that food-enzymes at 160 degrees work 16 times harder
>>than those at 40 degrees (but 160 is the threshold..after
>>that the heat destroys them.)
> sounds fishy to me. Does he have references to back this up? I was
>taught that the enzymes in food are destroyed by the stomach acid.
>However, they also taught me that pituitary extract pills should not be
>causing my 11 year old to grow. So my mind is open.
References that look like a true bibliography? gonnnng. Hence my
interest to poke this around a bit more.
Howell does address the above, though. His answer is that there
are actually 2 parts to the human stomach and in the upper
resevoir where food enters, this "holding chamber" produces no
acid or enzymatic activity and no digestive "churning". This is
where he states that food enzymes are most beneficial because
they start the digestive process (if they were present in the
food eaten) and by the time the food has moved down to the
ower area of the stomach, less of the human enzymes have to
be utilized.
I find it interesting that many of the topics that have been
on the list recently pop up in this book in one form or
another. Raw Milk, eskimo culture, hung meat, etc. In fact,
there is even a little bit about *why* beans are not digestible
in the raw state - because they contain enzyme inhibitors. The
purpose of the enhibitors is to keep the beans dormant until
they are in a moist warm environment in which they can germinate.
Eating the inhibitors is apparently very hard on the digestive
system of many animals, which I think is a neat evolutionary
trick. Something like a plant saying "don't eat my babies".
What concerns me a bit is that Howell believes seeds and nuts
also contain inhibitors in the raw state and that many animals
who feed on seeds and nuts actually eat germinated versions
of them (for example, the squirrel burying pecans is not doing
so just to stockpile, but rather to start the germination
process..). So I feel inspired to go off and research this
a bit more, being a nut feeder myself. I'll let you guys know
if I find anything interesting.
/carol
carol feehan [log in to unmask]
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