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Aaron Sugarman wrote:
> << Yes, I'm pretty certain that's correct. Enzymes (organic catalysts) are
> proteins, and are destroyed by digestion. It's basically impossible to
> obtain any health benefit from ingesting enzymes, even if those same
> enzymes are very beneficial when operating normally in your body. >>
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> I'm sorry but that's not the case.
Well, ok. I'm willing to stand corrected.
> I'll give you an example, my health
> dramatically improved when I began eating raw foods rather than cooked. My
> aunt's health greatly improved when she added digestive enzymes to her cooked
> meals. I just read an article in my local paper the other day about two dogs
> with hip dysplaxia who healed after several weeks of using enzyme supplements
> in their regular food.
Certainly intriguing, but I'd be looking for a little more evidence.
> Research suggests that eating enzymatically active food spares the pancreas as
> the pancreas triples in size when people and animals eat primarily cooked
> food. <snip>
> And research suggests that the small intestine DOES absorb any enzymes not
> lost in digestion.
Can you point me to this research?
> Try living on a raw food diet and compare.
No, thanks. Of course, for this little experiment to stand a chance of
demonstrating anything, I'd have to make the raw food diet identical to
the cooked food diet, in all ways except the cooking.
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