Well, the other points re beyondveg.com's ideas were perfectly valid. But I agree that the enzyme section needs a couple of scientific studies-references added here and there.

Here's some interesting data, for now:-


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7935080


On the synergistic effects of enzymes in food with enzymes in the human body. A literature survey and analytical report.
  Prochaska LJ, Piekutowski WV.
  Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435.
  Recently,
a theory has been postulated that suggests that vital enzymes in
ingested food interact synergistically with enzymes within the human
body and more specifically with enzymes in the digestive tract.
Alterations in food enzymes induced by bulk processing including
heating and irradiation and also the addition of chemical additives
have been proposed to create a decrease in metabolic availability of
nutrients, with the long-term consequence being disease. This review of
the medical literature provides evidence that enzymes in food do in
fact survive during digestion and can indeed, add significantly to the
nutritive value of ingested foodstuffs. Examples of enzyme synergy in
human nutrition are provided in whole grains, milk and dairy products,
beans and seeds, and meat products. A bibliography on this interesting
finding is included as well as concluding remarks on enzyme synergy and
its putative interaction with cell metabolism. Finally, the interaction
of enzyme synergy with disease is discussed.
and:-http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10368805

Evaluation of pancreatic proteolytic enzyme treatment of
adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, with nutrition and detoxification
support.
  Gonzalez NJ, Isaacs LL.
  Historically,
large doses of proteolytic enzymes, along with diet, nutritional
supplements, and "detoxification" procedures, have been used in
alternative therapies to treat all forms of cancer, without formal
clinical studies to support their use. A 2-year, unblinded, 1-treatment
arm, 10-patient, pilot prospective case study was used to assess
survival in patients suffering inoperable stage II-IV pancreatic
adenocarcinoma treated with large doses of orally ingested pancreatic
enzymes, nutritional supplements, "detoxification" procedures, and an
organic diet. From January 1993 to April 1996 in the authors' private
practice, 10 patients with inoperable, biopsy-proven pancreatic
adenocarcinoma were entered into the trial. After one patient dropped
out, an 11th patient was added to the study (however, all 11 are
considered in the data tabulation). Patients followed the treatment at
home, under the supervision of the authors. As of 12 January 1999, of
11 patients entered into the study, 9 (81%) survived one year, 5 (45%)
survived two years, and at this time, 4 have survived three years. Two
patients are alive and doing well: one at three years and the other at
four years. These results are far above the 25% survival at one year
and 10% survival at two years for all stages of pancreatic
adenocarcinoma reported in the National Cancer Data Base from 1995.
This pilot study suggests that an aggressive nutritional therapy with
large doses of pancreatic enzymes led to significantly increased
survival over what would normally be expected for patients with
inoperable pancreatic adenocarcinoma.Geoff




> Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 17:37:59 -0400
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: enzyme loss in boiling meat?
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 
> > Here's an essay which progressively debunks most of the points made in
> > that
> > anti-raw beyondveg.com article:-
> >
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/mat7yf
> 
> I believe in discussing one thing at a time.  The article to which you
> link by no means debunks the beyondveg.com argument about enzymes.  It
> merely links out to the Enig site that you already linked to.  That site
> contains no references to primary sources.  To make any headway with this,
> we need primary sources.  Where is the actual science?
> 
> Todd Moody

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