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"T. Martin" <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 18 Aug 1998 15:23:25 -0700
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Hans Kylberg wrote:
> >All enzymes are destroyed in all but very rare meat...
> >
> >Enzymes are what allow us to live, in essence...
>
> I have somewhere got the information that the enzymes in food mostly
> are destsroyed by stomach acid anyway, so they do not matter.
> Anyone else knows anything...???

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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