Raw Food and Enzymes
A Bank Acct for Health
The second element is Raw Food and Enzymes.
You may have noticed that we seem to keep coming back to raw foods. The obvious reason for this is foods in their natural raw state contain many nutrients which we know are needed by your body.
What is not so commonly known is that raw foods also contain beneficial components which do not survive cooking or processing in any way.
Although this area of nutrition is not fully understood, it has been well documented that raw foods produce benefits that are superior to cooked foods.
Cooking Destroys
There are also highly complex protein molecules known as enzymes which are destroyed in the cooking or processing of foods. These enzymes are naturally designed to help break down and digest the food.
Since they are destroyed when your food is cooked or processed, your body must pull digestive enzymes from its own supply to do the job. Since your body has a limited ability to produce these digestive enzymes your supply becomes depleted.
To make matters worse, your supply is also reduced by carbonated beverages, stress and exercise.
Your Body Will Steal From Your Bank
Once your supply of digestive enzymes is exhausted, your body will steal from its reserves of metabolic enzymes. Metabolic enzymes, as you learned from “
The Magic of Enzymes
," are supposed to be used for functions such as fighting disease and repairing your body.
The resulting metabolic enzyme deficiency can lead to premature aging, degeneration and disease.
This could be the reason degenerative diseases are on the increase and are appearing at earlier stages of life than ever before.
Element #1 -
A Balanced Diet or The Food Pyramid
Element #3 -
Fat in Foods
Element #4 -
Glycemic Index Chart
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