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chronic enzyme deficiencies! It is like coming upon a car accident and seeing the wreckage, but not knowing exactly how it happened. The medical profession is seeing evidence of enzyme deficiencies but is unable to correlate them to the actual disease. Governed by their training in schools biased towards pharmaceutical drugs, surgery, radiation and the latest in genome biotechnology and nan- otechnology, doctors today are further away from realising the truth of how the body can go out of balance and end up in a diseased chronic enzyme deficiencies! It is like coming upon a car accident —_ when actively working. He is famous for his statement, "Life itself and seeing the wreckage, but not knowing exactly how it happened. could not exist without enzymes". He surmised that there is a "vital The medical profession is seeing evidence of enzyme deficiencies force" inherent in all living beings, as demonstrated by enzymes. but is unable to correlate them to the actual disease. Governed by For ages, humans have observed and deduced a "divine innate force" their training in schools biased towards pharmaceutical drugs, common to all living things. Animation of animals and plants surgery, radiation and the latest in genome biotechnology and nan- _ separates us from the soil, dust and rocks on which we move around. otechnology, doctors today are further away from realising the truth Enzymes are considered the "labour force" in living things. They of how the body can go out of balance and end up in a diseased are the only substances capable of doing work. They are busy state. putting things together or splitting them apart. They initiate, speed When Dr Loomis asked Dr Howell what the symptoms were for a up, slow down or stop all biochemical processes in living beings. particular enzyme deficiency, Howell did not have an answer. He — Enzymes are very specific in how they work on a substrate (the had not linked up the signs and symptoms of enzyme deficiencies. component upon which they work). This has often been referred to Dr Loomis left with many unanswered questions and began the as a "lock-and-key system". The substrate is the lock, while work that has developed into Enzyme Nutrition Therapy. After 20 enzymes are the keys that fit precisely into the lock. They can only years of clinical work in the field of enzymes, Dr Loomis is consid- work on the exact substrate. ered the foremost living authority. His trained associates continue Enzymes are classified into several groups. Hydrolytic enzymes adding to the body of work he pioneered. are the most relevant in clinical nutrition, and Enzyme Nutrition Therapy is a scientifically they are of three major groups: sound system of assessing enzyme deficien- 1) Digestive enzymes—manufactured by cies in patients. Loomis has taken Howell's digestive organs to assist in digesting food; baton, carried it to the next stage and contin- 2) Food enzymes—found in all raw, ues to push it to a higher level. . uncooked food; Over time, as Dr Pottenger observed in his Enzyme: "a protein 3) Metabolic enzymes—manufactured by study of cats, the continued use of cooked, all cells to carry out their respective func- enzyme-deficient food not only leads to molecule that catalyses tions. enzyme deficiencies but also to subsequent chemical reactions Although there are many classes and sub- generations of subjects with disease that's classes of digestive enzymes, there are four more intense with each generation. Could this of other su bstances general enzymes considered here: explain why 40 to 50 years ago childhood without itself being * Amylase—digests starches, including asthma and allergies were rare, but today they grains and starchy vegetables; affect the majority of children? What destroyed or altered * Cellulase—breaks down plant fibre; about obesity? Or infertility? The per- upon completion of * Lipase—splits apart fats and oils into centage of infertile couples has risen . fatty acids; sharply in the last several decades. And the reactions". * Protease—breaks down protein into while environmental toxins may play a amino acids and small-chain peptides. part in this, are we now not seeing the Probably the most familiar of the amy- results of generations fed excessive lases is lactase. People who are lactose amounts of cooked food—as Drs intolerant are both deficient in and lack Howell and Pottenger foresaw? the ability to manufacture this enzyme. Without ever knowing it, Drs Howell, All the above, except cellulase, are Pottenger and Wolf confirmed each manufactured in the human body. other's work and left a legacy upon Cellulase must come from the plants which Dr Loomis has demonstrated the themselves, which is why it is so impor- solution to humanity's many ills—that tant to chew one's food thoroughly. enzymes are the key factors in health Cellulase is trapped inside the fibre itself — Dorland'’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary (28th edition) and healing, but their destruction by heat leads to chronic and must be liberated in the chewing process—otherwise, one expe- degenerative disease. riences the gas and bloating common to those, especially the elderly, who cannot digest raw foods. Juicing fruits and vegetables also Enzymes - the Vital Labour Force extracts cellulase from the fibre. But the need for plant fibre in a Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (28th edition) defines an —_ world where many are dependent on laxatives cannot be overstated enzyme as "a protein molecule that catalyses [increases the velocity and may outweigh unnecessary juicing. of a chemical reaction...] chemical reactions of other substances All raw, uncooked foods contain the exact types and amounts of without itself being destroyed or altered upon completion of the enzymes necessary for their breakdown (digestion). Fruit ripening is reactions". While this may seem to be definitive, it does not clarify the consequence of enzymes slowly breaking down the fruit's con- why an enzyme can do what it does, nor how a protein can become tents. If it has gone too far before we consume it, we say it is "rot- an active enzyme. In other words, if an enzyme is simply a protein ten". There are optimal times when fruit should be harvested and molecule, why not manufacture enzymes synthetically? consumed. But due to "shelf life", fruit is picked unripe and left to The trouble begins here because, to date, no one has successfully —_ ripen in the warehouse or grocery store. In this case, the vitamin, created an enzyme from synthetic material. Enzymes can only be mineral and enzyme content is inadequate and not desirable from a created from living, organic material. It is evident that there is nutritional point of view. One study found that plants gave up their something more to enzymes than can yet be accounted for enzyme structures to return the mineral portion of them back to the scientifically. soil since it was lacking in minerals. Dr Howell observed enzymes giving off a "]uminescent glow" Enzymes are the most heat-sensitive nutrients. As mentioned Enzyme: "a protein molecule that catalyses chemical reactions without itself being destroyed or altered a ae een BPs =e upon completion of the reactions". Enzymes - the Vital Labour Force Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (28th edition) defines an enzyme as "a protein molecule that catalyses [increases the velocity of a chemical reaction...] chemical reactions of other substances without itself being destroyed or altered upon completion of the reactions". While this may seem to be definitive, it does not clarify why an enzyme can do what it does, nor how a protein can become an active enzyme. In other words, if an enzyme is simply a protein molecule, why not manufacture enzymes synthetically? The trouble begins here because, to date, no one has successfully created an enzyme from synthetic material. Enzymes can only be created from living, organic material. It is evident that there is something more to enzymes than can yet be accounted for scientifically. Dr Howell observed enzymes giving off a "luminescent glow" NEXUS + 15 of other substances OCTOBER — NOVEMBER 2003 www.nexusmagazine.com