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Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is an anti-oxidant enzyme respon- sible for cleaving the highly reactive superoxide radical O2 into hydrogen peroxide and protecting cells from dangerous levels of superoxide. Working in tandem with SOD is the enzyme catalase. It breaks down the hydrogen peroxide that is created by SOD's action on superoxide radicals. SOD/catalase deficiencies have been observed in inflammatory conditions, especially arthritis, bursitis and gout. In the field of anti-ageing medicine, it is believed that supplemental anti-oxidant enzymes can slow the ageing process. By curbing free radical processes, one may stop the damage done to cell membranes, strengthening the permeabil- ity of the cell and making it less prone to invasion by pathogens or environmental pollutants. whether or not proteolytic enzymes could be absorbed across the gut wall. There was seemingly no interest in what the effects might be from the enzymes themselves on the inflammation or cancer. In another study, lipase was found to be circulating from across the intestinal lumen into the lymph system and back to pancreatic acinar cells, where the cycle repeated itself.'? This circulation of enzymes via the lymph and blood systems is similar to the recycling of bile salts by the liver. ~ovTO he damage done to cell ‘membranes, strengthening the permeabil- YOU ARE WHAT YOU CAN DIGEST! ity of the cell and making it less prone to invasion by pathogens Over the last century, doctors have sought to treat human ail- or environmental pollutants. ments with a variety of natural and not-so-natural methods. Driven by the financial gains of pharmaceutical companies, ABSORPTION OF EXOGENOUS ENZYMES research scientists have tried to unlock the secrets of nature to One of the arguments against using supplemental enzymes is synthesise active ingredients of plants and animals. The amount that they are protein macromolecules and therefore are denatured of money spent on health care in the United States per person or destroyed by the action of hydrochloric acid produced inside based on per capita income far exceeds any other country—yet the stomach and, as such, they cannot cross the brush-border of there is rampant illness, with always the promise from pharma- the intestine intact. Another argument ceutical companies of yet another discov- is that even if they did cross over, they ery just around the corner. Most people are nothing more than a trigger for the have come to expect the "magic bullet" production of endogenous enzymes. pill that will do everything for them. As described below, these and other . Even in the natural health food indus- arguments have been proven incorrect. You are not necessarily try, the latest vitamin/mineral supple- A macromolecule is a compound of ments have everything except the 1,000 or more atoms bound together. what you eat, but kitchen sink thrown in for good mea- There is overwhelming evidence that i sure. macromolecules do, in fact, cross the what you can digest. In the early 1900s, radiation and gut lumen intact. In 1904, Drs surgery became the mainstays of treat- Ganghofer and Langer demonstrated ments. By the 1940s, pharmaceutical that large protein molecules were drugs had turned into the miracle cures. absorbed across the intestinal gut with- We've moved into an entirely new and out being degraded and were still capable uncharted territory, becoming cocky of functioning.* with the analysis of genomes and the ability to tamper with life. Morris documented the intact absorption of gamma globulin in Cloning of animals and production of genetically modified drugs newborns. He recounted how infants’ first milk is colostrum, are the next promise for the future. We are told that irradiated and which sets up the infants' digestive immune function.* Both genetically modified foods will feed the world, but at what cost? gamma globulin and colostrum are proteins. Professor Seifert of All of the above factors will provide continuing evidence of the University of Kiel not only demonstrated the absorption of enzyme deficiencies leading to more obscure and unrecognisable gamma globulin but proved by means of immunological testing diseases. Biological and chemical terrorism now threatens our that the proteins were intact, entering the bloodstream unaffected existence, but so does the manipulation of our food. and in full molecular size.°* Throughout history, many scientific discoveries have been Walker and others documented extensive work on the intestinal blighted by a blind spot. That spot is the gaping hole of the future uptake of macromolecules in relation to immunisation. °"! of this planet, including everyone and everything on it. In the Gardner specifically wrote about the gastrointestinal assimilation | Hindu and Buddhist religions, karma is the principle of cause and of intact proteins.'*'* Other animal and human studies have effect. It has been described in many ways and in many lan- described numerous intact proteins including animal-based and guages by prominent religious leaders as well as physicists. plant-based enzymes being absorbed into the bloodstream Christians understand it as "What ye sow, so shall ye reap". What following oral administration." we do now will forever affect the world we live on and in. Clean In one study, cancer patients with known inflammatory condi- food, water and air are essential for survival. We can control tions (deep and superficial thrombophlebitis of the extremities) what we eat, drink and breathe, so long as we are informed and were given doses of proteolytic enzymes either orally or intramus- educated. cularly of trypsin and chymotrypsin. Measurements of blood lev- The ongoing work of Dr Loomis and his associates attests to the els of both enzymes showed marked increases within 30 minutes, best-kept secret in the field of nutrition. You are not necessarily with a decline to base levels at the end of 24 hours. These results what you eat, but what you can digest. Improved digestion occurred with both orally administered and intramuscularly inject- through plant enzymes should be the starting point in any health ed enzymes. Since the orally administered enzymes did increase — program. When the body can get what it needs, when it needs it, the blood esterase substantially, it was concluded that "orally it will perform wonders and even miracles. administered chymotrypsin and trypsin resulted in specific As Dr Howell said, "Without enzymes, life itself would not be esterase activity changes in blood, indicating absorption of the possible". enzymes given, rather than release of other enzymes from the Continued 74 intestinal tract".'* Unfortunately, this study was only interested in what you eat, but : what you can digest. NEXUS * 25 You are not necessarily Continued on page 74 DECEMBER 2003 — JANUARY 2004 www.nexusmagazine.com