One food may take hundreds of
Posted on July 28, 2010
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One food
may take hundreds of different types of enzymes for the body to digest.
Food is naturally filled with enzymes, called ?food enzymes?, that help us to digest
that food. The problem is that when we cook or process it, we kill those enzymes. Temperatures over 118 degrees will destroy the enzymes. A good example of this is
pineapple, which has some very powerful digestive enzymes in it. These enzymes
work so well that when added to gelatin (like Jell-O), the enzymes won?t allow the
gelatin to thicken. So, the only kind of pineapple you can add to gelatin is canned
pineapple, which has been cooked and processed so that all the enzymes have been
destroyed. It is now safe to add to gelatin, but not as good for your body.
Our body can manufacture enzymes, called ?digestive enzymes?, in pancreas. But
when we eat a diet that is filled with mostly cooked and processed foods, depleted
of enzymes, the pancreas is forced to work much harder than it was meant to,
manufacturing the enzymes the body needs to digest these foods.
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