’The Sparks of Life’ 

Every living thing needs enzymes to function properly.

Simply put, enzymes are biological catalysts that enable certain biological functions to occur. Enzymes are vital for life. When we are low in enzymes, our entire health and wellbeing are adversely affected because the body has limited capacity to make all the enzymes that are required. Some enzymes can only be supplied by the food we eat, and because our modern diets are comprised of so many processed and cooked foods, many of the enzymes are destroyed before they can be used. Enzymes are required for digestion, growth, reproduction, wound healing, combating disease, and are able to activate so many biological functions in the body that they are often referred to as ’the spark of life’.

Enzymes operate on both chemical and biological levels, and currently, science cannot measure or synthesize their biological or life energy. No mineral, vitamin or hormone can do any work without the assistance of enzymes.

Enzymes can be categorised in three classes: Metabolic, digestive and food enzymes.

Metabolic enzymes regulate our body by utilising proteins, fats and carbohydrates and have the task of continual repair.

Digestive enzymes help the digestive process to assimilate proteins, carbohydrates and fats.

Food enzymes from raw foods, start the process of food digestion.

A lack of the right enzymes can cause the body to age faster and become more susceptible to disease. Plenty of the right enzymes generally have the opposite effect, and lead to increased energy and vitality.

There are thousands of different types of enzymes. Below are just a handful of some of the more comonly known ones: 

Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is an enzyme that is able to engulf and digest bacteria, protozoa, and cell wastes, and it is important to a functional, immune system. Coenzyme Q10 is another enzyme important to the body, with the ability to fight free radicals, provide energy to cells, and is able to strengthen the action of the antioxidant vitamin E. Pepsin, trypsin and erepsin, successfully convert proteins to intermediate products and finally to amino acids.