Science long ago confirmed, there are two signs that indicate the presence or absence of life in a human body:

• Presence or absence of nervous impulse,
• Presence or absence of enzyme activity.

Restoring proper enzyme activity to cells has been termed "biochemical cpr to the cell." It is the first and foremost step in any properly designed nutritional program, a necessary step on the road to health and energy.

Dr. Edward Howell was the first researcher to recognize the importance of food enzymes to human nutrition. In 1946, he wrote the book, The Status of Food Enzymes in Digestion and Metabolism. In his own words, "Enzymes are substances which make life possible. They are needed for every chemical reaction that occurs in the body.

Without enzymes, no activity at all would take place. Neither vitamins, minerals or hormones can do any work without enzymes. Think of it this way:

Enzymes are the labor force that builds your body, just like construction workers are the labor force that builds your house. You may have all the necessary building materials and lumber, but to build a house you need workers, which represent this vital life element.

Similarly, you may have all the nutrients-vitamins, proteins, minerals, etc., for your body-but you still need the enzymes, the life element, to keep the body alive and well."

The following are some special, less frequently published quotes, all directly from Dr. Edward Howell:

    1. Enzymes are much more than catalysts. Catalysts are only inert
       substances. They possess none of the life energy we find in
       enzymes. For instance, enzymes give off a kind of radiation when
       they work. This is not true of catalysts. In addition, although
       enzymes contain proteins-and some contain vitamins-the activity
       factor in enzymes has never been synthesized.
       
    2. There is no combination of proteins or any combination of amino
       acids or any other substances which will give enzyme activity.
       There are proteins present in enzymes. However, they serve only as
       carriers of the enzyme activity factors. Therefore, we can say
       that enzymes consist of protein carriers charged with energy
       factors just as a battery consists of metallic plates charged with
       electrical energy.
       
    3. I believe the strain on our enzyme "bank account," caused by diets
       of cooked food, is one of the paramount causes of premature aging
       and early death. I also believe it is the underlying cause of
       almost all degenerative diseases.
       
    4. This state of enzyme deficiency stress exists in the majority of
       persons on the civilized, enzyme-free diet.
       
    5. The Neanderthal Man of 50,000 years ago used fire extensively in
       his cooking. He lived in caves and ate mostly roasted meat from
       the continuous fires which warmed the caves. These statements are
       documented by scientific evidence in my published and unpublished
       works. From fossil evidence, we know that the Neanderthal Man
       suffered from fully developed crippling arthritis.
       
    6. I don't think weather had much to do with the arthritis of the
       Neanderthal Man. For example, consider the primitive Eskimo. He
       lived in an environment just as frigid as that of the Neanderthal
       Man; and yet, the Eskimo never suffered from arthritis and other
       chronic disease.
       
    7. The Eskimo ate large amounts of raw food. The meat he ate was only
       slightly heated and was raw in the center. Therefore, the Eskimo
       received a large quantity of food enzymes with every meal.
       
    8. The word "Eskimo" itself comes from an Indian expression which
       means, "He who eats it raw."
       
    9. There is no tradition of medicine men among the Eskimo people. But
       among groups like the North American Indian, who ate cooked food
       extensively, the medicine man had a prominent position in the
       tribe.
       
   10. Over the last 40 years, I collected thousands of scientific
       documents to document my theories. To begin with, human beings
       have the lowest levels of starch-digesting enzymes in their blood
       of any creature. We also have the highest level of these enzymes
       in urine, meaning that they are being used up faster.
       
   11. There is no evidence showing that these low enzyme levels are not
       due to a peculiarity of our species. Instead, they are due to the
       large amounts of cooked starch we eat.
       
   12. We know that decreased enzyme levels are found in a number of
       chronic ailments, such as allergies, skin disease and even serious
       diseases, like diabetes and cancer.
       
   13. Incriminating evidence indicates that cooked, enzyme-free diets
       contribute to a pathological over-enlargement of the pituitary
       gland, which regulates the other glands. There is research showing
       that almost 100% of the people over 50 dying from accidental
       causes were found to have defective pituitary glands.
       
   14. I believe that food enzyme deficiency is the cause of the
       exaggerated maturation of today's children and teenagers. It is
       also an important cause of overweight in many children and adults.
       
   15. Many animal experiments have shown that enzyme-deficient diets
       produce a much more rapid maturation than usual. Animals on cooked
       diets are also much heavier than their counterparts on raw diets.
       
   16. Farmers use cooked potatoes to fatten pigs for market. They've
       found that pigs on cooked potatoes fatten faster and more
       economically than pigs on raw potatoes. This evidence shows the
       great difference between cooked calories and raw calories. Indeed,
       from my work in a sanitarium many years ago, I've found that it
       was impossible to get people fat on raw foods, regardless of the
       calorie intake.
       
   17. So far, there's not much hard evidence on whether taking
       additional enzymes will extend lifespan. However, we do know that
       laboratory rats that eat raw foods will live about three years.
       Rats that eat enzymeless chow diets will live only two years.
       Thus, we see diets deficient in enzymes caused a 30% reduction in
       lifespan.
  

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