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PROTEOLYTIC ENZYMES

Systemic enzyme supplements are used to instigate various chemical reactions within cells

and not necessarily for food digestion. The clinical use of enzymes is most widely practiced

in Germany, where they are commonly used for their anti-fibrotic, anti-inflammatory,

immune-supportive and blood- thinning properties. More than 50 studies have confirmedtheir use in treating rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, sports injuries and maintaining

good heart health and immune function. One systemic oral enzyme preparation is the No.

1 non-aspirin, over-the-counter medicine for pain and inflammation and the ninth-leading

natural medicine among all medical drugs in Germany. In the United States, systemic oral

enzymes have been overlooked by most physicians and consumers, but this trend is

changing.

Proteolytic systemic enzymes (proteases), such as those found in bromelain, papain and

pancreatin, cleave protein compounds by hydrolysis. That is, they split their substrate by

incorporating water. These enzymes are absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract into the

bloodstream and travel to specific sites where they break down cell debris, fibrin and

toxins. They also stimulate phagocytosis within the immune system and accelerate

elimination by way of the lymphatic system and blood vessels. This translates intoimproved circulation and reduced inflammation.

In contrast to chemical inhibitors of inflammation such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory

drugs (NSAIDs), enzyme preparations support and accelerate the natural inflammatory

process without contributing to pain, redness and swelling. This is accomplished by helping

degrade and remove plasma proteins and fibrin that invade the interstitial space within

tissues at the site of inflammation. Improved microcirculation and removal of inflammatory

products results in an analgesic effect and complaint relief.

Proteolytic enzymes, which when taken with a meal is used to help digest food. Proteolytic

enzymes are known as systemic enzyme supplements and are taken on an empty

stomach, 45 minutes to one hour before meals or 3 hours after a meal, to digestproteinaceous or fibrous waste material throughout the body including the outer coating of

bacteria, cysts, tumors, necrotic tissue and immune complexes. The only negative effects

are for people with rare cases of protein allergies.

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTION OF PROTEOLYTIC ENZYMES

Inflammation in its many forms is perhaps the most general and fundamental reaction in

all possible pathological conditions, for there is hardly any disease condition, which would

not include in its course at least some inflammatory phase.

After an injury, circulation in the tiny blood vessels is slowed by small blood clots. The

body's defenders, leukocytes, or white corpuscles rush in and deposit fibrin, an elastic

enzyme, around the affected area until an inflammatory membrane has been laid down.Edema (the accumulation of fluid) and pain follow. The classical symptoms of inflammation

are: redness, swelling, heat and pain, which are secondary symptoms after the initial

changes have taken place.

At the moment any injury occurs, a series of defense actions begin. The object is the

elimination of the harmful damage, or to prevent its further spreading in the organism, by

isolation of the offender, and to restore the original physiology as far as possible. All of

these defense reactions are grouped together under the elective name of inflammatory

reactions. An inflammatory condition should be treated according to the severity, the

extent, the cause and the state of reaction of the organism.

Synthetic "inflammation inhibitors" which are active at certain points during the course of

the inflammatory reactions are available. They are sometimes associated with undesirableside effects such as insomnia, depression, systemic fungal infection, increased calcium

excretion, gastrointestinal irritation, visual complaints, fever and fatigue. These

"inflammation inhibitors" are divided mainly into two groups: Steroids, i.e., cortisone and

its derivatives, and the Non-Steroids, which are usually salicylic acid derivatives such as

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butazolidine, indomethacin and others.

The other class of anti-inflammatory agents is made up of enzymatic inflammation

inhibitors; they are proteolytic enzymes, which are highly active substances usually found

in the body itself. They are non-toxic and may be used in every kind of inflammation,

making them desirable for therapeutic and prophylactic application, i.e., sports injuries.

Proteolytic enzymes can be used for an extended period of time for continuous therapy,

usually without any restrictions, and there are no undesirable side effects.

The therapeutic use of proteolytic enzymes provides a reliable inhibition of inflammation,

with fibrinolytic effect, which leads to lessening of edema and reductions in pain.

Many athletes, such as football players and boxers who are being exposed to the possibility

of injuries, take proteolytic enzymes prior to their activities to protect against the effects

of sport injuries.

When using proteolytic enzymes, a larger immediate dosage followed by a decreasing

dosage seems to work well in sport injuries and helps reduce the consequence of

subluxations, contusions, compressions or lacerations.

The disabling effects of sprains and strains to knees and muscle groups are usually

controlled and relieved by proteolytic enzymes. Fractures tend to heal much more rapidly

and with fewer complications if proteolytic enzymes are used, and hematomas and bruises

disappear in a shorter time.

Proteolytic enzymes promote natural healing safely and effectively by restoring circulation

to the area of the injury.

A combination of Proteolytic Enzymes, which includes Pancreatin, Bromelain, Papain, and

Trypsin/alpha Chymotrypsin, along with associated digestive enzymes Lipase and Amylase,

has proved enormously helpful in accelerating the body's healing process in injuries and

inflammations, from arthritis to surgical wounds.

VITAL ENZYMES

ENZYMES are vital to health--to life itself. These special proteins are necessary for every

chemical reaction in your body and the normal activity of your cells, tissues, fluids, andorgans. Enzymes digest the food you eat and are essential for the production of energy

required to run your body. Vitamins, minerals,and hormones can do nothing without

enzymes. With all of these functions to perform, there are literally hundreds of thousands

of these "Nature's workers" in your body.

Types of Enzymes

Enzymes can be divided into three major categories: 1. metabolic enzymes, 2. pancreatic

enzymes, and 3. food or plant enzymes.

1. Metabolic Enzymes

Hundreds of thousands of metabolic enzymes are made by the human body, and areresponsible for running its chemistry. These enzymes are involved in all body processes

including breathing, thinking, talking, moving, and immunity. You may be familiar with

antioxidant enzymes, one type of metabolic enzyme manufactured by our bodies.

Antioxidant enzymes help to quench free radicals, unhealthy compounds which if left

unchecked contribute to the development of disease.

2. Pancreatic Enzymes

In addition to metabolic enzymes, humans (and animals) have digestive enzymes, secreted

mainly by the pancreas, but also in the mouth, small intestine,and stomach. These

enzymes play a vital role in the digestion of food.

The pancreas is a complex organ, responsible for many functions. A healthy pancreassecretes insulin into the blood, and produces and secretes alkaline fluid (sodium

bicarbonate) into the upper portion of the small intestine, which alkalizes the acidic

contents that arrive there from the stomach. There are approximately 22 pancreatic

enzymes, including amylase, lipase, and proteolytic (breaking down protein) enzymes, such

as protease, which continue the digestion of food in the duodenum (the beginning of the



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small intestine) after plant enzymes have begun the digestive process in the stomach.

3. Plant (Food) Enzymes

Plant, or food, enzymes are essential in the proper digestion of food. Present in all raw

plants (and also available as supplements), plant enzymes include protease (digests

protein), amylase (digests carbohydrates), lipase (digests fat), disaccharidases (digest

sugar), and cellulase (digests fiber). Unlike pancreatic enzymes, plant enzymes work in the

mouth and the stomach where they predigest foods. Plant enzymes also operate in the

small intestine, aiding pancreatic enzymes in continuing the digestive process.

Each plant enzyme does its work only at its own specific pH (see quick definition) and

temperature ranges and in the presence of moisture (water). Outside its pH range, the

enzyme is deactivated but not destroyed, while outside of its temperature range, the

enzyme is denatured (destroyed). Enzymes, more heat-sensitive than vitamins, are

destroyed by cooking temperatures above 118º F, pasteurization, canning, and

microwaving.

How Plant Enzymes Work

Plant or food enzymes are responsible for three classes of work: pre-digestion, nutritional

support, and acute or chronic support.

Pre-digestion

As discussed, plant enzymes initiate pre-digestion of foods in the upper portion of the

stomach. They can eliminate digestive problems leading to food allergies by increasing the

supply of the deficient enzyme during this predigestive process.

The main food enzymes which initiate the process of digestion are: protease for protein

digestion; lipase for fat digestion; amylase for carbohydrate digestion; disaccharidases for

the digestion of disaccharides (sucrose, lactose, and maltose) into simple sugars; and

cellulase for the digestion of the soluble parts of fiber into smaller units. Since cellulase is

not made by the human body, it's important to chew all raw foods well in order to release

the cellulase enzyme.

Eating a diet rich in raw foods and/or taking plant enzyme supplements will not make yourpancreas lazy because pancreatic enzymes don't operate in the stomach. On the contrary,

food enzymes--and only food enzymes--spare the pancreas from having to compensate for

inadequate predigestion. The pancreas was never meant to be totally responsible for

digestion--early humans consumed primarily raw foods.

Nutritional Support

Food enzymes augment delivery of nutritional support by ensuring digestion of a needed

nutrient. Vitamin and mineral deficiencies resulting from a refined-food diet, or the inability

to digest whole foods, may be treated by combining small amounts of foods, high in the

desired nutrients, with the plant enzymes required to digest them. In this way, the delivery

of those nutrients is guaranteed. This is a much better way of relieving nutritional

deficiencies than taking isolated vitamins or minerals.

For example, if you have a particular B-vitamin deficiency, taking that one isolated B

vitamin will not solve the problem. Instead, taking a combination of brewer's yeast and the

right amount of enzymes required to predigest the yeast, provides the lacking B vitamins

in proper ratio with the B complex.

ENZYMES AND THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT

Plant enzymes start digesting food in the mouth and stomach, and they also are active in

the small intestine. Pancreatic enzymes (of which there are 22 different kinds) are

secreted by the pancreas, located behind the stomach; their work occurs mainly in the

small intestine.

Acute or Chronic Support

Taken as a supplement on an empty stomach, plant enzymes enter the bloodstream,



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where they assist the immune system by digesting and disposing of toxins (any substance

that does not belong in the blood) and "eating" the protein coating on certain viruses,

enabling immune system workers to then destroy them. Thus, taking enzymes in this way

can help reverse inflammation. Each type of enzyme has a specific anti-inflammatory action

and will relieve inflammatory conditions related to a deficiency in that enzyme.

Since plant enzymes digest toxins rather than killing them off (as antibiotics do in the case

of bacterial infection, for example), the process involves no side effects if the digested

toxins can be properly eliminated through the urinary tract, colon, skin,and lungs.

Supplemental plant enzymes can thus be used as therapy inthree ways, depending on the

particular health condition and needs of the individual: to optimize digestion, absorption,and assimilation of food which in turn keeps a healthy pH balance in the blood; to reverse

nutritional deficiencies; and as anti-inflammatories and detoxifying agents.

The Primary Digestive Enzymes

No matter what specific foods we eat, our diets are composed of protein, fat,

carbohydrates, sugars (disaccharides), and fiber, and we need the appropriate enzymes

(protease, lipase, amylase, disaccharidases, and cellulase) to break them down in

digestion. When a person is lacking in one or more of these primary digestive enzymes,

the food category associated with that enzyme does not get digested properly and that

person is said to be intolerant to that food. For example, without enough protease, a

protein-intolerance develops; without sufficient lipase, the individual is fat-intolerant,simply meaning that fat is not being digested properly. When the enzyme deficiency is left

untreated, health problems inevitably result. Specific symptoms and conditions tend to

develop with each particular enzyme deficiency. Following is a more detailed discussion of

the primary digestive enzymes and some of the health problems arising when the enzymes

are in short supply.

A Primer on Digestion

Digestion begins in the mouth--if you adequately chew your food--with digestive enzymes

secreted by the salivary glands. These enzymes include amylase, lipase, and some

protease. Also at work in the mouth are the enzymes present in whatever raw foods are

being eaten. In addition to amylase, lipase, and protease, plant enzymes include cellulase,which is not made by the human body.

Salivary enzymes combined with plant enzymes (from either raw foods or taken as a

supplement) continue the work of digestion in the upper or cardiac portion of the stomach.

For example, amylase will digest up to 60% of carbohydrates, protease up to 30% of

protein, and lipase up to 10% of fat, before HCl (hydrochloric or stomach) acid and pepsin

(the main enzyme secreted in the stomach) begin to work on food in the stomach. After

about an hour, stomach cells, called parietal cells, secrete enough HCl from the blood to

further acidify the predigested food to a low pH (from 3.0 to 1.5). This acidic pH

temporarily deactivates the plant enzymes, and the predigested food passes to the lower

or pyloric portion of the stomach, from which chief cells also secrete pepsin. It is here that

pepsin continues the digestion of protein. Adequate HCl is required to activate pepsin from

its inactive enzyme form pepsinogen inside the chief cells, and to maintain the stomach pHbelow 3.0, the optimum pH at which pepsin does its work. In the next stage of digestion,

the partially digested food and the deactivated plant (food) enzymes pass through the

pyloric valve into the upper part of the small intestine (the duodenum). Here digestion

continues, with the help of bile, pancreatic enzymes, and an alkalizing substance

(bicarbonate), which reactivates the food enzymes, if there is proper alkalinity. Then

digestion continues in the jejunum (next section of the small intestine) where

disaccharidases (sugar-digesting enzymes) are secreted if the jejunum is healthy. From

the small intestine, the majority of nutrients from digested food are absorbed into the

blood.

Protease (digests protein)

Protease digests protein into smaller units called amino acids (see quick definition);not

only protein from food, but also other organisms which are composed of protein, such as

the coating on certain viruses, toxins from dead bacteria and other microorganisms, and

certain harmful substances produced at sites of injury or inflammation.



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As mentioned above, someone deficient in protease is protein-intolerant. Although protein-

intolerant people may become vegetarians because meat and other high-protein foods

don't "agree" with them, that doesn't solve their problem. Their bodies can't digest any

form of protein, including that found in vegetables. Both the faulty digestive process and

the resulting deficiency in protein lead to a deterioration in health.

A protease deficiency compromises the immune system, leaving a person vulnerable to

frequent or chronic infections, either bacterial or viral, and more serious conditions,

including cancer. Protease deficiency can also lead to edema (fluid retention) anywhere in

the body, including swelling of the hands and feet or fluid in the ears. Toxic colon

syndrome (a buildup of toxins in the large intestine) is another result of the inability todigest protein. It can lead to various intestinal problems including chronic constipation,

appendicitis, and even colon cancer.

In addition, since about half the protein you digest is converted to sugar, protease

deficiency and inadequate protein digestion can lead to hypoglycemia (low blood sugar),

with such symptoms as moodiness, depression, and irritability.

Protein, when digested properly, supplies acidity to the blood. If protein isn't digested, the

blood acquires excess alkaline reserves, which must be continuously dumped via the

kidneys into the urine. These excess alkaline reserves can produce a state of anxiety, often

treated with prescription tranquilizers which do nothing to address this simple underlying

imbalance. Since calcium is carried in the blood partly bound to digested protein and partly

inionic (salt) form, inadequate protein digestion, and the resulting excess alkaline reserves,

can lead to calcium metabolism problems, such as osteoporosis, osteoarthritis,

degenerative disc problems, and bone spurs. Protease also plays an important role in

preventing and eliminating blood clots.

Protease supplements can be taken with meals to increase digestion of protein. Between

meals, protease helps alleviate infections (bacterial and viral), and enhances the immune

system in general. Protease alleviates inflammatory conditions of any kind, especially those

associated with soft tissue trauma, as occurs in an accident or surgery. I have also had

patients who passed large worms while on high doses of protease (not over-the-counter

formulas) followed by total relief of symptoms (rashes, anal irritation, and so on). Some

but not all types of kidney problems, such as nephritis and drug-induced kidney damage,

can often be relieved with protease.

When a person is lacking in one or more of the primary digestive enzymes, the food

category associated with that enzyme does not get digested properly and that person is

said to be intolerant to that food. When the enzyme deficiency is left untreated, health

problems inevitably result.

The only people who cannot tolerate high doses of protease are those who suffer from

ulcers, gastritis (inflammation of the stomach), or hiatal (in the stomach) hernia, since

damaged mucosal tissue in the stomach cannot handle extra acidity from digested protein.

Many people have asked if the protease inhibitors currently being used to treat AIDS

patients interfere with plant protease. The answer is no, they can be used simtaneously.

Amylase (digests carbohydrates)

Amylase digests carbohydrates (polysaccharides), breaking them down into smaller units

called disaccharides, which are later converted into monosaccharides (simple sugars) such

as glucose and fructose. People who can't digest fats often eat--and tolerate--large

amounts of sugar to make up for the lack of fat in their diet. If their diet is excessive in

sugar, they can develop an amylase deficiency in addition to the original lipase deficiency.

Possessing antihistamine properties amylase can relieve many kinds of skin problems, such

as hives and rashes, contact dermatitis, and allergic reactions to bee stings, bug bites, and

poison oak or ivy. Amylase, combined with certain herbs, relieves herpes of any kind,

including canker sores, genital herpes, shingles, and chickenpox. Combined with certain

skin-healing herbs, it can heal acne, eczema, and psoriasis.

Although asthma is a direct result of sugar intolerance, amylase combined with lung-

healing herbs helps alleviate the wheezing of asthmatics. This combination acts as a lung

expectorant and relieves the coughing accompanying colds and bronchitis. Amylase is

useful for athletes because it eases muscle soreness and pain following exercise. It also



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can treat writer's cramp and joint stiffness that is worse in the morning upon rising or

after sitting for long periods.

Amylase is important in preventing the proliferation of dead leukocytes (white blood cells),

which manifest as pus. For example, if you have an infected gum area, which antibiotics

don't heal, it may not be an infection, but rather an abscess--that is, pus with no bacteria.

With adequate amylase, the abscess could disappear or at least be dramatically diminished

within 48 hours.

Lipase (digests fats)

Lipase breaks down neutral fats (triglycerides) into glycerol (an alcohol) and fatty acids

(see quick definition). Before lipase can digest fat, bile, an emulsifier or degreaser, must

break the fat down into smaller units. People who are low in HCl cannot make adequate

bile. HCl deficiency is caused by protease deficiency (required to provide adequate acidity)

and lipase deficiency (required to carry chlorides). Thus lipase deficiency, inadequate HCl,

and stagnation of bile are interrelated.

There are two types of lipase-deficient people. The first are those who are truly fat

intolerant, get sick when they eat fat, and have gallbladder problems. These people

substitute sugar for fat. The second are people who are complex-carbohydrate intolerant

and make up for it by eating excessive amounts of fat. These people gradually develop a

lipase deficiency.

Lipase is important in maintaining optimum cell permeability, which allows nutrients to flow

easily into the cells and wastes to flow out. Two conditions arising from lipase deficiency

are diabetes and glucosuria (sugar in the urine without symptoms of diabetes). Most

people associate diabetes with sugar intolerance, but fat intolerance is the major enzyme

culprit. The inability to digest fat interferes with insulin metabolism and the transport of

glucose into the cell by insulin.

Lipase-deficient people may also have one or more of the following conditions or a

tendency towards them: high cholesterol and/or high blood triglycerides, high blood

pressure difficulty losing weight, and varicose veins. They may also be deficient in many

fat-soluble nutrients, including vitamins A, D, and E.

Disaccharidases (digest sugar)

People who cannot tolerate sugar or disaccharides tend to turn consume more protein. This

is a good choice because 46% of digested protein is converted to glucose upon demand

and glucose is a major source of energy for the brain and cells. Disaccharidases

(sometimes called carbohydrases) break down disaccharides into simple sugars such as

glucose and fructose. The three major disaccharides are sucrose (cane sugar), lactose

(milk sugar), and maltose (grain sugar). In particular, the digestion of sucrose produces

glucose plus fructose; lactose produces glucose plus galactose; and maltose produces two

glucose units.

Probably the major cause of sugar intolerance is excessive consumption of refined sugars.

Just as an enzyme deficiency can produce intolerance to the food digested by that enzyme,

eating too much of that food can result in intolerance to it because the body is unable to

keep up with the demand for the enzyme necessary to digest it, and deficiency results.

Thus, eating too much sugar leads to a deficiency in disaccharidases and sugar intolerance

develops. For most people in the United States, it is likely that both factors--intitial

enzyme deficiency along with excess consumption of sugar--are in operation due to the

lack of enzymes in the standard American diet of refined, processed foods and the average

per-person consumption of 150 pounds of sugar every year. Before the advent of the

processed food industry, Americans consumed an average of only five pounds of sugar per

year. This excessive sugar consumption is far beyond the capacity of the small intestine to

produce enough disaccharidases to digest all that sugar.

There are physical, mental, and emotional symptoms of a deficiency of disaccharidases andthe attendant sugar intolerance. Many of these symptoms also occur in people who have

an under active thyroid gland (hypothyroidism, see quick definition). Common physical

symptoms include diarrhea, especially from lactose intolerance, but both diarrhea and

constipation may result from maltose and sucrose intolerance as well. Lung problems,

especially asthma are common in sugar-intolerant people. People with environmental



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illness also fall into this category.

Spaciness or dizziness that is worse when bending over is linked to sugar intolerance. If

severe enough, a seizure disorder can develop, especially if refined sugar is consumed.

Sugar-intolerant people often complain that they fall asleep easily but cannot stay asleep.

Mental and emotional problems include depression, mood swings, angry, aggressive, or

violent behavior, severe panic attacks (often requiring prescription medication), manic-

depression (bipolar disorders), and hyperactivity/attention deficit disorder (ADD). The

proliferation of the fungus Candida albicans (see quick definition), a condition called

candidiasis, is also linked to a deficiency of disaccharidases and the sugar intolerance thatgoes along with it. There are about 2,500 forms of yeast-fungi and all of them live on

sugar, especially sucrose. In fact, the fungi make an enzyme that can digest sugar for

their use. All of these fungi can be digested by cellulase (described below) but a primary

cause of pathogenic yeast overgrowth is excessive sugar consumption coupled with

frequent antibiotic use.

Cellulase (digests soluble fiber)

The pancreas can manufacture enzymes similar to all of those found in plants(including

protease, amylase, lipase, and disaccharidases) with the exception of cellulase. As

mentioned previously, cellulase is not made in the body and can be obtained only from

food sources or enzyme supplements. Cellulase digests the soluble parts of fiber into

smaller units which are eventually converted to glucose. In this process, the beneficial

soluble fibers are released. All raw fruits, vegetables, and whole grains contain cellulase.

There are conditions arising from other enzyme deficiencies, which are relieved or cured by

cellulase. For example, the yeast overgrowth discussed above, caused by sugar intolerance

among other factors, can be alleviated by cellulase which digests the yeast-fungi.

Cellulase also digests certain neurotoxins in the colon, which cause facial pain orneuralgia

and facial paralysis (Bell’s Palsy). An enzyme formula containing cellulase and antioxidants

can bring relief to these conditions within two weeks. Finally, cellulase, along with other

enzymes, can alleviate acute food allergies, which, again, are created by faulty digestion

due to enzyme deficiencies.

A Healthy Diet is the Best Source of Enzymes

To ensure that your body gets the enzymes it needs for optimum digestion, the best

approach is to go to the source--your diet. It should be enzyme-rich, with a wide variety

of organic, whole, unprocessed foods. Foods in their whole, unaltered state have the ideal

ratio of enzymes needed to digest them. For example, an apple, which is high in

carbohydrates, contains more amylase than an avocado, which has a high concentration of

fat and is high in lipase.

Most importantly, foods should be eaten raw or, at the most, lightly steamed. There are a

few exceptions: seeds, nuts, grains, and beans have enzyme inhibitors, which should be

deactivated by soaking, cooking, or sprouting. Cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli,

cabbage, cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts, contain compounds that can inhibit the functionof the thyroid gland and should not be eaten raw but lightly steamed. To ensure optimum

health, eat a broad variety of organic raw fruits and vegetables, cooked whole grains, and

enough protein from fish, organic meat, poultry, and eggs, and raw or cultured dairy--and

your body will take care of the rest.

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