Enzymes are proteins composed of amino acids, the basic building blocks of life, arranged in chains that spontaneously fold into three-dimensional structures. These three-dimensional structures confer specificity of function. Whereas all enzymes are proteins, not all proteins are enzymes.

Enzymes are involved in nearly all metabolic and physiological processes in the body. Thus, they are a key in the maintenance of a strong immune system, a robust cardiovascular tree, a healthy and intact central nervous system, and optimal hormonal balance in the body.

Over the next 20 years “enzyme therapy” will be the buzzword in nutrition. Enzymes will be the nutritional supplement of the future, and the way we strengthen our immune system.

They are the essential biochemical units of all forms of life. They regulate everything that happens in our system. They coordinate every physical, mental, and emotional activity.

When enzyme activity slows in our body, so does our system's efficiency. Enzymes affect everything, and when enzyme activity stops, we stop. Your understanding of enzymes and enzyme therapy can have an impact on you and your family's quality of health.

The body produces its own supply of enzymes in requisite amounts, as and when they are needed. The enzymes, however, do get "used up" at rates faster than the body can replenish its supplies under a variety of conditions, such as consumption of "junk" foods or intake of medicines.

In fact, with advancing years, the body loses its ability to produce sufficient amounts of enzymes to keep up the demands of the body imposed by metabolic attrition. This insufficiency is a root cause of susceptibility to chronic and age-related diseases.

Given that enzymes are required in all cells of the body to assist in chemical activity, they participate in a myriad of reactions that allow organs, tissues and glands to function optimally and thrive.

If the body is imagined as an efficient chemical factory, it is the enzymes that fuel each and every reaction in that factory. As such, enzymes function as catalysts. That is, they make things work at a faster rate.

The reason enzymes are needed for bodily functions is that, in their absence, most of the physiological processes would either not take place, or would proceed at an excruciatingly slow speed.

In other words, at normal body temperatures, it will be virtually impossible for the cells to perform their tasks speedily and efficiently. Enzymes initiate, maintain, accelerate, and terminate biochemical processes in the body to foster health and vitality.

Since various enzymes have unique structure, each enzyme is meant to carry out a specific task in your body. Any given enzyme is there to fulfill a definite function, and this specificity allows the body to strictly control the use of enzymes.

Once activated, an enzyme will perform its specific function until it is "exhausted," or it is inhibited by another enzyme, in which case its activity is curtailed and/or stopped.

As researchers have found out after years of painstaking and laborious work, there is a good reason for this control: It prevents bodily processes from spinning out of control, which may be detrimental to health and well being.

Dr. H. Edward Rowe
Green Valley, Nevada
702-454-0015

NOTE: Including excellent Probiotic supplements in your health maintenance program is a very good idea, because it has been proven that Probiotics, in cooperation with enzymes, strongly support digestion, absorption, and the immune system.