Enzymes

We adhere to the philosophy that both the living organism and its enzymes are inhabited by a life energy, which is separate, and distinct from the caloric energy liberated from food by enzyme action. This enzyme complex is thus defined in biological rather than chemical terms. The enzyme complex harbors a protein carrier inhabited by a vital energy factor. For almost a hundred years chemistry has maintained that enzymes work by their mere presence, without being used up in the process. It has implied that the energy powering enzyme activity is derived, not from the enzymes, but solely from the substrate (the substance being changed or metabolized). If that is true, where does the energy come from to trigger or start the reaction before the energy of the substrate is released? Chemistry concedes that only the living organism can make enzymes, but it implies it can do this without paying a price. Official chemistry maintains, at least by implication, that enzymes are mere chemical flunkies and are therefore recklessly expendable. The Food Enzyme Concept holds that organisms endow enzymes with a vital activity factor that is exhaustible. The capacity of a living organism to make enzymes, the enzyme potential, is limited and exhaustible.

Enzymes represent the “life element” which is biologically recognized and can be measured in terms of enzyme activity. The easiest way to recognize this is to note when chemical reactions fail to occur because enzymes are not present ¾ for example, when a radiated or cooked potato fails to sprout. Thought of for years as catalysts, enzymes are much more than these inert substances. Catalysts work by chemical action only, while enzymes function both by biological and chemical action. Catalysts do not contain the “life element,” which is measured as a kind of radiation that enzymes emit.

Dorland’s Medical Dictionary defines an enzyme as “a protein molecule that catalyzes chemical reactions of other substances without itself being destroyed or altered upon completion of the reactions.” However, an enzyme is much more than just a protein molecule which catalyzes chemical reactions. In experiments described in “Chemical Reviews” (1993), the activity of one protein molecule was transferred over to another protein substance, leaving the original molecule devoid of its original activity. This experiment only proves further that an enzyme is the invisible activity or energy factor and not just the protein molecule itself. A protein molecule is actually only the carrier of the enzyme activity. So, for the purpose of our presentation of enzymes, let us agree that the proteins in enzymes serve merely as carriers of enzyme activity factors. We can summarize that enzymes are protein carriers charged with vital energy factors, just as your car battery consists of metal plates charged with electrical energy.

There are three classes of enzymes: metabolic enzymes, which run our bodies; digestive enzymes, which digest our food; and food enzymes from raw foods, which start food digestion. Metabolic enzymes run all of our organs and tissues. These enzyme workers take proteins, fats and carbohydrates (starches, sugars, etc.), and structure them into healthy, properly working bodies. Every organ and tissue has its own particular metabolic enzymes to do specialized work. One authority made an investigation and found 98 distinct enzymes working in the arteries, each with a particular job to do. The liver has numerous different enzymes working. No one has ever investigated how many specific enzymes are needed to run the heart, brain, lungs, kidneys, etc.

Since good health depends on all of these metabolic enzymes doing an excellent job, we must be sure that nothing interferes with the body making enough of them. A shortage could cause serious trouble, many times serious. Modern research is implicating enzymes in all of our activities. Even thinking involves some enzyme activity. In 1930, 80 enzymes were known; in 1947, 200; in 1957 660; in 1962, 850 and by 1968, scientists had identified 1300 of them. Today more than 5,000 metabolic enzymes have been identified that run the body chemistry and are involved in all body processes including breathing, talking, movement, behavior and maintaining the immune system. Although thousands of enzymes are known, many more reactions have been identified for which the enzymes responsible are not yet known. Hundreds of metabolic enzymes are necessary to carry on the work of the body – to repair damage and decay, and heal diseases.