Systemic enzymes, which are essential in the body, are protein molecules which initiate and control nearly every biochemical process in the body. The presence of certain enzymes is what makes it possible for us to digest food, repair tissue, and rid our bodies of dangerous toxins. Every enzyme controlled reaction is crucial to overall health, and a few of the duties that enzymes perform include breaking down food particles enabling them to pass through the intestinal wall and enter the blood stream, as well as transforming tiny food nutrient particles into tissue found in muscles, nerves, organs, glands, etc. Systemic enzymes also contribute to the process that stores sugar in the liver and muscle tissue. They enable mineral molecules to link up with blood cells and help to detoxify our blood and tissues by enabling our immune system to attack foreign material. Lastly, they direct metabolism on a cellular level and converting food to energy, which fuels virtually every biologic mechanism of the body.

System enzymes are basically the spark plug of your life and yet it is important to understand that the average diet is enzyme-deficient. Refined and processed foods, as well as cooking at high temperatures, destroy enzymes. A diet which consists primarily of cooked food is undoubtedly seriously lacking in enzymes. Raw, uncooked foods are laden with enzymes and help digest the very food they are found in. Unfortunately, most of the enzymes in food are destroyed when the food is cooked, steamed, microwaved or baked.

When systemic enzyme reserves become depleted, we place large amounts of unnecessary stress on body organs like the pancreas, liver and lymph system. Enzyme deficiency contributes greatly to acidification of the body. Without sufficient systemic enzymes, foods and proteins go undigested, and eventually ferment in the body, causing toxicity and acid overload. Research studies strongly suggest that significant numbers of people with liver disease, high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis, tuberculosis and even obesity have low tissue enzyme levels. Even if your body has a sufficient quantity of enzymes to operate, these enzymes require specific pH environments in order to function.