ENZYMES 101, PART 1 - Enzymes, Nutrition and Your Health

I've been researching on why they now say that eating more"raw" (uncooked) foods are better for your health than cooked foods. Cooking, I found, destroys up to 80% of the nutritional value of the foods that you eat. This is especially significant, as today's lifestyle dictates that we consume the majority of our nutrition from cooked and processed foods. This means that our society now is now experiencing chronic malnutrition on a massive scale. This explains the reason why more and more people are getting sick at younger and younger ages.

Here is a video I got from Nutrition by Natalie explaining the role of enzymes:

Enzymes are in all foods that is provided to us by nature. Its the catalyst that helps us digest that particular kind of food. Enzymes are also the agents by which we absorb and utilize the nutrients from the food that we eat. Unfortunately, enzymes are destroyed by heat, so when we cook our food, we are practically depriving ourselves of this most vital of nutrients.

Chews4Health Nutritional Chewables haven't been exposed to any form of heat during its manufacturing process. This practically makes it a "raw" food. You will see proof of that as if you expose the chewable to open air, it darkens and degrades in only a few hours. Just like a real banana or apple when the skin is removed. This means that the enzymes in its natural and organic ingredients are intact and active. Making the nutrients in the superfruits, sea-vegetables and other ingredients more efficiently absorbed by our nutrient-hungry bodies.

Next part, we will discuss about the different types of enzymes and their roles in our body. Stay tuned!

Meantime, you can also view a previous article of mine that is related to this one - 

FOOD MATTERS - LET THY FOOD BE THY MEDICINE

Cheers!