Enzyme Therapy

(This is an excerpt from a University Of Metaphysical Sciences course at www.umsonline.org, please feel free to visit the school website)

 

Enzyme therapy uses enzymes from food or from supplements to treat health conditions. The use of foods with high levels of enzymes to treat illnesses was practiced by the indigenous peoples of Central and South America, Africa, and India (Conscious Eating, 2000). The indigenous peoples of Central and South America, for example, used the leaves and fruit of pineapples and papayas for therapeutic treatments. Enzyme therapy is used for people with health conditions because enzymes are needed for the body’s systems to function properly, including the immune system. It is important to note that there are certain times when it is best not to take enzyme therapy. In Conscious Eating (2000), Gabriel Cousens outlines these as: before one goes into surgery, during pregnancy, people with allergies, people taking anti-coagulants or thrombocyte aggregation, and people with congenital disturbances in blood coagulation.

Lactase is the enzyme that functions as a catalyst that breaks down lactose or milk sugar. Papain is the enzyme that is in supplement form and originates in the papaya fruit. Immunoassay product is a nutritional peel that is lab tested. Enzyme therapy is sometimes used as a cure for a variety of health conditions. American neurology is much different than that of other countries because of the strict regulations in America. Health supplement s are often harder to break down than natural sources. Enzyme deficiency can usually be treated with diet. Substrate co enzymes such as pectic assist in the transport of chemicals between enzymes.