Enzyme Robbing?

Enzymes run every function in our entire body. Digestive enzymes break down the food we eat so it can be used as a source of nutrients and a source of energy. Every cell relies on the raw materials provided to the body by digestive enzymes. If you do not have enough enzymes you can develop a vast myriad of illnesses. All the food and nutritional supplements you consume will not do any good if they are not sufficiently broken down and absorbed by the body.'

In other words, enzymes keep us alive! They are either contained in the body, or made through what we are fed. Enzymes are proteins, and like all proteins, they consist of amino acids. (I can see your eyes glazing over, but please stay with me.) By definition, enzymes are catalysts that make many essential biochemical reactions happen, and are not used up or chemically altered in the process. They help chemical reactions take place quickly and efficiently. In the digestive process, some chemical reactions would either happen very slowly or not occur at all without enzymes.

Food is essentially just a mixture of chemicals that are broken down by enzymes. Enzymes unlock the benefits of vitamins, minerals, proteins, and hormones and put them to work in the body. Food that has been cooked is devoid of enzymes, because heat-processing destroys these enzymes.

According to Swedish researchers, raw foods pass through a dog's stomach in about 4 ½ hours. On the other hand, dry kibble takes up to 16 hours to pass out of the stomach. A dog's stomach is designed to deal with raw foods, but why does it take so long to digest a dry diet? The answer is Enzymes. The dry matter will not digest efficiently because it has been heat-processed, and there are not sufficient digestive enzymes to do the job. What happens as a result is something called 'enzyme-robbing'. The brain sends messages out to the various organs of the body, including the heart, the liver, the kidneys and various other parts of the body, to transport enzymes to the stomach. The food sits there until enough enzymes are available for digestion. And in the process, the organs of the body become deficient, and they become pre-disposed to disease.

There is some evidence that enzyme robbing may be linked to a variety of 'allergies'. If there are not sufficient enzymes to 'do the job' of digesting certain foods, these foods are rejected by the body, and show up as 'allergies'.