HOW TO CLEANSE THE COLON

Body Odor

From www.naturalcures.com Body odor refers to unpleasant smells emitted from the body.  Eccrine glands are located almost everywhere on the body and produce body-cooling sweat that’s mainly water.  The apocrine glands, primarily located in the armpits and in the groin, are responsible for producing waste removing sweat and it is here where the problem of body odor stems from.  Bacteria feed on the waste products and produce the foul smell.  That is why when you first sweat after a workout, you don’t notice the intense smell but after some time has passed and the bacteria has got to work, then the smell is very obvious and off putting.

The degree of the odor a person produces depends on two factors, how much sweat their glands secrete and the amount of bacteria on the skin.  People with intense underarm odors have three times as much underarm bacteria as other people.

There are two ways of dealing with body odor, externally or internally.  External methods rely on masking the odor or keeping it at bay.  Internal methods focus on dietary and lifestyle changes to reduce the bacteria in the body.

Natural Cures for Body Odor

Ayurvedic Medicine

Ayurveda believes that body odour is the result of ama (toxins in the body).  When ama accumulates in the system, it is released through the skin, creating unpleasant-smelling perspiration.

As always the fastest most effective way to receive tailored advice to your own situation, you should visit a local licensed practitioner. Find your closest Ayurvedic practitioners here

Here are some remedies your practitioner may recommend:

Following a natural, whole foods diet, drink plenty of warm water throughout the day and avoid cold drinks.

Exercise daily – walking, swimming and yoga are all recommended.

Consume herbs such as alfalfa, parsley and rosemary that have antibacterial properties and therefore tackle body odour by reducing bacteria.

Take tiphala – an Ayurvedic treatment made up of three fruits to cleanse and strengthen the digestive system and thereby reduce ama.

Traditional Chinese Medicine

In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), excessive underarm sweating is a sign of heat accumulation and is related to the liver and heart meridians. The heat accumulation may result from poor diet, stress, lack of sleep, or malfunctioning organs. When this heat affects the liver or heart meridians, it is transmitted to the armpits, which in turn sweat profusely. TCM addresses the problem by clearing the heat from the appropriate meridian and organ so that internal harmony can be resumed.

To receive bespoke advice based upon your own situation you should visit a local licensed practitioner. Find your closest Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners here

You may wish to discuss the following with your practitioner:

General – kombucha – a fermented Chinese tea, high in probiotics and “system purifiers.” Eliminates toxins and body odor.

For liver deficiency and heat accumulation –anemarrhena rhizome, amur corktree bark, oyster shell (calcined) and ephedra root.

For heat accumulated in heart meridian – ginseng , dwarf lily-turf tuber and schisandra

For damp-heat irritation – astragalus root, white peony root, cassia twig and vinegar.

For yin deficiency leading to internal heat –rehmannia root & dwarf lily-turf tuber

Aromatherapy

Certain essential oils are well known for anti-bacterial properties as well as their lovely fragrance.  Effective oils for body odor are: bergamot, lavender, lemongrass (very strong so ensure it is well diluted in a carrier oil), peppermint, tea-tree.  Never put the oils directly on the skin under the armpits, as the area is very sensitive.  Always blend with carrier oil (such as coconut oil) before direct contact with skin.  They can also be added to bath water and included in a homemade deodorant.

Homeopathic Medicine

Owing to the principles behind homeopathy it is essential you see a licensed practitioner to receive your own personalized prescription.  Find your closest Homeopath here

Hepar sulph and Sulfur may be suggested, as both are popular homeopathic remedies for treating unpleasant body odor.

Herbs

Drink a cup of sage tea daily.

Peppermint – the ingestion of peppermint freshen breath, eases digestion, helping to metabolize foods and other toxins, which improves overall body odor.

Use fresh rosemary in your cooking – it is a good source of zinc which plays a role in reducing body odor.

Include parsley in your diet – it is rich in odor neutralizing chlorophyll and contains other antibacterial elements.

Add oregano leaf to meals – is a high anti-oxidant food which fights odor causing bacteria.

Other

Exercise:

It is important that you exercise regularly to boost circulation and encourage the elimination of toxins.  A fantastic form of exercise is rebounding (jumping on a mini-trampoline) it doesn’t create excessive sweating but it does work your body on the inside as well as the outside.  It is a fantastic way to detox the body and a great way to relieve stress.

Juice Therapy:

Drink fresh-squeezed, organic vegetable juices once or twice a day.  Find recipes here: www.juicemaster.com/recipes.

Lifestyle:

Wash your entire body twice daily with a natural antibacterial soap such as a tea-tree oil soap (or make your own.  Pay special attention to problem areas and dry yourself thoroughly (bacteria thrives more in a moist environment).

Recipe for tea-tree oil soap:

• 2 cups of glycerin soap base (source natural variety with no added nasties)
• 2 tablespoons of tea tree oil

Combine melted base and herbal oil. Stir until blended, then pour into molds and cool.

Shaving the armpits regularly has been found to help body odor control in the underarms.

Get rid of old sweat stained clothes that still hold a sweaty aroma.  Always ensure that your clothes are cleaned regularly and avoid wearing the same close fitted clothes between washes.

Flower remedies

The Bach Flower Remedy Crabapple aids in cleansing and detoxification.  It is the most popular flower remedy in treating skin conditions.  It can be taken orally, with 3 drops added to water 3 times a day.

Defy your doctor and be healed

Defy Your Doctor and Be Healed is what other natural cures books were supposed to have been, but weren't. It does not merely list what works and what does not. It explains the hows and whys in a very straightforward manner. Your doctor is not your healer. He is your dealer. That is why diabetes drugs cause full-onset diabetes, cholesterol medications cause sudden-onset heart attacks, and why radiation from cancer screenings causes cancer. The system is designed to be self perpetuating, and to prevent us from ever being free. There is no money to be made from healthy patients, nor is there profit in having dead patients. The money is made somewhere in the middle, in patients who are alive, but barely.

We have condensed seven years of research concerning all of the things that doctors never tell us, and we teach how to break free of the medical treadmill. Natural alternatives are explained in every chapter, to demonstrate the healing power of God's natural medicines. By discovering how corrupt the system is, our readers will never see things the same way again.

The medical establishment is one of few industries that remains well respected, because it has cunningly been able to manipulate the public and the media -- much more than any other industry. As one of the hundreds of examples given in the book, cancer patients with no treatment at all statistically live four times longer and have a better quality of life, making virtually any alternative therapy more effective. The mortality census shows that properly prescribed medications cause more deaths in the United States every year than any war in its history, and this omits the medical mistakes and the deaths by surgery.

Most of the alternative media promotes frauds, such as "spiritual energy healing", radiation, "urine therapy", or they promote harmful non-food items as "superfoods". We research legitimate alternative therapies, which were standard therapies prior to the early part of the twentieth century, before the medical schools were hijacked by the American Medical Association and the Rockefeller Foundation. One of the reasons why alternative medicine is routinely mocked is because most of what has been presented as alternative medicine is not medicine at all. Instead, it consists of new-age occultism. Much of it dates back to the forbidden religious practices of the ancient Egyptians. Our dedication to the truth and to using the tools that we have been given is one of the reasons why we refer to our healing methodologies as "God's medicine". We are giving credit where it is due, and conveying that the human body was not designed to be broken. 

Tyson Recalls Tons of Chicken Strips for Possible Metal Contamination

Tyson Recalls Tons of Chicken Strips for Possible Metal Contamination 

Tyson Foods is recalling some 69,000 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strips that may have been contaminated with metal, the top U.S. meat processor said on Friday, marking its second recall this year.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said https://bit.ly/2UPFfIC late Thursday it had received two consumer complaints of extraneous material in Tyson's chicken strips and that there were no reports of illnesses.
Tyson is recalling all its fully cooked buffalo-style chicken strip fritters, crispy chicken strips and chicken breast strip fritters, which have a use-before date of Nov. 30, 2019.
The move follows Tyson's recall in January of 18 tons of "White Meat Panko" chicken nuggets for possible rubber contamination.
The nuggets recalled earlier and the chicken strips being recalled this week were made at two separate facilities in Arkansas and Missouri, according to Tyson and the FSIS.
"We continue to investigate this matter but currently believe it's an isolated incident," Tyson spokesman Gary Mickelson said.
The move also follows a slew of recalls by big chicken producers including Smithfield Foods, Perdue Foods and Pilgrim's Pride Corp.
The USDA has been looking for ways to limit the number of such recalls, and is advising food companies to start internal investigations when they receive customer complaints and prioritize faster response time for recalls.
Consumer advocates say increasing automation in meat processing plants is causing more machine parts to break off and contaminate food.

America’s Most Medicated States

Open the medicine cabinet in anyone’s home, and chances are good you find at least a couple — and perhaps many — plastic prescription drug bottles.

Spending on prescription drugs in the U.S. multiplied nearly six times from $40.3 billion in 1990 to $234.1 billion in 2008, according to the nonprofit Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. From 1999 to 2009 the number of prescriptions dispensed rose 39% (from 2.8 billion to 3.9 billion) compared to a U.S. population growth of only 9% over the same period.

Who takes the most medication? In 2009 West Virginia had the highest prescription drug use of all states, according to data gathered from retail pharmacies and compiled by health care information company SDI.

The state filled 18.4 prescriptions per capita, compared with a national per-capita average of 11.6 prescriptions. The Mountain State also had the highest rate of prescription drug utilization the previous year, as Forbes reported last August.

In West Virginia many patients have “comorbid” conditions that require a cocktail of drugs to treat, says Peggy King, pharmacy director for West Virginia’s Bureau for Medical Services.

Of the adult population in West Virginia, 12.3% have diabetes, more than 68% are obese or overweight, 27% are smokers, nearly 30% report poor mental health and nearly 20% report having a disability, according to the most recent statistics released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In addition the CDC reports that 229,400 per 100,000 deaths in West Virginia were the result of heart disease, well above the national average of 190,000.

The state’s Medicaid program, which in 2009 had 393,187 beneficiaries, does not limit the number of prescriptions most patients can receive through the program, King said.

“A chronic disease state needs medication, you want to make sure your patients are properly treated and have all the drugs they need,” King says, reiterating that the state has a large number of patients with diabetes, asthma and lipid disorders as well as a number of patients with disabilities or a mental health conditions.

Nationwide the growth in prescription drug use may be attributed to the development of a wide range of treatments for various medical conditions, an increased ease of obtaining a prescription from a doctor and the general rise in obesity, diabetes and heart disease among adults.

As a result some experts say many patients may be taking more pills than they should.

“Many people equate taking medication with getting better,” says Paul Doering, professor in the department of pharmacotherapy and translational research at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy. “My mantra when it comes to prescriptions is ‘less is more’ for a lot of reasons — not only financial, but also because those drugs can hurt you sometimes.”

In the second-most medicated state, Tennessee, there were 16.9 retail prescriptions filled per capita. More than 65% of adults in the state can be classified as obese or overweight, and 10% of all adults have diabetes. Alabama, Kentucky and Arkansas round out the top five. All the states on our list have prescription drug use rates well above the national average, and they all have large impoverished areas and higher incidences of certain dangerous medical conditions than other regions.

While the majority of patients seek prescription drugs for medical purposes, there is a growing concern of the increase in the misuse of prescription medications, says Dr. Westley Clark, director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

Pain relievers used for nonmedical purposes are now the second most common type of illicit drug use, after marijuana.

The number of substance abuse treatment admissions for individuals 12 and older more than quadrupled from 2.2% in 1998 to 9.8% in 2008, SAMHSA reported earlier this month. The majority of individuals who use prescription pain relievers for nonmedical purposes obtained the drug from a friend or family member for free.

“Access increase gives rise to ease of abuse,” Clark says. “People are sharing these drugs without reflection, and that could endanger a lot of people. We often hear people talk about prescriptions sitting in the medicine cabinet and it will slowly disappear. It’s important for people to know that these drugs have abuse potential as well.”

Many states have started prescription drug monitoring programs, and Clark says patients should properly dispose of leftover prescription pills.

Hydrocodone/APAP with more than 120 million retail prescriptions last year, according to SDI. Other top-prescribed drugs in 2009 included Lisinopril, which is used to treat high blood pressure; Simvastatin, which is used to lower cholesterol; Levothyroxine, used for thyroid problems; and Amoxicillin and Azithromycin, used to treat bacterial infections.

Experts say consumers would do well to remember that many medical conditions can be mitigated without prescription pills–or better yet, prevented altogether. “Lifestyle changes of course could help our population because of the obesity rates and the poor diet and lack of exercise in our population,” says Peggy King. “It could certainly help anyone.”

Breast Cancer

Overview

Cancer is not a single disease with a single cause and a single type of treatment. There are more than 200 different types of cancer, each with its own name and treatment. Although cells in different parts of the body may look and work differently, most repair and reproduce themselves in the same way. Normally, cells divide in an orderly and controlled way. But if for some reason the process gets out of control, the cells carry on dividing and develop into a lump called a tumour. Tumours are either benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous). Doctors can tell if a tumour is benign or malignant by removing a piece of tissue (biopsy) and examining a small sample of cells under a microscope.

In a benign tumour the cells do not spread to other parts of the body and so are not cancerous. However, they may carry on growing at the original site, and may cause a problem by pressing on surrounding organs.

In a malignant tumour the cancer cells have the ability to spread beyond the original area of the body. If the tumour is left untreated, it may spread into surrounding tissue. Sometimes cells break away from the original (primary) cancer. They may spread to other organs in the body through the bloodstream or lymphatic system.

The lymphatic system is part of the immune system – the body’s natural defence against infection and disease. It’s made up of organs such as bone marrow, the thymus, the spleen, and lymph nodes. The lymph nodes throughout the body are connected by a network of tiny lymphatic tubes (ducts). The lymphatic system has two main roles: it helps to protect the body from infection and it drains fluid from the tissues. When the cancer cells reach a new area they may go on dividing and form a new tumour. This is known as a secondary cancer or a metastasis.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK. About 46,000 women get breast cancer in the UK each year. Most of them (8 out of 10) are over 50, but younger women, and in rare cases men, can also get breast cancer. Estimated new cases and deaths from breast cancer in the United States in 2012 are: New cases: 226,870 (female); 2,190 (male); Deaths: 39,510 (female); 410 (male.)

From 1999 to 2005, breast cancer incidence rates in the U.S. decreased by about 2% per year. The decrease was seen only in women aged 50 and older. One theory is that this decrease was partially due to the reduced use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) by women after the results of a large study called the Women’s Health Initiative were published in 2002. These results suggested a connection between HRT and increased breast cancer risk.

Anatomy of the breast: A woman’s breasts are made up of fat, connective tissue and thousands of tiny glands, known as lobules, which produce milk. If a woman has a baby, the milk is delivered to the nipple through tiny tubes called ducts, which allow her to breastfeed.
Types of breast cancer: There are several different types of breast cancer, which can develop in different parts of the breast. Breast cancer is often divided into non-invasive and invasive types.

• Non-invasive breast cancer: Non-invasive breast cancer is also known as cancer or carcinoma in situ, or pre-cancerous cells. This cancer is found in the ducts of the breast and has not developed the ability to spread outside the breast. This form of cancer rarely shows as a lump in the breast and is usually found on a mammogram. The most common type of non-invasive cancer is ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
• Invasive breast cancer: Invasive cancer has the ability to spread outside the breast, although this does not mean it necessarily has spread. The most common form of breast cancer is invasive ductal breast cancer, which develops in the cells that line the breast ducts. Invasive ductal breast cancer accounts for about 80% of all cases of breast cancer and is sometimes called ‘no special type.’
• Other types of breast cancer: Other less common types of breast cancer include invasive lobular breast cancer, which develops in the cells that line the milk-producing lobules, inflammatory breast cancer and Paget’s disease of the breast. It is possible for breast cancer to spread to other parts of the body, usually through the lymph nodes (small glands that filter bacteria from the body) or the bloodstream. If this happens, it is known as secondary or metastatic breast cancer.

Introduction to Enzymes

Introduction to Enzymes

Enzymes Support Healthy Digestion and Cellular Healing

“A person’s lifespan is directly related to the exhaustion of enzyme potential.”
—Dr. Edward Howell

So what are enzymes?

Probably not a subject included in the conversation of most people. Yet enzymes are in all living things and there is no life without them. Without enzymes, no seeds could sprout, soil could not produce and foods could not ripen. Enzymes in the soil help supply available nutrients to the roots of seedlings, and then recycle nutrients back into the soil. The warmth of the sun causes enzymes to function.

Without sufficient available enzymes human life and health are reduced, and that reduction is responsible for many diseases. Without enzymes your body could not digest and absorb food.

Enzymes work in cooperation with vitamins and minerals. For instance, specific enzymes partner with magnesium to perform over 300 important functions in your body. They are necessary to one another in order to produce important enzyme reactions required for your body’s ‘engine’ to operate properly. Low levels of enzymes are invariably found in all patients suffering from diabetes, heart problems and most every other degenerative disease.

There are at least 75,000 enzymes at work in your body. Specific enzymes in the saliva start the digestive process as you chew (this is why it’s important that you chew well), and others in the stomach continue the process. In fact, as much as 90 percent of digestion and absorption takes place in the small intestine! One small organ, your pancreas, plays a large role in the vital function of healthy digestion.

Clear back in 1911, John Beard’s treatise, The Enzyme Treatment of Cancer and its Scientific Basis, declared that cancer, which was quite rare in those days, was the result of decreased pancreatic enzymes, which impaired the body’s natural immune response to toxic cancer cells. In the 1990s, modern research proved that Beard’s conclusion was right on target.

Enzymes are a group of organic proteins known as amino acids. They are small chemical digesters, or ‘activists’ that break apart vitamins, minerals, proteins, carbohydrates and fats and absorb them into every cell in the living body. And, enzymes are much more than just vital catalysts for healthy digestion—they are necessary for ALL physiological processes.

Enzymes drive energy production and absorption of oxygen. They fight infections and heal wounds. They build raw materials, circulate nutrients and eliminate unwanted chemicals. Enzymes are activists in dissolving blood clots and carrying away toxic wastes. They regulate hormones, break down fats, deliver nutrients into cells and slow the aging process.

Once man, Dr. Edward Howell, was primarily responsible for laying the foundation of enzyme knowledge. He was as much an explorer in pursuit of those invisible lifegiving activists as those who sought unknown rivers, mountains and new continents.

Dr. Edward Howell was born in 1898 in Chicago, Illinois, and was the pioneer scientist who was the first to recognize the tremendous role of enzymes in humans and all life, and the first researcher to connect the importance of enzymes in food to the nutrition and health of human beings. He spent a long lifetime of research and writing in this field and, in fact, is often referred to as the “Father of Enzymes.”

Dr. Howell began his career at the Lindlahr Sanitarium in Elmhurst, Illinois and in 1932 established the National Enzyme Company. He treated patients three days a week with enzyme therapy including proper food and digestive enzymes, and spent the rest of his time researching and writing. In 1946 he published his findings in a 700 page book titled The Status of Food Enzymes in Digestion and Metabolism, complete with 695 references. His next book, Enzyme Nutrition, included a condensed version of the original and continued scientific findings through 1973. At the advanced age of 88 he served as Research Director for the Food Enzyme Research Foundation in Florida and continued his research and writing until his death a few years later.

And what were Dr. Howell’s conclusions after all those devoted years of research?

He found that as a body aged, enzyme production slowed, which meant that it became ever more necessary to obtain enzymes from food. The necessary enzymes are derived primarily from raw and fermented food. Dr. Howell concluded that eating all cooked food resulted in a shortened lifespan, increased vulnerability to illness and lowered resistance to various types of stress. He found that a diet severely limited in raw food drew down the reserves of the pancreas and caused it to enlarge… while other glands and organs, including the brain, diminished in size!

Dr. Howell was thoroughly convinced that only a daily diet of enzyme rich foods provided the energy vital to good health and a long life.

In a perfect world Dr. Howell’s lifetime of research would have ushered in an age of unparalled attention to the importance of food and nutrition that promote good health and prevent disease. But unfortunately, precisely the opposite has occurred.

Instead of focus on the vital importance of enzymes and nutritious food for good health, post World War II years ushered in the ‘miracle’ age of accelerating convenience food, packaged food, processed food, junk food, fast food and now genetically modified food, along with surgical and pharmaceutical fixes for all the degenerative effects caused by nutritionally deteriorating food.

As food and pharmaceutical companies rake in ever more profits, and government health agencies bow to their pressures, food quality continues to deteriorate in lockstep with the overall health of the general public. Digestive problems alone account for $50 billion annually in U.S. healthcare and lost work costs, let alone Alzheimer’s, cancer, autism, heart disease, diabetes, etc., etc.

Could it be that enzymes are more important to our health than we ever dreamed?

Millions of people believe so and know that support is available in the form of digestive enzymes that help counteract the harmful effects of the modern diet featuring predominantly cooked and processed food. As your body ages and slows the production of enzymes, digestive enzyme supplements become even more necessary.

And no matter what age we are it is vitally important to increase the daily intake of raw food with every meal. Although all raw foods deliver enzymes to the body, some of the most powerful enzyme-rich foods include raw extra virgin olive and coconut oil, raw honey and bee pollen, avocados, sprouted seeds, grapes (particularly with seeds) and tropical fruits such as papaya, pineapple, kiwi and mango.

Do yourself and your loved ones a favor and learn more about enzymes and (probiotics  which will be covered in the next article), and their contribution to your health and life, Do your research and talk to trusted health and/or supplement providers.

Sources for this article include: westonaprice.org, enzyme-facts.com, naturalnews.com, drmercola.com, Wikipedia.

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Enzymes from raw foods are one of the essential health-building nutrients used in Whole Food Multi Complete, America’s innovative 6-in-1 supplement.

Whole Food Multi Complete is a complete supplement program in one bottle, providing vitamins and minerals, probiotics, digestive enzymes, antioxidant herbs, bone and joint support, and energy balance… all in one complete formula!

Learn more by following link below.

www.WholeFoodComplete.com

So what are enzymes?

Probably not a subject included in the conversation of most people. Yet enzymes are in all living things and there is no life without them. Without enzymes, no seeds could sprout, soil could not produce and foods could not ripen. Enzymes in the soil help supply available nutrients to the roots of seedlings, and then recycle nutrients back into the soil. The warmth of the sun causes enzymes to function.

Without sufficient available enzymes human life and health are reduced, and that reduction is responsible for many diseases. Without enzymes your body could not digest and absorb food.

Enzymes work in cooperation with vitamins and minerals. For instance, specific enzymes partner with magnesium to perform over 300 important functions in your body. They are necessary to one another in order to produce important enzyme reactions required for your body’s ‘engine’ to operate properly. Low levels of enzymes are invariably found in all patients suffering from diabetes, heart problems and most every other degenerative disease.

There are at least 75,000 enzymes at work in your body. Specific enzymes in the saliva start the digestive process as you chew (this is why it’s important that you chew well), and others in the stomach continue the process. In fact, as much as 90 percent of digestion and absorption takes place in the small intestine! One small organ, your pancreas, plays a large role in the vital function of healthy digestion.

Clear back in 1911, John Beard’s treatise, The Enzyme Treatment of Cancer and its Scientific Basis, declared that cancer, which was quite rare in those days, was the result of decreased pancreatic enzymes, which impaired the body’s natural immune response to toxic cancer cells. In the 1990s, modern research proved that Beard’s conclusion was right on target.

Enzymes are a group of organic proteins known as amino acids. They are small chemical digesters, or ‘activists’ that break apart vitamins, minerals, proteins, carbohydrates and fats and absorb them into every cell in the living body. And, enzymes are much more than just vital catalysts for healthy digestion—they are necessary for ALL physiological processes.

Enzymes drive energy production and absorption of oxygen. They fight infections and heal wounds. They build raw materials, circulate nutrients and eliminate unwanted chemicals. Enzymes are activists in dissolving blood clots and carrying away toxic wastes. They regulate hormones, break down fats, deliver nutrients into cells and slow the aging process.

Once man, Dr. Edward Howell, was primarily responsible for laying the foundation of enzyme knowledge. He was as much an explorer in pursuit of those invisible lifegiving activists as those who sought unknown rivers, mountains and new continents.

Dr. Edward Howell was born in 1898 in Chicago, Illinois, and was the pioneer scientist who was the first to recognize the tremendous role of enzymes in humans and all life, and the first researcher to connect the importance of enzymes in food to the nutrition and health of human beings. He spent a long lifetime of research and writing in this field and, in fact, is often referred to as the “Father of Enzymes.”

Dr. Howell began his career at the Lindlahr Sanitarium in Elmhurst, Illinois and in 1932 established the National Enzyme Company. He treated patients three days a week with enzyme therapy including proper food and digestive enzymes, and spent the rest of his time researching and writing. In 1946 he published his findings in a 700 page book titled The Status of Food Enzymes in Digestion and Metabolism, complete with 695 references. His next book, Enzyme Nutrition, included a condensed version of the original and continued scientific findings through 1973. At the advanced age of 88 he served as Research Director for the Food Enzyme Research Foundation in Florida and continued his research and writing until his death a few years later.

And what were Dr. Howell’s conclusions after all those devoted years of research?

He found that as a body aged, enzyme production slowed, which meant that it became ever more necessary to obtain enzymes from food. The necessary enzymes are derived primarily from raw and fermented food. Dr. Howell concluded that eating all cooked food resulted in a shortened lifespan, increased vulnerability to illness and lowered resistance to various types of stress. He found that a diet severely limited in raw food drew down the reserves of the pancreas and caused it to enlarge… while other glands and organs, including the brain, diminished in size!

Dr. Howell was thoroughly convinced that only a daily diet of enzyme rich foods provided the energy vital to good health and a long life.

In a perfect world Dr. Howell’s lifetime of research would have ushered in an age of unparalled attention to the importance of food and nutrition that promote good health and prevent disease. But unfortunately, precisely the opposite has occurred.

Instead of focus on the vital importance of enzymes and nutritious food for good health, post World War II years ushered in the ‘miracle’ age of accelerating convenience food, packaged food, processed food, junk food, fast food and now genetically modified food, along with surgical and pharmaceutical fixes for all the degenerative effects caused by nutritionally deteriorating food.

As food and pharmaceutical companies rake in ever more profits, and government health agencies bow to their pressures, food quality continues to deteriorate in lockstep with the overall health of the general public. Digestive problems alone account for $50 billion annually in U.S. healthcare and lost work costs, let alone Alzheimer’s, cancer, autism, heart disease, diabetes, etc., etc.

Could it be that enzymes are more important to our health than we ever dreamed?

Millions of people believe so and know that support is available in the form of digestive enzymes that help counteract the harmful effects of the modern diet featuring predominantly cooked and processed food. As your body ages and slows the production of enzymes, digestive enzyme supplements become even more necessary.

And no matter what age we are it is vitally important to increase the daily intake of raw food with every meal. Although all raw foods deliver enzymes to the body, some of the most powerful enzyme-rich foods include raw extra virgin olive and coconut oil, raw honey and bee pollen, avocados, sprouted seeds, grapes (particularly with seeds) and tropical fruits such as papaya, pineapple, kiwi and mango.

Do yourself and your loved ones a favor and learn more about enzymes and (probiotics  which will be covered in the next article), and their contribution to your health and life, Do your research and talk to trusted health and/or supplement providers.

Sources for this article include: westonaprice.org, enzyme-facts.com, naturalnews.com, drmercola.com, Wikipedia.

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

Enzymes from raw foods are one of the essential health-building nutrients used in Whole Food Multi Complete, America’s innovative 6-in-1 supplement.

Whole Food Multi Complete is a complete supplement program in one bottle, providing vitamins and minerals, probiotics, digestive enzymes, antioxidant herbs, bone and joint support, and energy balance… all in one complete formula!

Learn more by following link below.

www.WholeFoodComplete.com