(체내) 효소의 모든 것- 필독
Enzymedica: Frequently Asked Questions
- What are enzymes? 효소란 무엇인가?
- Why haven't I heard about enzymes before now? 지금까지 나는 왜 효소에 대한 설명을 듣지 못하였나?
- Does raw food or juicing in our diet guarantee enough enzymes to meet our needs? 생식, 쥬스를 먹는 것으로 충분할까?
- Why is enzyme supplementation important? 효소보충제가 필요한 이유?
- What about supplements such as C0Q10, blue green algae, green barley, vitamins and minerals? CoQ10, 해조류, 비타민 미네랄과 같은 조효소는 어떤 것인가?
- What constitutes a healthy body? 건강한 몸은 어떻게 이루어진 것인가?
- What is good nutrition? 영양분의 섭취를 잘하는 방법
- What enzymes should I take for proper digestion? 소화를 위한 적절한 효소제는 어떤 것를 먹어야 하나?
- Where do we get enzymes? 우리는 효소를 어디에서 얻는가?
- How do enzymes work in our bodies? 우리 인체내의 어느 곳에서 효소가 작용하는가?
- How can you preserve your body's enzyme level? 우리 몸의 효소수준을 어떻게 보존할 수 있을까?
- What is some other evidence that we waste our enzymes? 사람들이 효소를 낭비하고 있다고 말하는 몇가지 증거는?
- Can our bodies make enzymes to replace old worn-out excreted ones? 우리 몸은 효소를 쓰고 난 후 만들어 보충하는가?
- As we age, do our enzymes get weaker? 나이를 먹으면 우리 몸의 효소는 약해지는가?
- Why does our ability to produce enzymes grow weaker as we grow older? 우리가 늙으면 왜 효소생산 능력이 떨어지는가?
- Should children take enzymes? 어린애들 한테도 효소를 먹여야 하나?
- Will enzymes interfere with my medication? 효소와 내복하는 약과의 상호작용으로 문제를 일으킬 수도 있는가?
- Do athletes and physically active people have different enzymes needs than others? 육체적 활동이 많은 사람은 특별히
- 효소를 더 보충해야 하는가?
- I'm trying to body build and I was wondering if enzymes will help me with that? 헬쓰할 때 효소보충제 복용은...?
- Can supplemental enzymes help slow the aging process? 효소보충제가 노화방지에 효과가 있는가?
- What about controlling the effects of an acquired disease? 후천성 질환을 치유할 때 효소제의 효과는?
- How do I use the pH strips? 산도(pH)측정용 검사지를 사용하는 방법?
- Can I take Candidase and a probiotic? 캔디다제 와 유산균제재를 먹어도 되는가?
- Why is your product not measured in mg (weight)? 귀사 제품 효소는 왜 mg 단위로 성분표시를 하지 않는가?
- Which product should I take, Repair or SerraGold? 리패어 와 세라골드 중에서 어떤 제품을 먹어야 할까?
- My child is autistic, what products do you recommend? 내 아이는 자폐증인데, 이런 경우에 어떤 제품이 좋을까?
- How does Candidase work? 캔디다제는 어떤 효소제인가?
- How do I choose the correct enzyme supplement for my needs? 나 한테 맞는 효소제를 선택하는 방법을 알려달라
- How do enzymes support the immune system? 효소제는 어떻게 우리 몸의 면역력을 향상시키는가?
- Do supplemental enzymes stop the body from producing its own enzymes? Addiction? Overdosing?
- 효소를 복용함으로써 우리 몸에서의 효소를 생산하는 능력이 떨어지지는 않는가? 습관성 여부? 과다복용했을 때 문제는?
- Are enzymes from fungus safe? Do they contain fungus? 제품에 곰팡이 슬 염려는 없나? 효소제앧ㅎ 곰팡이 포함되는가?
- Can you help me understand my enzyme deficiency test results? 내 몸의 효소결핍 정도를 검사했는데 한 번 봐 달라
- Why do none of your products contain HCL? 귀사제품들은 전부 다 염산(HCl)을 포함하지 않는데 그 이유는?
- What is the difference between "therapeutic" and "digestive" enzymes? 치료용과 소화용 효소제의 차이점은?
- Is GlutenEase for Celiac? 셀락제품에는 글루텐이 관련없나?
- Can I use Natto-K with my anticoagulants (blood thinners) or other medications?
- 항응고제, 기타 내복약과 낫또키나제는 같이 복용해도 되나?
- How quickly will I see results with the use of enzymes? 효소제 복용후 얼마나 지나야 효과를 볼 수 있나?
- What side effects should I expect from the use of supplemental enzymes? 효소보충제의 부작용으로 예상되는 것은?
- Which products are best for heartburn or acid reflux? 속쓰림과 역류성식도염에 좋은 효소제품은?
- Are supplemental enzymes destroyed by stomach acid? 효소보충제는 위장 내에서 위산에 의해 파괴되는가?
- What else do I need to know? 기타...?
1. What are enzymes?
Enzymes are protein chemicals, which carry a vital energy factor needed for every chemical action, and reaction that occurs in our body. There are approximately 1300 different enzymes found in the human cell. These enzymes can combine with coenzymes to form nearly 100,000 various chemicals that enable us to see, hear, feel, move, digest food, and think. Every organ, every tissue, and all the 100 trillion cells in our body depend upon the reactions of metabolic enzymes and their energy factor. Nutrition cannot be explained without describing the part that enzymes play.
2. Why haven't I heard about enzymes before now?
Pharmaceutical companies placed the focus on vitamins and minerals. During the 1930s, Dr. Wolfe in Germany discovered the use of animal enzymes. During the same time period, Dr. Howell in America discovered the use of plant enzyme supplements. Research from these two health pioneers has paved the way for the enzyme supplementation that is used today.
Research in the mid 1940s established that the presence or absence of an enzyme in the body is heritable and governed by our DNA. In other words, we inherit our ability to produce or not produce the necessary enzymes needed for life.
Science has further established that our very life is made possible by enzymatic action. In other words, we could not exist without enzymes and as we age our ability to make metabolic enzymes lessens. Disease is considered nothing more than the lack of or imbalance of enzymes. Enzyme imbalances may be inherited or they can be created.
Even with all this information, enzyme education in America did not begin until the mid 1980s. Enzyme supplementation has become an accepted health care alternative in the 1990s because research has proven:
- Enzyme supplements are not destroyed by stomach acid. (It was thought and taught that enzyme supplements could not be useful
because they were destroyed in the hostile environment of the stomach). - Anyone who eats cooked or processed food requires supplementation to assist digestion. So far as science has been able to discover,
the only function any vitamin has is the role it plays in supporting enzymes. - Vitamins and minerals are coenzymes meaning they require an enzyme to work.
3. Does raw food or juicing in our diet guarantee enough enzymes to meet our needs?
Raw food provides only enough enzymes to digest that particular food. There are no extra enzymes in raw food to digest cooked or processed food. Although a totally raw diet may appear to be the best solution, it is generally not practical, and in most cases, not medically advisable. Due to the risk of bacterial contamination, many foods should not be eaten raw, including meats, poultry, eggs and beans. Many people find the fiber content in large quantities of raw food difficult to digest.
4. Why is enzyme supplementation important?
Most people will choose cooked foods over raw foods. Gas ripened and irradiated foods have no enzyme activity because of this processing. Our body makes our metabolic enzymes from the complete amino acid food we ingest. Complete amino acids are only found in animal products. It takes a combination of many plant products to make a complete amino source, and these sources are usually processed or heated, destroying the enzymes. We usually cook our animal products, robbing them of their enzymes. As we age, our bodies ability to produce enzymes decreases. Nuts that are raw contain an enzyme inhibitor (as do most beans). Grains and flour are processed, robbing them of their enzymes. Enzyme supplements assure an adequate enzyme supply.
5. What about supplements such as C0Q10, blue green algae, green barley,vitamins and minerals?
CoQ10 is a coenzyme and was first isolated from a cow's heart. A coenzyme is an organic molecule, usually containing phosphorus and some vitamins. A coenzyme and an apo-enzyme must unite in order to function. Vitamins and minerals are considered coenzymes. A coenzyme is dependent on another energy and an enzyme to work. Blue Green Algae and chlorophyll products are wonderful foods that contain minerals, vitamins, and enzymes because they are a plant food. However, they do not have the digestive action of supplemental plant enzymes and at best, their enzymes will only deliver the nutrients they contain. Hydrochloric acid, or HCL, is a normal constituent of gastric juice in human beings. Although administered to aid digestion, it is not an enzyme nor does it act as an enzyme.
6. What constitutes a healthy body?
Complete health is the sum total of the soundness of our own individual enzyme system. The health of our organs and glands is completely dependent upon our enzyme making abilities. When we are ill, it is because our organs and glands, individually or collectively, cannot function at ideal levels. This is completely influenced by the absence or deficiency of metabolic enzymes. Inherited genes (DNA) control our body's production of metabolic enzymes. Research in the mid 1940's established that some people inherit a low enzyme potential and come into this life with an enzyme deficiency. For those of us born with normal enzyme potential we still loose our ability to produce metabolic enzymes as we age.
Diet is an influence on the health of our glands and organs, and it interacts directly with our genetics. However, good nutrition alone is not enough to attain the genetic potential of your organs and glands. only if we eat the best of foods with the proper enzymes to assist in their digestion, can we alleviate stress on the entire system and increase the body's ability to fight off disease. Enzymes are vital to the ability of glands and organs to receive the specific nutrients they require to function properly.
7. What is good nutrition?
Simply stated, nutrition is the body's ability to consume the 45-known nutrients in their proper amounts, digest these nutrients, absorb these nutrients, carry these nutrients into the cells, metabolize these nutrients, and eliminate the waste without getting fat. The following is a list of the 45 known nutrients:
- Carbohydrates
- Lipids
- Proteins
- Water
- 9 Amino Acids
- 13 Vitamins
- 19 Minerals
Eating these nutrients (along with their enzymes) in their proper amounts will normally ensure good nutrition. Enzymes are responsible for digesting, absorbing, transporting, metabolizing, and eliminating the waste of these nutrients. To emphasize again, every organ, every tissue, and all the 100 trillion cells in our body depend upon the reaction of metabolic enzymes and their energy factor.
8. What enzymes should I take for proper digestion?
Protease breaks down protein, amylase breaks down carbohydrate and starch, and lipase breaks down fat. These three enzymes break down the majority of the type of food you eat. Added to these are: lactase (break down lactose-dairy), maltase & sucrase (break down food sugars), plus cellulase (break down cellulose and needed by those with food allergies).
9. Where do we get enzymes?
Our body makes enzymes called metabolic enzymes. They are responsible for every action that takes place in our body including digestion.
Enzymes are found in raw foods. However, there are just enough enzymes in each particular food to assist in the breakdown of that food.
Supplemental plant enzymes are grown from food and measured by their action. They are sold in capsules or powder form. These enzymes can be ingested with food to assist in the digestion of food and the absorption of the nutrients. They can also be taken between meals to energize the body, fortify organs and build our biological defense system.
10. How do enzymes work in our bodies?
When we eat raw foods, heat and moisture in the mouth activate the enzymes in the food. once active, these enzymes digest all of our food and make it small enough to pass through the villi (small pores of the intestines) and into the blood. The metabolic enzymes found in the blood then take the digested 45-known nutrients and build them into muscles, nerves, bones, blood, lungs, and various glands. Every cell in the body depends on certain enzymes. A protein digestive enzyme will not digest a fat; a fat enzyme will not digest a starch (carbohydrate). Each enzyme has a specific function in the body; this is referred to enzyme specificity. Enzymes act upon chemicals and change them into other chemicals, but enzymes themselves remain unchanged. Simply stated, our chemicals are changed from their original identify by the enzyme to other chemicals with a different identity. Without enzymes nothing in our body would work.
11. How can you preserve your body's enzyme level?
It seems that we inherit a certain enzyme potential at birth. However, if we depend solely on our body to produce all the enzymes we need, our enzyme potential will be depleted at a much faster rate than nature intended. To fortify your enzyme potential, you must eat raw foods as much and often as possible and/or take certain enzyme supplements. Failure to do so may result in serious illness or even early death.
12. What is some other evidence that we waste our enzymes?
Only humans can live a long time on enzyme-free food. All wild animals get their enzymes from raw food. Wild animals using raw food do not have the rich concentrations of enzyme activity in their digestive juices that humans do. For example, wild animals (deer, elephants, and other ruminants) have no enzymes at all in their saliva. When we examine human saliva, we find high concentrations of ptyalin (an amylase enzyme that digests starch). When dogs and cats eat their natural raw, carnivorous diet, there are no enzymes in the saliva. However, when dogs are fed on a high carbohydrate, heat-treated diet, like humans, enzymes show up in the saliva within about a week. This indicates that we waste our enzymes to digest cooked food. Our body has to adapt and start making more digestive enzymes thus reducing the availability of many of the other metabolic enzymes needed to run and maintain our body's systems and cells.
Other evidence that suggest we may be wasting our reserves of enzymes is the fact that, with relation to total body size, a wild animal has a smaller pancreas in comparison to the human pancreas. This suggests that wild animals get along with far less pancreatic enzymes than humans do.
13. Can our bodies make enzymes to replace old worn-out excreted ones?
The body can make enzymes. However, research confirms that it is self-defeating to obligate the body to make excessive amounts of highly concentrated digestive enzymes for digest due to the drain this places on the rest of the organs and tissues. Stress and hard physical labor in hot temperatures seem to use up more enzymes, which could shorten your life. To prevent this enzyme loss from shortening your life span, you have only one solution: you must provide enzyme reinforcements from an outside source in order to cut down the secretion of digestive enzymes and allow your body to make enough metabolic enzymes.
14. As we age, do our enzymes get weaker?
Yes. Research found that the enzyme of the saliva in young adults was 30 times stronger than in persons over 69 years old. Another researcher found amylase to be stronger in the urine of young adults as compared to older adults. There is an abundance of literature that shows experimental animals live longer when their food is significantly reduced. An explanation of this research finding could be that less food means fewer digestive enzymes are required to digest the reduced food intake. This could contribute to a higher enzyme potential, which could keep death away as well as arm the body against disease.
15. Why does our ability to produce enzymes grow weaker as we grow older?
One research study enlisted 10 young and 10 older men and used a drug to stimulate the pancreatic juice flow. The juice was then pumped out and tested. It was found that the enzyme amylase was much weaker in the older men. It was determined that the enzyme deficiency of the older group was due to exhaustion in the cells of the pancreas. Other research indicates that not only do our enzymes get weaker in the pancreas, but they also weaken in the trillions of cells in our body. one explanation for this might be that our pancreas, which weighs only 3 ounces, cannot begin to supply the vast amount of enzyme activity required by the pancreatic secretion, not to mention the tremendous need for protein to equip the enzyme complex (molecular structure of the enzyme). The pancreas must borrow these entities stored in the cells to make the enzyme complex. This could be a definition of "old age". Because old age and debilitated metabolic enzyme activity are synonymous, if we postpone the debilitation of metabolic enzyme activity, then we might delay the aging process.
16. Should children take enzymes?
Yes. Children usually eat the same enzyme-deficient foods as their parents. Breast-feeding is an important way babies receive enzymes. Children that are breast-fed acquire dozens of enzymes from their mother's milk. Bottle-fed babies receive pasteurized milk that has been heated, which destroys the milk enzymes. Drinking pasteurized milk causes the baby's enzyme factory to begin using its reserve of enzymes from day one. Research indicates that this could be harmful for the child. A study involving 20,061 babies was divided into three groups: breast-fed, partially breast-fed, and bottle-fed. They studied the morbidity (sickness) rate for the first nine months of the infant's life. They found that 37.4% of the breast-fed infants had sickness; in comparison to 53.8% of the partially breast-fed; and 63.6% of the bottle-fed. It is obvious that babies who were entirely breast-fed were healthier than babies who were only partially breast-fed or who were bottle-fed. They also examined the mortality rates of these different groups. The mortality rate among the bottle-fed infants was 56 times greater thanamong the breast-fed. In the United States one deformed child is born every 5 minutes, which is the equivalent of one in every ten families. This adds up to 250,000 deformed babies yearly. Dr. Andre Hakannson at Lund University in Sweden discovered that when he added mother's milk to cultured cancer cells that were alive prior to the addition of the milk, he soon found them to be dead. Further tests indicated that the milk killed only tumor cells, while normal adult cells were left intact. Research is trying to tell us that we, which includes pregnant women and children, must eat raw foods that contain enzymes and/or take supplemental enzymes.
17. Will enzymes interfere with my medication?
Pharmaceutical plant enzymes only breakdown and deliver natural food sources. Enzymes do not deliver synthetics so they do not interfere with your medication.
18. Do athletes and physically active people have different enzymes needs than others?
Yes, in theory athletes have a greater need for enzymes. Research has shown that enzymes are lost in perspiration and the body uses up enzymes during exercise. This is especially true for those that push their body to extreme endurance levels, such as levels that are characterized by cramps and dehydration problems.
19. I'm trying to body build and I was wondering if enzymes will help me with that?
Most likely. If muscle tissue enzymes were not working in the muscle tissue, there would be no muscular growth, not even the basic muscular activity to create growth. Enzymes are the catalysts that turn food into energy to make the muscles move and grow.
20. Can supplemental enzymes help slow the aging process?
According to Bob Farmer, Ph.D., a professor at Baylor University, the DNA of our body's cells is constantly being damaged. When a cell's DNA is damaged one of three things will happen: the cell will die; the change will be detected by the immune system and T-cells will kill it; or the cell will simply cease to do its assigned duty but will still hang around, using nutrients but providing no service. Dr. Farmer feels that the later of these three, the accumulation over a lifetime of millions of freeloading cells, is a primary cause of the aging process. The key then is to enhance the immune system so it can find and destroy these freeloading cells. Enzymes, along with a healthy lifestyle, can help improve the immune system and eliminate cells which are no longer needed by our body.
21. What about controlling the effects of an acquired disease?
Research is ongoing, however enzymes have been shown to benefit some people with everything from migraine headaches, insomnia and allergies to diabetes, heart disease and leukemia. Enzymes aid in the digestion of food and distribution of nutrients through the body. This process allows the endocrine system to function properly resulting in hormonal balance. When the body is functioning properly and efficiently the immune system is better prepared to fight any disease and maintain the balance.
22. How do I use the pH strips?
One of the best ways to determine pH is to d ip the strip in the urine stream. Color will instantly change, representing pH of urine. The pH of saliva test how much alkalinity the body has, while the pH of the urine shows how acidic you are.
23. Can I take Candidase and a probiotic?
Yes. Probiotics manufacture enzymes for the body. Proteolytic enzymes (protease in Candidase) will only hydrolyze the 3 D's (Dead, Damaged or Does not belong) they will not interfere with colonization of probiotics.
24. Why are your products not measured in mg (weight)?
Milligrams do not accurately reflect the potency of an enzyme. Plant based enzymes in particular should be measured in “active units”. Active units reflect guaranteed activity of an enzyme. Weight does not guarantee activity.
25. Which product should I take, Repair or SerraGold?
Repair is recommended to help speed the recovery of sore muscles due to overexertion or damage. SerraGold is recommended for those that suffer from discomfort, swelling and stiffness. Both may be taken together in severe cases.
26. My child is autistic, what products do you recommend?
First we recommend researching other parents similar results through the website www.enzymestuff.com and the book Enzymes for Autism by Karen DeFelice. Product recommendations begin with the “low and slow” dosing method. Lacto digestively with meals and Virastop therapeutically between meals. Slowly building up tolerance to enzymes, increasing potency, ultimately to Digest Gold with meals and large mounts of Virastop if necessary between meals. If there is gluten intolerance – ½ GlutenEase and ½ Digest Gold.
27. How does Candidase work?
Candidase utilizes two groups of enzymes in its formula, Cellulase TheraBlend and Protease TheraBlend. Cellulase hydrolyzes the chitin of a fungal or yeast cell. Protease breaks-down the protein core of the same cells reducing the effects of “die-off”.
28. How do I choose the correct enzyme supplement for my needs?
We consider a twofold approach. First begin with a digestive. Digestion is the foundation of health. The better we digest our foods, the more nutrients we have the possibility of assimilating safely and easily while improving the removal of waste. Second consider a therapeutic (enzyme taken on an empty stomach, usually between meals). Consider what the number one issue you are trying to overcome or reduce the negative effects of and choose the correct formula that would match your goals.
29. How do enzymes support the immune system?
Proteolytic enzymes are typically your main choice for support of the immune system. Proteases do this through at least 3 actions. Protease will break down proteins that are 1. Dead, 2. Damaged, or 3. Do not belong (marked with an antibody).
30. Do supplemental enzymes stop the body from producing its own enzymes? Addiction? Overdosing?
No. Supplemental enzymes support normal body organ function without replacing its effective working ability. Supplemental enzymes perform very specific activities (Amylase breaks down carbs, Lipase breaks down fats, protease breaks down protein). These activities may relieve stress off of the body, reducing the load of work, thus reducing the load of output or energy utilized by these organs. Supplemental enzymes do not control organ function or organ production directly. There is no known upper limit to the amount of supplemental enzymes that can be consumed. The reason for this is that the body has 1-100 trillion cells. Any one of those cells could be using thousands of different enzymes every second. This allows for huge quantities to be used by the body without addiction or overdosing.
31. Are enzymes from fungus safe? Do they contain fungus?
Supplemental plant based enzymes may be produced in manufacturing from fungal, microbial or bacterial sources. The living source produces the wanted enzyme under certain conditions and the two are separated and filtered away from each other. The final enzyme has no trace of the original organism that produced it. Enzymedica goes to great lengths to ensure quality control. We also use 3 rd party testing.
32. Help me understand my enzyme deficiency test results?
The answer to this may be more complicated than a couple of sentences could describe. Please feel free to call us at 888.918.1118.
33. Why do none of your products contain HCL (Betane hydrochloric acid)?
Enzymedica TheraBlends the four main types of enzymes in every formula - protease, amylase, lipase and cellulase. TheraBlending allows these enzymes to work across the board in the pH range of a 2-12. Whether the person is acidic or alkaline every range of the human body with or with out HCL, TheraBlended enzymes are active.
34. What is the difference between “therapeutic” and “digestive” enzymes?
Simply put, digestive enzymes are taken with food. Therapeutic enzymes could be the exact same enzyme but taken away from food (30 minutes before or 2 hours after a meal) so that they are utilized in different ways. Therapeutic enzymes work systemically in the body.
35. Is GlutenEase for Celiac?
No. GlutenEase was designed for individuals who have gluten allergy or intolerance. We have found that some individuals who have celiac disease may benefit from the use of GlutenEase along with other digestive enzymes added to their diet if used as a safety net. GlutenEase the product was never intended to “cure” celiac or any other known disease.
36. Can I use Natto-K with my anticoagulants (blood thinners) or other medications?
If you are currently taking a blood thinner, please consult a physician before consuming Natto-K.
37. How quickly will I see results with the use of enzymes?
Digestive and therapeutic effects of enzymes work relatively fast in comparison to many alternative therapies. The typical experience allows for the consumer to make an educated decision on the continuing use of a particular product within just a few days to a few weeks (Karen DeFelice recommends a minimum of 3 weeks regular use) because of the speed of results with enzymes.
38. What side effects should I expect from the use of supplemental enzymes?
Enzymes typically have a larger percentage of positive effects than negative side effects. The most common negative effect is an upset stomach on the use of large amounts of proteolytic enzymes, typically anything greater that 100, 000 HUT. This is easily relived through either the discontinuation of the products or beginning an even lower dosage that is tolerable and slowly building up the potency. Under clinical use, some kind of positive results are gained 70-90% of the time. No death of a patient has ever been attributed to the use of supplemental enzymes in any quantity.
38. Which products are best for heartburn or acid reflux?
A combination of a digestive enzyme before the meal (typically Digest) and Acid Soothe after the meal.
39. Are supplemental enzymes destroyed by stomach acid?
Plant based enzymes tolerate stomach acid well. They are not completely denatured by it and a few even maintain activity in stomach acid. The same cannot be said for animal based or glandular enzymes, which many times become denatured in stomach acid. 식물성 효소보충제는 위산에 잘 견딥니다. 위산에 전부 다 변질되는 것은 아니며, 몇 종류는 위산에서도 제 기능을 유지합니다.
동물성 소화효소제 또는 과립형 제재는 위산에 견디지 못하고 여러차례 변질이 일어납니다.
40. What else do I need to know?
Many people are able to reduce their food, supplement and therapy costs while easily managing and improving their quality of life. Enzymes have proven safe and effective in a variety of digestive and symptomatic complaints with decades of backing research and a high success rate of improvement with few negative side effects.