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Q. What are enzymes?
A. Enzymes are proteins, composed of amino-acids and proteins
are present in all living things. All enzymes are proteins,
but not all proteins are enzymes.
When you eat, enzymes break down the food into tiny particles
which can be converted into energy in the body.
The breakdown of food is necessary to convert food into energy.
Undigested food is unable to pass on the energy stored within
it. Digestive enzymes carry out the breakdown of the food
particles so that they can be easily converted into the essential
energy needed by all parts of our body.
The only substances capable of digesting food. Without enzymes
you would die from starvation.
Q. What raw item is a good source of protein?
A. Out of the 22 amino aids found in the body, 8 must be
derived from food. All 8 are abundantly available in raw plant
food, especially greens. As suggested by David Wolfe, "green
leafed veggies are the true body builders". Ex. Animals
who build enormous musculature on green leafy vegetation (gorilla,
giraffe, hippo, elephant, horse). People think they need flesh
protein to build flesh protein. If that were true then cows
would need to eat flesh to get protein. Usable protein is
the key. Cooking denatures protein molecular structure and
creating free radicals, which destroy enzymes, amino acids
& other cellular elements.
Another great source of protein is avocado.
Q. I have been on raw food for eight years and feel that
my body is very clean. Why do I feel nauseous from drinking
wheatgrass juice?
Victoria Boutenko answers: If you have read my book Green
for Life, you are familiar with the part where I speak about
all greens, without exception, containing alkaloids. Alkaloid
build up is toxic. Wheatgrass also contains a small amount
of alkaloids. If you begin to drink it on a regular basis,
the alkaloids accumulate and the body rejects it.
This is why people get nauseous after drinking wheatgrass
regularly for a while. When they take a break and come back
to it, they can tolerate it better. Many people do not consume
enough greens, and due to the fact
that wheatgrass juice is almost 100% chlorophyll, the benefits
of chlorophyll override the drawback of poisoning by alkaloids.
That means, that even though people still get the alkaloid
poisoning, the presence of chlorophyll in their body still
helps to heal cancer, makes the body more alkaline and has
other healing effects.
That is why the green smoothies are so helpful, because when
one begins to use a larger variety of greens in the form of
green smoothies, one doesn’t have to constantly drink wheatgrass
juice. Just keep rotating and get as many different greens
as you can.
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