Digestive Enzymes and Food Sources

Digestive enzymes help digest foods so the body can use the nutrients. The enzymes are found in raw foods

Structure of the enzymes changes with temperature, the enzymes in cooked foods are functionally dead. The grains and legumes are sprouted to make them edible. Eat raw fruits at the beginning of a meal. Enzymes in the salad before the meal help digest the cooked meal

Raw Food Diet helps your body to cleanse toxins accumulated in your organs, intestines and fat tissue.

There are several digestive enzymes. Proteins are the hardest to digest, making Protease to be the most important digestive enzyme. The essential digestive enzymes in the order of importance are: Protease (digest proteins), Amylase (digest carbohydrates), Lipase (digest fats), and Cellulase (breaks down fiber).

Protease,

helps digest proteins. Un-digested proteins wind up in circulatory system and other parts of your body.

Food Sources: Broccoli, Figs, Guava, Ginger root, Green plants, Kiwi, Mushrooms, Papaya, Pineapple, Romaine lettuce, Spinach

Soy bean, Wheat, Kidney beans

Amylase,

helps digest carbohydrates. Incomplete digestion can cause blood sugar imbalances, allergies, and asthma

Food sources: Banana, Beets (roots, leaves and stems), Cabbage, Reishi mushrooms, Sweet potato

Egg, Maple sap, Milk, Honey, Sugar-cane

Barley, Corn, Oats, Rice, Wheat, Kidney beans

Lipase,

helps digest fat. Incomplete digestion can lead to clogged arteries causing blood pressure and heart problems.

Food Sources: Avocado, Coconuts, Corn, Flaxseeds, Raw red meats, Romaine Lettuce, Spinach, Wheat germ

Rice, Soybeans, Rape seeds

Cellulase,

Helps break down cellulose (soluble fiber). Helps bind heavy metal and toxins to be expelled out of body

Food Sources. Avocado, Peas, Reishi mushrooms.

Oat sprouts,

Maltase,

Helps convert complex sugar found in malt and grain products into glucose

Food Sources: Banana, Beet leaves, Green plants, Brewers’s yeast, Mushroom, Sugar-cane

Rice, Barley

Lactase,

Helps digest lactose found in dairy products

Food Sources. Almonds, Apples, Peaches, Persimmons, Tomatoes, Milk.

Sucrase,

Helps digest sucrose including table sugar

Food Sources. Cucumbers, Potato, Romaine Lettuce, Spinach, Sugar-cane

Alpha Galatosidase,

Hydrolyzes sugars in beans that ferment and cause gas. This enzyme is in the Bean-o

Helps prevent gas. Enzyme in Bean-0 for preventing gas

Food Sources: Cucumbers, Sprouted legumes (soy beans, cowpeas)

Phytase,

Helps digest Phytic acid (Phytate) found in Grains and Seeds releasing phosphorus,
calcium and other nutrients

Food Sources: Canola, Alfalfa and Rice

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