The Essentials of Enzyme Nutrition Therapy
- From: "Reincarnarea lui Giordano Bruno" <is_dat_right_Im_russian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 19 Mar 2007 22:40:06 -0700
Extracted from Nexus Magazine, Volume 10, Number 6 (October-November
2003)
Food enzymes in raw food are vital for digesting that food, but their
destruction during cooking is a key factor in today's rising levels of
allergies and chronic degenerative diseases.
In August 1971, the US Department of Agriculture published "An
Evaluation of Research in the United States on Human Nutrition; Report
No. 2, Benefits from Nutrition Research". The US government spent
approximately $30 million analysing the relationship diet has to
disease. According to the study:
· Major health problems are diet related;
· The real potential from improved diet is preventative;
· Benefits would be shared by all...especially by lower economic and non-
white population groups;
· Major benefits are long range... Early adjustments of diet could
prevent the development of undesirable long-range effects;
· There exist geographical, regional differences in diet-related
problems.
It's now known that within a very short time after its release, all
copies of the report were seized by the federal government. It was not
until the campaign in 1993-94 for the Dietary Health Education and
Supplement Act that a copy was mysteriously forwarded to the
grassroots organisation, Citizens for Health, to help in its fight to
prevent the Food and Drug Administration from classifying food
supplements as drugs.
Within any group that seeks control and power over a population, even
health is a legitimate target. If you can manipulate the population's
health or induce disease by modifying what they consume, you can
create a pseudo healthcare system that seems to care but is busy
making billions off disease that is relatively easy to prevent or cure
through diet alone. With the multimillion-dollar backing of an
industry, you can also discredit any alternative to current, popularly
accepted treatments by labelling them "old wives' tales", "quackery"
or "unscientific".
In 1988, "The Surgeon-General's Report on Nutrition and Health"
addressed the overwhelming evidence of the connection between diet and
chronic disease. In his report, then Surgeon-General C. Everett Koop
wrote: "For the two out of three adult Americans who do not smoke and
do not drink excessively, one personal choice seems to influence long-
term health prospects more than any other: what we eat... The weight of
this evidence and the magnitude of the problem at hand indicate that
it is now time to take action. In the cause of good health for all
citizens, I urge support for this Report's recommendations by every
sector of American society." (Italics added.) As reported in the
Journal of the American Medical Association (vol. 280, November 11,
1998), a nationwide survey on the use of alternative medical therapies
revealed that "[e]stimated expenditures for alternative medicine
professional services increased 45.2% between 1990 and 1997 and were
conservatively estimated at $21.2 billion in 1997, with at least $12.2
billion paid out of pocket". The article concluded that "[a]lternative
medicine use and expenditures increased substantially between 1990 and
1997, attributable primarily to an increase in the proportion of the
population seeking alternative therapies, rather than increased
patient visits per patient".
Not only in America but in other countries, the populace is
demonstrating a preference to what are referred to as "alternative
therapies". People are seeking natural therapies, drawing upon
cultural heritages of healing aligned with their own philosophies and
beliefs. These therapies include acupuncture, herbal medicines (both
Eastern and Western botanicals), homoeopathy, Reiki and other so-
called energy treatments, and nutrition.
It has become overwhelmingly clear that diet and lifestyle influence
health and disease. Yet, within the field of nutrition, there are
differing opinions on just what constitutes a healthy diet. This is
most evident with popular books on diets which flood the market. Is
the low fat/low protein, high complex carbohydrate diet that Pritikin
advocated correct? Or is the Atkins diet with high protein/fat, low
carbohydrate the one we should favour? Should we eat according to our
blood type? What about raw versus cooked foods? Is soy good for you,
or is it harmful? Do the media drive our choices through advertising?
What about the "friendly" doctor staring from your television set,
telling you how dangerous this herb or that vitamin is? Are
nutritional supplements effective or not? The debate seems endless.
Over the last decade, sales of nutritional supplements have generated
a US$4 billion industry worldwide. Almost every month, new companies
claim to have the "magic bullet" for what ails us. Multi-level/network
marketing companies are quick to get on the bandwagon, knowing how
much profit is available thanks to members of the baby-boomer
generation who pride themselves on "looking good" and staying healthy,
no matter what the cost. The rush to discover new drugs from medicinal
herbs in Third World countries keeps pharmaceutical companies abreast
of all that is under the sky.
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