Does Your Child Face These Problems?

“My kids don’t have much appetite, I wonder if it’s my cooking…”
“My son doesn’t eat much, but he keeps putting on weight...”
“My daughter is always sick and keeps missing school... I wonder if she can catch up…”
“Her performance in school has never been good; I wonder what’s wrong…”“My child sleeps too much; he always says he’s tired…”

Parents always want the best for their children but despite providing them with the best, there are still some worrying issues that give them concern. Why is that so?

What’s the missing link?

The answer is enzymes. Enzymes are the labour force in your body, just like workers are the labour force in the construction industry. You may provide all the building materials, but without workers, construction isn’t possible. Similarly, we can eat all the necessary nutrients – vitamins, proteins, minerals and other nutrients, but without enzymes, no activity would take place. There are more than 3,000 types of enzymes in our body controlling over 80,000 enzyme systems which are responsible for all functions of every organ system, immune and defense systems.

Enzymes can generally be divided into 3 main categories: Food enzymes - These exist naturally in fresh, raw food and their function is to digest food so it can be absorbed into the bloodstream.

Digestive enzymes - Digestive enzymes and food enzymes serve the same function, but digestive enzymes are produced by our body and are secreted by the salivary glands, stomach, pancreas and the small intestine.

Metabolic enzymes - Metabolic enzymes are produced by our body and are found throughout the body within cells, and in the organs, bones and blood to assist our body in metabolism, growth and repair functions.

If our bodies can produce enzymes, why aren’t they enough?

As 80% of our body’s energy is expended by the digestive process, one of the main reasons of our body’s inadequate enzyme levels is due to insufficient intake of food enzymes. If the food is cooked above 54°C or has been dried, canned, frozen or processed, the enzymes are destroyed, our body will be forced to divert its limited enzyme capacity to produce digestive enzymes, leading to insufficient metabolic enzymes for growth and repair functions, leading to a host of problems in the long term including premature ageing, lack of concentration, slow physical growth, fatigue and poor immunity.

Other factors that deplete our metabolic and digestive enzyme levels: