What can be used to add enzymes to your diet?

Question

I've heard that enzymes can help bad breath, digestion, heartburn, and a number of other things. What is a good source of enzymes? I'm looking for a food that can be added into my diet, or a natural organic vitamin or supplement. And what are all the health benifits of drinking vinager daily?

Our bodies produce enzymes naturally, but they aid in digestion and the other things that I posted in my question. Also drinking Vinager burns fat in the body. We get ulcers from other things we eat. I thought this was the Alternative Medicine Board!

Answer 1

The source of enzymes that you are looking for to aid digestion and hearburn is pineapple and papayas. You can buy papaya enzymes at Wal-mart. They are very inexpensive and taste delicous. I use them all the time for heartburn. If I'm out I eat pineapple or drink pineapple juice. You can also eat fresh papaya. Papaya contains the enzyme papain which is beneficial in many ways. If you want to research this further go to your search bar and type in "benefits of papaya" and "benefits of pineapple". Hope this explains it for you! Good Luck!

Answer 2

no idea on enzymes you buy in the shops if there is such a thing. Enzymes break down things like proteins. They put them in washing powder too.
Anyway, ther is something about the enzymes in pineapples, kiwis and papaya that is good for you. I found this:
"Fresh pineapple is rich in bromelain, a group of sulfur-containing proteolytic (protein-digesting) enzymes that not only aid digestion, but can effectively reduce inflammation and swelling, and has even been used experimentally as an anti-cancer agent. A variety of inflammatory agents are inhibited by the action of bromelain. In clinical human trials, bromelain has demonstrated signifcant anti-inflammatory effects, reducing swelling in inflammatory conditions such as acute sinusitis, sore throat, arthritis and gout, and speeding recovery from injuries and surgery. To maximize bromelain's anti-inflammatory effects, pineapple should be eaten alone between meals or its enzymes will be used up digesting food. Bromelain is found in both the flesh and stem of pineapple. Since it is deactivated by heat, pineapple juice and canned pineapple are not good sources of this health-promoting enzyme. In terms of getting bromelain from pineapple, fresh is definitely the way to go. "
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=34

Answer 3

I don't think you can add enzymes to you diet, your body makes its own enzymes...if enzymes are taken in orally, they'll be digested/broken down in the stomach because they're proteins. But I don't know if there are any possible ways of increasing the enzymes present in the body though.
I wouldn't suggest that you drink vinegar daily, especially on an empty stomach, this could distroy you're stomach lining and lead to ulcers... Unless recommended by a doctor.. this is usually if you have acid reflux desease.

Answer 4

Why they have wonderful plant enzyme pills at your everyday healthfood stores. GNC and the like, they seem to suffice, although nothing does a body like good old fashioned vegetables, preferably fruits and green leafy vegetables juiced in a juicer.

Answer 5

I always thought enzymes occured naturally in the body and to maintain them was to keep an average body temperature, but i suppose you can't control it so i could be wrong.

Answer 6

All raw foods contain enzymes, fruits, vegetables, as well as sprouts, sprouted seeds and nuts, fermented foods like vinegars, raw honey.

Pineapple (bromelain) and papayas (papain) are high in natural enzymes.

Informative links:

http://www.luminet.net/~wenonah/new/dienzyme.htm

http://www.health-science-spirit.com/HF3-1.html

http://www.living-foods.com/articles/enzymes.html

http://health.centreforce.com/health/special.html

Answer 7

purchase the enzymes you cannot eat enough food to supply them USsoils are lacking in minerals . we have big plants but no nutrition