Enzyme therapy uses digestive enzymes to help a variety of health conditions. Dr. Ellen Cutler is an expert on this therapy. Please refer to her book, Micro Miracles, for details about the therapy. Here I summarize my understanding and clinical experience on digestive enzymes.

Most food allergies start with food indigestion and food intolerance. Because of the modern stressful life styles and environmental toxins, our body, especially digestive system, is not working perfectly. It results in low digestive function including deficiency of stomach acid, digestive enzymes and digestive energy. Over eating one type of food such as sugar and carbohydrate may result in a reduction of the body’s ability to digest this type of food. Partially digested food molecules leak into our body through “leaky gut”. (Leaky gut is a result of toxic and pathogenic damage of intestine membrane). Long-term exposure of partially digested food molecules in the body eventually triggers immune responses and allergies.

Digestive enzyme helps break down food molecules and improves indigestion related symptoms. But it doesn’t solve the root problems, which is imbalance and toxins in the body as well as bad eating habit. Taking digestive enzymes is to buy some time for the body to heal. Without treating the root issues and changing bad life styles, the benefit of digestive enzymes won’t last very long. Clinically we have seen many cases that digestive enzymes work well very in the beginning and quit working after a while.  It is important for patients to know that they may only have a small window of benefit using digestive enzymes. It is necessary to treat the root issue while taking digestive enzymes.

For those people who can not change their busy life styles or those who’s digestive function has not yet recovered completely, taking digestive enzymes is necessary to maintain a good digestive function. I have seen patients who benefit by taking digestive enzymes for a long time after finishing our program to maintain their body’s balance. Digestive enzymes become a necessary part of their life.

Most of the digestive enzyme formulas contain a variety of enzymes. Some of them help sugar and carbohydrate digestion and some others help protein and fat digestion. My suggestion is that plant enzymes work better than animal ones. Best quality enzymes work much better than poor quality ones. It is worth to spend more money for better enzymes. Enzyme Inc provides high quality enzymes. They are very specialized towards different nutrients and have best quality comparing to other similar products.

In addition to help digestion, some enzymes can be used for other purpose as well. If taken empty stomach, cellulase can be used to destroy cell membrane of yeast that grows inside digestive system. Protease can be used to reduce inflammation and improve immune function and help autoimmune condition and allergies. Since plant enzymes are natural product, they are very safe to take long-term. There is small number of people who might be allergic to digestive enzymes. Their enzyme allergy may be the major cause for their indigestion. The good way to treat these people is to balance their body first and desensitize enzyme allergy. Most people will be able to take the enzymes after the treatment.

Dr. Harry Hong's comprehensive program specializes in the integration of a variety of natural healing therapies such as energy testing, allergy desensitization, homeopathy, Chinese medicine and acupuncture, enzyme therapy, flower essences, hyperbaric oxygen therapy and much more. The Healing Light Co is committed to provide quality special care to the Highly Sensitive Person with Highly Sensitive Body. We are located at northwest suburb of Chicago area and have a Out-of-Town program as well. For more information, please visit www.highlysensitivebody.com.

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