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we'll catch up with you at the end of the video. It's Mr. Bakker here from New Zealand,
The Naturopath. Let's talk about enzymes in the body. You can read many books about this,
all sorts of scientific facts about the isoelectric point of enzymes and the heat point.
I'm not going to go into all that crap. I'm not interested in long falutin detail by chemical
explanations, it'll go over here and everyone turns off, so I don't even bother anymore.
Enzymes are very important in your digestive system, because they
are what help to break your food down and extract the stuff out of it that your body needs.
All right. If I think about that, if I extrapolate that, enzyme levels are important. I would look
at a car engine and say, a carburetor is important because that's where the fuel goes into, into this
gadget called the carburetor, and then from there on, it goes into the engine. It feeds the engine.
Food's quite similar. Food goes into the stomach and then it goes into the intestines and into the
cells. The cells are the engine of the body, basically. But for the carburetor to work very
efficiently, now I assume that whoever's watching this video is driving a motor car. Most people
know what a motor car is, the wheel you turn and the car... All that kind of stuff. And what do you
put in the tank? And you guys in the States call it gas for some reason, gas. Well, here in New
Zealand if we say gas we're thinking of farting, or we're thinking about gas from a gas stove or
something. But gas is fuel. Now you wouldn't dream of putting anything but gas from a gas station
in the gas tank of the car, would you? But then why do people put all this crap in their stomach?
Coca-Cola, Kentucky fried chicken, that's not exactly gas, is it? That's like literally pouring
sewage down into your gas tank and then wondering why the hell the engine's not running properly.
It all starts with eating the right kind of food, that's the point I'm trying to make.
Your engine runs optimally when you're going to put 91 or 95 octane fuel in the gas tank.
Are we agreeing with that? Yeah. You're going like this. Yes, I agree. That's good. Okay.
Then if we agree on that point, why can't we agree on the point that in your stomach tank
you put the right kind of gas too, not sewage sludge from Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Not crap you get out of your gutter, that sludge from the kernel. This is junk.
When you put inferior fuel into an engine, it's not going to work well at all.
Enzymes in your digestive system work best with natural foods that already contain enzymes.
And that's why it's very important to understand that by eating fresh all the time and natural,
fresh foods that actually grow out of the ground or in the ground, or run around on the ground,
those kind of foods, we didn't talk of factories with guys in white coats with plastic
bottles and stuff with hazmat suits on making food. We're not talking about that kind of stuff.
We're talking natural food. Eating these kind of foods like bananas, apples, pears, corn, broccoli,
especially the fresher the better, you're putting a lot of food in there full of nutrition and
natural enzymes. And those enzymes, by the way, allow that food to degrade and rot and break down.
And you'll know this by cutting something and keeping it and watch what happens, it will
degrade. The enzyme levels go down, they start busting that food up, bugs will come in there.
The fresher the food into your own digestive system, is what's going to increase your
enzyme levels. That's number one, you must eat the right kind of foods, meaning fresh.
Not processed, not fry pans, not deep fryers. This is not how you're going to get enzyme levels up.
Your body needs to work on fresh, natural stuff. The second important point is you have to chew the
food really, really, really well. Most people, you go out eating next time and you watch how people
eat. They don't chew food, they just gulp it down like a German shepard. Two swallows and it's gone
down with a glass of beer or whatever. Not many people chew properly anymore.
Chewing food opens the food up, it breaks the food down. I'm not a biblical person at all, but
my brother is a pastor and I remember him once telling me that there's some scripture
that says chew your grains until they're liquid. The Bible's got stuff in there too that actually
tells you how to eat, but nobody really eats properly these days. And when they do,
I think statistics show that a third of meals in the US are consumed in front of Facebook now.
It's another way for Zuckerberg to make money, I suppose, by having some sort of
AI installed that he can see what you're eating so he can flash those foods at you.
But chewing, chewing, chewing, right selection of foods. If you've got poor levels of maltase or
lactase or things like that, you can really improve these enzyme levels also by improving
your beneficial bacteria counts. And the beneficial bacteria like yogurt, they like Kefir,
they like sauerkraut, they like foods that really help to boost their numbers up. And they love
fresh, natural foods like avocados and berries. These foods will boost up the beneficial count
and the beneficial bacteria make enzymes. A lot of people don't know that. Bacteria also help to
make B-vitamins in their body and folic acid, for example. Having the right bacteria in place in the
right quantity will infer incredible health to you and also boost up your enzyme levels.
A couple of little tips or tricks I recommend is to eat more sour or bitter, olives, grapefruit,
foods that people don't like. The Asian brassicas, bok choy for example. But all the brassicas like
broccoli are considered bitter foods as well. Bitter foods, especially lemon and lime are very
good at boosting up enzyme levels as well. Small amounts of these stimulate the digestive system.
But if want to screw your enzymes right up, just keep eating processed foods or highly refined
foods, drink alcohol every day, have lots of soda drinks and visit the Golden Arches regularly
your enzymes will come down, down, down, and then you'll just eventually join the pool of people
that frequent a lot of these places. People with diabetes and blood sugar disorders,
people that you and I probably know but don't want to actually morph into ourselves. We can
avoid that by selecting the right foods. But believe me, eating these kind of foods
and chewing well will increase your enzymes. Over time you'll be surprised. Thanks for the question.
It's Eric Bakker again, The Naturopath. I hope you enjoyed that video. Remember, go to
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