— Health from a biblical perspective —

Dear Health-minded Reader,

The case for taking supplemental digestive enzymes with meals (and snacks) has been well made — even though most of us are just catching on.  The nation’s compromised food supply coupled with consumer abuses, make daily supplementation a fantastic health insurance bargain in the long haul.

Additionally, therapeutic doses of enzymes between meals, begin to approximate “silver bullets”.  In a perfect world this may not be so but in view of the degraded health of most, they’re answered prayer.  Because enzymes are so pervasively required in the body and work in such basic ways, health benefits of supplementation can be nothing short of breath-taking.  We urge you to begin by studying the resources at the end of this article and contact us for others.

Beyond Digestion

Enzymes revisited

Early enzyme research work of doctors Wolf in Germany and Edward Howell in the U.S. has been further built upon by the credible likes of Dr. H. Loomis, D. Graham, H. Santillo and many others.  Of considerable note is the 20+ year contribution of DicQui Fuller, Ph.D., D.Sc., founder and head of Transformation Enzyme Corporation in Houston, Texas.
 

Benefits of protease

Probing beyond enzymes’ immediate function in the areas of digestion and myriad metabolic involvement, Fuller explores the role plant enzyme supplements can play, not only in boosting the immune system, but many others ways — especially when taken between meals.  In her book, The Healing Power of Enzymes¹, Doctor Fuller makes a powerful case for the between-meal ingestion of large doses of protease.  Her years of clinical experience has shown it to aid the body in everything from digestion, blood purifying, liver and intestinal cleansing, to ridding the body of parasites and candida; also beautifying the skin, boosting the immune system and being a systemic detoxifier.

Protease, ingested between meals in dosages of 400,000 units (or more) 3-5 times a day, has been shown to alleviate or eliminate a host of very common health issues, directly or by virtue of boosting the immune system.  According to Fuller and company, protease taken on an empty stomach quickly moves through the intestinal tract, hydrolyzing any undigested food particles.  Having completed its work there does not mean this marvelous catalyst is eliminated from the body.  Instead, it passes through the gut, into the bloodstream where it continues its hunt-and-kill mission.  Proteinaceous materials not belonging to one’s body become free game for this protein-digesting worker; it reduces them to a size and form that can be eliminated.

Protease Kills Parasites.  Guess what parasites are made of?  Protein!  How about the fungus, candida albicans?  Right, protein — as are bacteria and viruses.  If not totally made up of protein themselves, apparently some of these potentially pathological strays attach themselves to a protein molecule for systemic transport and protection.  Bad news for each!

Protease Helps Immunity.  An example would be the bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi, the double-headed spirochete causing Lyme disease.  Typically induced into the body by infected ticks, it could easily be destroyed by one’s immune system.  However, according to Dr. Gregory Bach, a specialist in treating tick-borne disorders, once inside, the spirochete quickly coats itself with a type of protein.  Thus sheathed, it in effect becomes “stealthy” and disappears from the immune system’s radar.  Not recognized as invaders, these bacterium then go about their systemic destruction with impunity — producing a myriad of symptoms often mis-diagnosed and treated as the flu, chronic fatigue syndrome, Epstein Barr, fibro-myalgia, arthritis and a whole bevy of others.  Unless identified and destroyed, they’ll eventually debilitate their host.

Sloppy Allopathy.  The remedial approach of  allopathic specialists (those holding to the idea that the body can be poisoned back to health) is to introduce a chemical into the body that will break down the spirochetes’ protective protein coating so that the immune system can destroy them.  It works — but with a horrific health penalty.  Each of the potent medicines are toxic to the body and especially to the liver.  Each degrades health to some degree, so there’s a price to be paid in the coin of health to eliminate an even worse threat.

The Natural Way.  Back to health-friendly protease.  Recall, its main function is to digest protein — any protein not a part of one’s body.  Well, I’m sure you’ve already got the picture.  Protease will simply and harmlessly strip away the spirochete’s protein shield, making it vulnerable for destruction by the immune system.  It’s quick, easy, inexpensive and available to anyone with a few wisely-directed health dollars.  Most importantly, the enzyme protease is natural and health supportive — not destructive. Having said all of the above, please understand, we’re not intending to prescribe a cure for Lyme disease; just using it as a teaching example.

Protease as a Detoxifier.  According to Dr. Humbart (Smokey) Santillo, protease is also a powerful detoxifyer.  “In the detoxification process, what we try to accomplish is to purify the blood stream and balance the endocrine glands so that they will work in harmony instead of being overstimulated and exhausted.  This purifies the organs and tissues and takes the stress off the entire body."² In his book² he further explains how poor digestion allows undigested food to pollute the bloodstream.  This lays the foundation for many maladies, notably allergies and others far worse — such as cancer.

Supplemental plant enzymes taken between meals, protease included, go into the bloodstream and scavenge undigested food particles and thus help purify it.  As a result, the symptoms (food allergies) disappear. Again, we have the body doing what it naturally is designed to do, that is, maintain health, probiotically (for life) rather than “antibiotically”.

Protease and Free Radicals.  A free radical is a molecule of any kind of matter with an unpaired electron and thus is unstable.  In our bloodstream they’ll indiscriminately steal an electron from any atom, creating yet another free radical and starting a chain reaction or domino effect.  Unchecked, the proliferation of free radicals will do a great deal of molecular, and ultimately tissue and health damage.  Dr. Fuller claims that protease is the strongest scavenger anti-oxidant there is.  When introduced into the bloodstream, she says that it in turn, delivers yet other antioxidants to the blood and “the invaders do not stand a chance!"¹

Protease ups mental capacity. The blood-brain barrier, though providing some protection from bloodborne toxins, cannot guard from undernourishment.  This is where enzymes can play a crucial role in our mental abilities and health.

“It is vital to feed and fortify the hypothalamus in order to have a healthy, balanced body,"¹ notes Dr. Fuller.  This gland, located at the base of the cerebrum and about the size of a small olive, controls some vital functions.  Fuller reminds that this includes “the ebb and flow of the body’s fluids, regulation of fat and carbohydrate metabolism, blood sugar levels and body temperature.  It regulates rhythmic cycles such as activity and rest, appetite and digestion, sexual desire and the menstrual and reproductive functions.  In addition, it’s the body’s ‘emotional’ brain and the coordinating center for the nervous system.  It controls our sleep, wakefulness, alertness and reactions to pain and pleasure."¹

If we have digestive and/or assimilation difficulties, our brain functioning also suffers but we may not be aware of it because our alertness and ability to think clearly is compromised.  We risk becoming trapped in a downward spiral of mental fog.  Though comprising only 2% of the body’s weight, the brain uses some 20% of the blood’s oxygen and has a voracious appetite for nutrients.  This certainly does not mean we’re to take the media’s incessant advice and eat a candy bar, have a coffee or soft drink for an energy boost around 3 in the afternoon.  We need do any and everything possible to both assure we’re ingesting and digesting the most nutrient-dense, whole, live food we can acquire.

Beyond the well-advised counsel of taking supplemental enzymes with every snack and meal, there appears to be an equally great health benefit from their between-meal use.

1. The Healing Power of Enzymes,  Fuller  ISBN 0-8281-1289-4
2. Food Enzymes, .. Missing Link, Santillo. ISBN 0-934252-40-8

— Letters from readers —

The following excerpts are from a letter sent to us by Judy, a nurse who’s applied Hallelujahs health counsel for nearly a year.  It was written to her by Pat, a church-goer, obviously impressed by Judy’s marked health improvement and testimony.  — ed.

I really believe I heard the Spirit of the Lord tell me the (health) information you have gained is for such a time as this.  So, teach, train, lead (by example) and impart all the information the ladies of Christ need for health-wellness and whatever is required to stay off sick beds.

Greed motivated food companies want to override any and all (nutritional) wisdom — pill-pushing companies want the same; money, rather than the best for their customers.  God’s children have been lured away from the health counsel of His Word; we obey in some areas but fail in this one.  Today we eat like, and have become as sick as the rest of the world.  Shouldn’t there be a difference?!

You’ve the information, knowledge and teaching skills.  Don’t hide it — share it!  We believe others would benefit greatly from this knowledge.  You had to pay for it and so should we — just as it costs for other types of training and counsel.  Please pray about this! — Pat, Branson, MO

In Judy’s letter to us, she writes — I have been asked to teach a class on this at our church by people “dying” to know more about nutrition (see Pat’s letter) but feel the need to learn more by attending one of your Ultimate Health™ programs. ... Would you like to come here and do a program for our church?  Perhaps we could even rent an apartment in Prescott and attend the class now forming there?  I’m getting pretty excited about this! — Judy, Branson, MO.

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