I did a little research on therapeutic enzymes and no I personally do not think they are necessary for someone eating raw food, nor are food supplements for the exception of perhaps B12.

If you maintain a well-balanced raw food diet (not only dehydrated food and oily food but an abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables) your body should get more than enough enzymes for its needs.

However if you have an underlying health condition such as problems wit your pancreas or so on perhaps therapeutic enzymes are required, in any case I would suggest that you consult your natural health practitioner for such conditions.

Sincerely,

Omid

1. Eating processed foods ‘decreases your enzyme energy’ because they are devoid of enzymes.

Here is another article with scientific facts concerning the importance of enzymes and raw food in our diet. http://www.foodkills.org/enzymes.html

2. ‘Your body stores all of that undigested foods as poison in your system’. Your body doesn’t store undigested food; it excretes it.

Your body excretes undigested food and toxins if it isn’t overtaxed by chemicals and poor diet. If the waste material is allowed to linger in the colon, then there can be release of toxins into the blood stream, and this can cause a number of other medical complications.

Blessings,

Omid

First of all, I want to thank you for your interest in the article but proving factual points related to enzymes and health that come up in the article is not difficult at all.

Here’s a great article by Dr Howell that explains the role and functions of enzymes in our health and diet (scientific facts that have been proven by health professionals).

http://www.enzymeuniversity.com/howellbio.html

Second of all, you should go back and re-read the article on BBC, as it turns out it is not related to the article I wrote.

All the BBC article is saying is that you should understand the combination of foods for better results and most of Raw Foodist are very well aware about these combination such as: vitamin C should accommodate foods with Iron, like spinach to help break it down.

Lastly, you speak of enzymes being harmful. There are some foods that should not be eaten raw because of their enzymes such as red kidney beans or certain types of mushrooms (and a few others) but these are but exceptions! All of the enzymes in the other thousands of raw fruits, sprouts and vegetables and excellent for your health and body.

Sincerely,

Omid

Blessings my friend….

Omid, if you’re going to make these outrageous claims, perhaps some scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals might help your case?