Hello all,

I'm glad to see that at least some people are reading this information, and hopfully those of you who do take the time to read my long posts will benefit from it.

Ok... As I posted earlier, there are four very important enzymes that play a major role in our over all health, although there are other enzymes that contribute, these four are a must. The goal here it to bring harmony and balance back to our system, because once everything is working in harmony, and balance is achieved, we can then start on the road to recovery.

Remember I started out talking about amino acids, but in order for us to be able to benefit from them, we must first be able to matabilize them, so here we go.

Protease:
Protease is the enzyme responsable for making amino acids available to our body. This enzymes job is to break down proteins so it can free them up. Another interesting note is that this enzyme is used in therapies to treat oncology, inflammitory conditions and immune control.

Symptoms that can occur if you have a deficiency of this enzyme are anxiety and insomnia. It will also affect the blood alkaline level. Another interesting point to note is this enzyme is involved in carring protein-bound calcium in the bloodstream. A deficiency may influence susceptibility for arthritis, osteoporosis and calcium related diseases.

Protease is important in helping the the body to fight infections attacks from bad bacteria, parasites, fungi and viruses. protease derived from aspergillis may also be helpful in assisting the break down of dietary proteins and polypeptides which have leaked into the bloodstream as food antigens.

Amylase:
Amylase is required to digest carbohydrates (polysaccharides) as it does this it converts them into smaller units...(disaccharides) and then even smaller units called (monosaccharides) known as glucose. As with protease, amylase is also involved in anti inflammitory reactions caused by the release of histamine and similar substances into the blood.

When inflammitory reactions occur it happens to the organs that have contact with the outside invironment, such as skin and lungs and they include conditions such as psoriasis, ecz, hives, allergy to insect bites and bee stings, atopic dermatitis, all types of herpes and lung problems such as asthma and emphysema.

Another interesting point is Ptyalin (which is also Amylase, is found in the saliva) starts the process of polysaccharide digestion in the mouth and then the process is finished in the small intestine from amylopsin, which is amylase excreted by the pancreas.

If you have a diet high in carbohydrates, a deficiency of Amylase could occur since the enzyme would be used up at a much faster rate than normal.
Symptomes of a deficiency could include a variety of illnesses which could include general fatigue, cold hands and feet, skin rash, inflammation, mood swings, depression, shoulder aches, hypoglycemia, and the list goes on.

Lasty, Amylase is also involved in eliminating dead white blood cells.

Lipase:
The process of digesting fats and lipids becomes more difficult because they have to be carried by a water bases system, hench the blood and lymph.
Although fat digestion is not concentrated in the stomach, gastric Lipase is the enzyme to handle this, and takes care of the digestion of egg yoke and cream because these are already emulsified fats.

Proper digestion of fats begins with the liver which starts the process of emulsifying the large fat molecules useing bile to break it down into small fat droplets, which allows Lypase to begin it's work.

The small intestine relies on the pancreas to digest fat by secreting pancreatin which contains Lypase, Protease and Amylase. Vegetarians have a harder time with digestion of fats because very little bile is produced by the liver because it is not stimulated to do so. The end result is that the large fat molecules are not properly emulsified which makes it more difficult for Lypase to bind to these molecules, resulting in poor (incomplete) or reduced fat absorbtion.

If you are deficient in Lypase then it could lead to such as high amounts of suger in the urine, diabetes, high cholesterol, gall stones, problems losing weight, prostrate problems and also problems maintaining an electrolyte balance.

Lactase:
Everyone should pretty much know what this enzyme is for, but in case you don't, it is for the digestion of milk and milk products. There are those of us who do not produce enough Lactase (I'm one of them) so we are referred to as lactose intolerent. Some symptoms may include gas, cramps and diarrhea.
(In my case Hives)

If the intestines do not produce enough lactase or any of it, then milk, sugar that is (lactose) is not digested. It then moves into the colon where it is fermented by bacteria which produces hydrogen, carbon dioxide and organic acids which can result in the above mentioned symptoms.

If you are Lactose intolerent, it might be beneficial to take a Lactase supplement before having a meal containing Lactose. A supplement could be beneficial for people who suffer from diarrhea, indigestion, heartburn, irritable bowel syndrome and sufferes of migraine headaches because reports have been made indicating that people who suffer from migraines are deficient in Lactase.

Well, There it is. I hope this benefits some of you out there, I wish it could benefit all of us, but to those of you who it may not help, I will always be searching for answers and I will not stop until I find them.

Now that I have posted all this, I will be posting other information I mentioned in an earlier post, and in doing that it will help you to understand better how I was led to this line of research.

Hogan Grimm