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Dr. Bircher-Benner’s discovery, (or I should say “rediscovery,” since it had been known to ancient physicians) of the healing power of raw foods was made long before vitamins and enzymes were discovered. Although searching furiously to find out “why,” and using his discovery to help thousands of his patients, Dr. Bircher-Benner was not able to pinpoint in detail what factors in raw foods were responsible for their miraculous health-protective and healing properties.<íåèIn the last couple of decades nutritional science has leaped forward and advanced at an unprecedented tempo. In 20 years we have learned more about nutrition than in the previous 20 centuries. Now we know that the potent “energy” or sun energy, which according to Bircher-Benner’s second principle of thermo-dynamics is lost in foods subjected to physical and chemical devitalizing processes such as heating, wilting and industrial processing, comes from natural food’s vital, life-sustaining elements: enzymes and vitamins.<íåèEnzymes and vitamins are indeed the “Life-Force,” the powerful catalysts which direct and control all life processes in the human body. Yes, the secret of life itself is in the minute enzyme! Without enzymes your life would be impossible! Your life depends on adequate nutrition. Your physical energy, your mental capacity, the proper functioning of your vital organs, the healing and health-restoring processes—all depend on adequate nutrition of vital nutritive elements. Without enzymes your organism would starve to death, even if you had plenty to eat, because your body would not be able to convert foods into energy and into living cells. We talk so much about vitamins, proteins, and minerals—and they are all essential for good health and life. But vitamins can work only in the presence of enzymes. The food you eat must be broken down and changed chemically into substances which can build the human body. This is accomplished by the magic work of enzymes.
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