Enzyme Nutrition (Paperback)

~ (Author) "I adhere to the philosophy that both the living organism and its enzymes are inhabited by a vital principle or life energy which is separate..." (more)
Key Phrases: Food Enzyme Concept, Journal of the American Medical Association, Professor Babkin (more...)

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Dr. Howell is often called the "father of food enzymes." During the '30's and'40's of this century, he did incredible research to prove that food enzymeswere an essential nutrient, and that cooking and processing of foods destroythem, thereby creating dramatic changes in our ability to digest food and remain healthy. This is a classic in the field.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Avery Trade; Reprint edition (January 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895292211
• ISBN-13: 978-0895292216
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #132,288 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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57 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Real Deal, December 21, 2000

By	Daniel Read "Software Developer" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book turned my conceptions of food, nutrition, disease, disorder, and digestion up-side-down. If you have doubts about *why* a raw food diet is a good idea, and why in many cases it can save a person's life, then this is the book to start with. "Enzyme Nutrition" is pretty much a scientific book. It is not a manifesto, or a how-to book, but rather a presentation of one man's life-long research into the role that food enzymes play in human digestion. Don't let that scare you away, however, because the language is very easy to understand, and the book is easy to read. In fact, this book is a condensation of the author's unpublished 700 page book, a book that supposedly took him 20 years to write.

It is really a shame that this book is not a bestseller, and that Dr. Howell's theories are not more widely known. The ideas in it are, pardon the possible hyperbole, revolutionary. Many of the ideas that you read in other raw food and enzyme books are based on Howell's research (although, to be accurate, not all raw food advocates are advocates of Howell's ideas). I can not recommend this book highly enough. I hope I live to see Howell's theories accepted by the mainstream "medical establishment," just as the discoveries of vitamins and minerals (which are only two-thirds of the equation) have.

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Missing Link in Nutrition, February 9, 2000

By	Dr. Jeffrey T. Maehr, D.C., - See all my reviews

For anyone interested in health and disease, THIS book will open your eyes to a vital, yet overlooked nutritional element that is the single largest deficiency in the world. Startling examples of how traditional diets are lacking in enzymes, and the relationship to degenerative disease processes.

I utilize this book in my professional nutrition work and patients are able to read and understand the plain language used to describe the facts. This helps them become personaly involved in improving their health!

32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Facts Behind a Proper Natural Diet, September 26, 2001

By A Customer

Dr. Howell's 'Enzyme Nutrition' is an excellent look at why it is desirable to include as many fresh, natural, and raw foods into ones diet as possible. He backs up his findings on the nutritive, health-giving, and cancer-fighting elements of living foods with years of research, statistics, and even labarotary animal cases. While the use of labaratory animals for research is ethically problematic- the statistics Dr. Howell has gained from them are a great boon to this book, his position, and the health enthusiast community.

For all the cynics who think a raw food diet is a silly fad, they might have difficulty arguing the facts present in this book. For those who follow a diet such as the Hippocrates Diet, or who realize the value of adding fresh and uncooked or minimally-cooked foods to their meals, this book will be a valuable source of information as to precisely why, in a scientific sense, your endeavor to eat living foods is not only justifiable, but very wise.

There's more to life than the foods you eat, but there's not much more to death than the foods you eat. Most people dig their own graves with their knives and forks. By understanding both the harmful and healthful qualities of various foods and how they are prepared, one can greatly increase once chances of survival through the 21st century. Of course, first one has to avoid getting hit by a car or flying airplanes.