Kill Exhaustion With Enzymes

One reason why one can feel exhausted is a lack of enzymes in the diet.

Enzymes are catalysts in chemical reactions. Our body is full of chemical reactions taking place all of the time, such as the one that uses vitamin C to create cartinine, to turn fat into fuel.

In chemical reactions, if enzymes are not present, the reaction requires twice as much energy to take place than if an enzyme was present, like the following chart demonstrates:

Raw foods are absolutely abundant with thousands of enzymes. When we eat enzymes, our body uses energy more efficiently because we are physically using less ATP to facilitate chemical reactions.

Heating food over 115F denatures enzymes: it breaks bonds, changes their structure, and leaves them unable to bond to other molecules in order to do their job.

So, eating raw veg & fruits replenishes your body’s enzymes stores, and thus amps up your energy levels.

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Depressed? Easy on the steak

In March 2010, French researchers found that cooking beef lead to a significant degradation of tyrosine and tryptophan in meat.

Why should you care? Because these are two critical amino acids which help fight off depression.

Why care about tyrosine?

• Tyrosine is an amino acid which is a precursor to the neurotransmitter dopamine.
• Dopamine deficiencies have been linked with depression (and sugar cravings).
• Here’s the thing: depressed people are often told to eat more tyrosine-rich foods. However, most go-to tyrosine foods are animal proteins – steak, fish, etc.
• Of course, everyone who eats meat cooks it first – which we now know strips the food of the tyrosine that they were trying to get in the first place.

Why care about tryptophan?

• Tryptophan is an essential amino acid which functions as a biochemical precursor for the neurotransmitter serotonin.
• Serotonin deficiencies have been linked to depression.
• Serotonin is often recommended as a supplement to depressed individuals, typically in the form of animal proteins. As this research shows, it’s better to get tryptophan from raw, plant-based foods.

Eat these instead to get your tyrosine:

• Raw almonds
• Raw avocadoes
• Raw pumpkin seeds
• Raw sesame seeds
• E3 Live Blue-Green Algae

Eat these instead to get your tryptophan:

• Raw cacao
• Sprouted Oats
• Raw Sesame seeds
• Sprouted chickpeas
• Raw Sunflower seeds
• Raw Pumpkin seeds
• Spirulina
• Bananas
• Sprouted lentils

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