I've been "high raw" for almost three years now (with long bouts of being 100%) and have seen amazing benefits. Having seen these benefits, I try to educate some of my friends about raw when they ask about it.
Recently, this one "friend of a friend" who has a Masters in biology asked me several questions about raw foods and wanted recommendations to books on raw. I gave them to her a week or so ago. Anyway, a few minutes ago I got an email from her that stated: "The raw food movement is mislead about the role of live enzymes in our diet. Enzymes are proteins and are digested by the stomach just like other proteins, so they're unable to do all of the great stuff raw foodists *think* they do."
Anyway, I'm positive I've come across this explanation before, but don't really remember the answer to this question... and don't want to mislead her. Can someone explain this to me?
Thanks!
Jen
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This may be a moot point, but from my physiology class this semester, I learned that proteins, ie enzymes do not start breaking down till the last third of the stomach. Obviously, the enzymes would aid in digestion of carbohydrates in the first part of the stomach digestion
Eh i hate when scientists make stupid statements that they are basing off of what things look like. Plenty of times they have done tests to see if they could replace the natural diet of certain animals and insects with diets that contain "the exact same nutrients" but were created in a lab and in the end they all had some illness or in some cases died.