The vital role of enzymes was discovered in the early 1920's, following the discovery of the importance of minerals and vitamins to health.
Enzymes are essentially catalysts which assist in virtually every function of the body.
It is said that once the enzyme potential of an individual is depleted, life ceases to exist. Within the body, we have two main types of enzymes - digestive and metabolic enzymes. All raw or 'live' food also contain enzymes, called food enzymes. However, when we heat our food over 118'F, the food enzymes are completely destroyed. The food is now dead, thus the workers within our food that assist in digestion are gone.