Enzymes are required for life. In 1966, a Scottish medical journal stated, “Each of us, ...., could be regarded as an orderly, integrated succession of enzyme reactions.”

Some have thought, incorrectly, that enzymes are protein molecules. Let’s clarify this point by citing an example: a light bulb glows (lights up) when an electric current is put through it. It is activated by electricity. The electrical current gives life to the bulb. Minus the electricity there would be no light, just metal and glass without light. Thus the light bulb has a dual nature: the physical structure, and a nonphysical electrical force that is expressed by the bulb. An enzyme has a similar dual nature.

Let’s clarify “enzymes” and what they are and aren’t. An “enzyme,” by some thought to be a protein molecule, acts in certain ways in the body doing specific jobs such as food digestion, building protein in the bones and skin and aiding detoxification.

Once heated to high temperatures, however, the enzymatic activity is destroyed. It can no longer carry on its original function. The protein molecule is still present, but is now minus its life force. Its just like a battery that has lost its power, the physical battery is still present but the electrical energy which once flowed through it no longer exists.

Thus the protein molecule is only a carrier of enzyme activity. In an experiment described in Chemical Reviews (1933), the activity of one protein molecule was transferred over to another protein substance. The original molecule could no longer manifest its original activity. This demonstrates that enzymatic activity is an invisible activity or energy factor and not just the protein molecule itself. To summarize, a protein molecule transports and delivers the enzyme activity, much like the light bulb is the receiver of the electrical current.

Reference:
Santillo, Humbart. (1993). Food Enzymes. Prescott, Arizona: Hohm Press. pp. 3-4.

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