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by Jason Uvios, Jas

You have always heard of vitamin capsules, mineral and hormonal pills that are required by the body for different purposes in growth and healthy living. But have you ever paid attention to the enzymes? What can go wrong if enzymes don't function properly in your body?

Just hold on. You might get a blowing shock. In fact without enzymes life wouldn't have been possible on earth. Dr. Edward Howell in his famous book, The Status of Food Enzymes in Digestion and Metabolism has referred that enzymes are necessary both for preventing different diseases and also to widen the life span of a human being.

Howell clearly states, Enzymes are much more than catalysts. Here is the turning point regarding the whole thought that how much important are enzymes for better and healthy living.

Building unit of the body

Enzymes as biological catalysts are something which all of you know. But enzymes are also regarded as the building unit of the human life might be in some of yours knowledge and awareness. This is true that each and every chemical reaction going on in your cell is in someway dependent on the enzymes. Therefore if the enzymes are not present or are less in proportion, life will be put at risk. The more the enzymes are active, the healthier you can thrive on this beautiful earth.

Without the enzymatic support whatever nutrients you keep on providing to the body, they are not effective. The vitamins and minerals can only function when enzymes stand in their support. Similar is in the case of hormonal functions in the body. Thus you can regard the enzymes the life element (coined by Dr. Edward Howell).

Anti-aging support

It is not that you will not grow up along with the calendar year. Every year you will add another year to your age. But if the enzymes are active in your body and takes active participation in the biochemical reactions, you are bound to feel the thrill and chill of the teens even in your thirties. When you are fifty you will be able to carry the charm of thirty. How this is made possible?

The enzymes will increase the rate of reaction without inducing more activation energy. So you are benefited doubly. Firstly your body is always energized and at the same the activation energy is never completely used up. Something is always there in store. So your aging is also brought under control and your activity level is heightened.

Hey would you then like to have enzyme pills? Just kidding!

An ounce of prevention is certainly better than a pound of cure. Here are seven tips on how to live a long and healthy life. In addition, the same life style that helps you to avoid illness also helps you to lose weight.

1. Get Enough Exercise

In the past people had to use their physical bodies in the course of their normal work. But today someone may get up, go to work in a car, then sit down, get up to go home in the car and when arriving at home, sit down again for the rest of the day. In such a life there is no physical labor. This physical inactivity is one of the main reasons for a host of diseases. Sport, running. walking and other things must be added to our life if our normal work does not require us to exert ourselves physically. I

2. Go to sleep when you feel sleepy

This may sound simple, but many people stay up late even when their body is telling them that it is time to sleep. Yoga and Ayurvedic doctors also say that it is better to sleep in the night and be active during the day. However, people such as students will take coffee and stimulants to study late into the night. Others develop the habit of remaining active at night and sleeping during the day. While we can do this, it eventually takes a toll on health. Alternative health doctors say that this kind of unnatural living is one of the contributing factors in the causation of cancer and other diseases

3. Eat when you feel hungry

This is also a simple idea, but once again we often go against the messages of the body. If you eat out of habit or due to social pressure at certain time of the day, even when you have no real appetite, then you will not digest your food properly. Acidity and indigestion begin, and this contributes to the likelihood of other more complex diseases taking root. Having an appetite is actually a sign of good health, but if you have no appetite you should wait a bit and then eat. (If you have no appetite even after awaiting a reasonable amount of time, then you should consult a doctor because something is wrong.)

4.Fast on a Regular, Systematic Basis

If you would ask any person to work 365 days per year without any rest, they would complain and say that they must have some rest or else they will break down. But we have never bothered to ask or to think about our digestive organs which we compel to work day after day without a rest. They cannot protest the way a person would to his boss, but they do give us signals that they cannot work non-stop. When we ignore those signals and still compel them to work, those organs break down. That is why periodic fasting is necessary. Refrain from eating for one complete day. This gives a rest to your digestive organs and also helps in the elimination of wastes from your body. Regular fasting allows a person to gain extra time for intellectual or spiritual pursuits. Fasting is not for hermits in a cave, but is a sensible practice that anyone can practice.

5. Wash with cool water before going to bed

As mentioned above, proper sleep is essential for the maintenance of health. If you wash your important motor and sensory organs (hands, arms, eyes, legs, mouth, genitals) before sleep using cool water, this will relax you and prepare you for deep sleep.

6. Perform meditation on a regular basis

Your body is linked to your mind. Many of the diseases of this era are psychosomatic. Stress and anxiety take their toll on our physical health. Meditation is a mental exercise which, among other things, allows you to detach yourself from the worries of life. Learn a simple technique and do it regularly.

7. Get up early every day

Once again the old proverb, "Early to bed, early to rise makes a person healthy, wealthy and wise." I don't know if it will make you wealthy, but it will certainly make you healthy. Your body needs just enough sleep, not too much and not too little.

Follow these tips and you can't go wrong.

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