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What are enzymes?

The body cannot survive without enzymes and would simply be non-existent without them

Dr Lalitha Badul

Enzymes are living substances in the body that regulate all chemical activity in the body as well as the skin.

Enzymes are directly involved in the body’s metabolism. Metabolism is the process by which food is broken down and converted into energy and other elements needed by the body for cell growth.

There are 1 300 different enzymes that have various functions in the body.

Enzymes are involved in the process of the building up of cells or breaking down waste material. Enzymes function as catalysts that initiate, activate and regulate these metabolic processes.

The body cannot survive without enzymes and would simply be non-existent without them.

The body itself is nothing more than a bag filled with fluids, amino acids and proteins, all co-ordinated and regulated by enzymes and held together by electromagnetic energy.

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