When food is consumed uncooked, fewer digestive enzymes are required to perform the digestive function crohns-crohns-symptoms The body will adapt to the plentiful, external supply by secreting fewer of its own enzymes, preserving them to assist in vital cellular metabolic functions crohns-crohns-symptoms One of the worst cooking methods is frying, since since frying results in much higher temperatures than boiling crohns-crohns-symptoms Frying damages protein as well as destroying enzymes crohns-crohns-symptoms Enzymes can also be wasted by lifestyle factors crohns-crohns-symptoms Enzymes work harder with increasing temperatures and are used up faster crohns-crohns-symptoms A fever, for example, induces faster enzyme action and is therefore therefore unfavorable for bacterial activity crohns-crohns-symptoms Enzymes can be found in urine after a fever, and also may be found after strenuous athletic activity crohns-crohns-symptoms A natural behavior of animals is to harness the power of enzymes in food by burying or covering their food, allowing enzyme activity to start predigesting predigesting the food crohns-crohns-symptoms By this natural behavior, animals instinctively preserve their own enzyme supply crohns-crohns-symptoms Similarly, people of some native cultures also preserve their enzyme supply and disease prevention through efficient use of enzymes crohns-crohns-symptoms Whales have up to 6 inches of fat to keep them warm, but their arteries arteries are not clogged crohns-crohns-symptoms Eskimos, who frequently consume large quantities of fat, are often not obese crohns-crohns-symptoms Both of these groups eat the fat-digesting enzyme lipase in the form of raw foods crohns-crohns-symptoms Studies (both in vitro and controlled in vivo) using internal and parenteral routes have examined the effectiveness effectiveness of may different types and sources of plant enzymes in a several conditions, including poor digestion, poor absorption, pancreatic insufficiency, steatorrhea, lactose intolerance, celiac disease, obstruction of arteries, and thrombotic disease crohns-crohns-symptoms Enzymes from the Aspergillus oryzae fungus were subjected to numerous studies evaluating their role in supporting healthy digestion crohns-crohns-symptoms digestion crohns-crohns-symptoms Additionally, human studies suggest the proteolytic enzymes derived from Aspergilus oryzae fungus may play a role in anti-inflammatory and fibrinolytic therapies crohns-crohns-symptoms The enzymes appear to be relatively heat stable, and they are also active throughout a wide pH range crohns-crohns-symptoms This is important because most enzymes are deactivated deactivated in stomach acid crohns-crohns-symptoms These enzymes are synthesized from fungus, but contain no fungal residue even though that is their derivation crohns-crohns-symptoms Modern filtration techniques and technology enable these fungal enzymes to be well suited for human consumption crohns-crohns-symptoms According to Dr crohns-crohns-symptoms Mark Percival (1985) , oral supplementation of of digestive enzymes taken just before or at mealtime can assist digestion crohns-crohns-symptoms Even though most supplemental enzymes are labile and will deactivate when exposed to stomach acid, Dr crohns-crohns-symptoms Percival believes some of the enzymes will remain active if they are taken with a meal or just before crohns-crohns-symptoms Percival Percival says, The enzymes are physically protected by the meal and allow some enzymatic activity to occur in the stomach crohns-crohns-symptoms The enzymes that get through to the small intestine may help with digestion there as well crohns-crohns-symptoms pH plays a major role in enzymatic activity, therefore, the enzymes derived from from Aspergillus may be highly useful as they appear to be remarkably stable, even when subjected to an acidic environment crohns-crohns-symptoms Additionally, Dr crohns-crohns-symptoms Edward Howell (1986) adds that he chews an enzyme capsule with his food in order to start the digestive process as soon as the food is consumed | 