When food is consumed uncooked, fewer digestive enzymes are required to perform the digestive function diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment 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 diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment One of the worst cooking methods is frying, since since frying results in much higher temperatures than boiling diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment Frying damages protein as well as destroying enzymes diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment Enzymes can also be wasted by lifestyle factors diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment Enzymes work harder with increasing temperatures and are used up faster diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment A fever, for example, induces faster enzyme action and is therefore therefore unfavorable for bacterial activity diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment Enzymes can be found in urine after a fever, and also may be found after strenuous athletic activity diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment 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 diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment By this natural behavior, animals instinctively preserve their own enzyme supply diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment Similarly, people of some native cultures also preserve their enzyme supply and disease prevention through efficient use of enzymes diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment Whales have up to 6 inches of fat to keep them warm, but their arteries arteries are not clogged diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment Eskimos, who frequently consume large quantities of fat, are often not obese diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment Both of these groups eat the fat-digesting enzyme lipase in the form of raw foods diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment 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 diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment Enzymes from the Aspergillus oryzae fungus were subjected to numerous studies evaluating their role in supporting healthy digestion diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment digestion diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment Additionally, human studies suggest the proteolytic enzymes derived from Aspergilus oryzae fungus may play a role in anti-inflammatory and fibrinolytic therapies diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment The enzymes appear to be relatively heat stable, and they are also active throughout a wide pH range diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment This is important because most enzymes are deactivated deactivated in stomach acid diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment These enzymes are synthesized from fungus, but contain no fungal residue even though that is their derivation diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment Modern filtration techniques and technology enable these fungal enzymes to be well suited for human consumption diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment According to Dr diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment Mark Percival (1985) , oral supplementation of of digestive enzymes taken just before or at mealtime can assist digestion diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment Even though most supplemental enzymes are labile and will deactivate when exposed to stomach acid, Dr diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment Percival believes some of the enzymes will remain active if they are taken with a meal or just before diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment Percival Percival says, The enzymes are physically protected by the meal and allow some enzymatic activity to occur in the stomach diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment The enzymes that get through to the small intestine may help with digestion there as well diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment 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 diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment Additionally, Dr diarrhea-diarrhea-treatment 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 | 