Enzymes, Cancer Therapy
In this video, Tom Bohager spends about 25 minutes speaking on "Enzymes, Cancer Therapy" at the 35th Annual Cancer Convention held on Labor Day weekend by the Cancer Control Society.
About Tom Bohager
TOM BOHAGER, B.Sc. received his Degree in Holistic Nutrition from Clayton College in Birmingham, Alabama in 2001 and is the Author of the book Enzymes: What the Experts Know published by One World Press in 2006.
Though Tom was first exposed to Alternative Health Care in 1984 when his father was diagnosed with lymphoma, it wasn’t until 1996 that he took a job in the natural foods industry, frequently educating store employees and consumers on the benefits of healthy lifestyle choices and nutritional supplementation.
In 1998, Tom received extensive training at the Transformation Enzyme Therapy Center in Houston, Texas. In that same year he started Enzymedica (a nutritonal enzyme supplement company) in an effort to educate and help as many people as possible on the benefits of high potency enzymes and enzyme therapy. With an emphasis on education, Enzymedica has grown to become the number one enzyme company in the Natural Foods Industry.
Over the years Tom has counseled thousands of individuals to help them improve their quality of life. As the President of Enzymedica he continues to conduct consumer lectures and staff trainings, writes articles and is interviewed on radio and television about the importance of enzymes in maintaining and promoting optimal health.
Tom Bohager may be reached at his company Enzymedica located in Port Charlotte, Florida by phone at 888-918-1118.
Transcription
Thank you.
We're going to discuss the role of enzymes as a therapy specifically in cancer. But, of course, the research indicates that there's many more applications, but we're gonna focus primarily on cancer today. And in order to do that, we have to really define what an enzyme is to begin with. On the screen now is a computer rendition of an enzyme, and enzymes are technically proteins, other defined as proteins. And a protein is really just a combination of amino acids. But unlike any other protein, this enzyme contains what we call biological activity, or some might simplify it by saying energy. The energy is focused at a certain point and the point is called the active site. And in this illustration, there's two white balls there and the energy is kind of focused at that point. And that's what defines an enzyme from any other protein known to man is the fact that it contains as biologic activity. The biological activity allows the enzyme to serve as a catalyst. And it catalyzes, of course, food. It helps us break down proteins, fats and carbohydrates. We know these as digestive enzymes, but it also catalyzes every single biochemical process in every single cell of the body. Every single one. It speeds up the reactions that take place in these cells that allow us to hear, feel, walk, talk, think, breathe, do everything. These enzymes are catalysts and biochemical reactors, if you will. Some of the facts regarding enzymes as everything living manufactures, enzymes, other enzymes in plants, of course, animals, humans and in every single living cell, they perform very specific functions. So enzymes that might be found, let's say, in your liver, would not necessarily have anything to do with another organ of the body. Now, there's about 5000 named enzymes in the body, but we suspect that there are probably tens of thousands more because of the specific nature in which enzymes work within the body. They work in very specific ways and in very specific environments. For example, every enzyme has what we call an optimal P.H. and an optimal temperature and a P.H. range and temperature range. So if that P.H. should change, then the activity of the enzyme is altered. It's either slowed down or it speeds up its course. When we think of enzymes, we think of digestion. And we have limited time here. So we're just going to very briefly walk through the enzymes that related to digestion. And it does play a role in cancer therapy. In fact, here is just a summary of the digestive tract. What's not included here, of course, is the mouth and in the