Are there physiological effects from consuming an enzyme-free diet?
According to Dr. Edward Howell, “cooked, enzyme-free diets contribute to a pathological over-enlargement of the pituitary gland [which in turn] regulates the other glands”. Likewise, the human pancreas is grossly hypertrophied in relation to all other members of the animal kingdom. Howell concluded that the massive size of the human pancreas is the result of a pathological adaptation to a cooked food diet. Research conducted at the University of Minnesota showed significant changes in the organ weights of rats fed heat-treated food. Both the pancreas and submaxillary glands increased in weight by 20 to 30 percent. Research by Grossman further substantiates the adaptive role that diet plays in pancreatic secretion.
