I am thrilled to share with you some information on systemic enzymes. I take them myself and recommend them to many people in my chiropractic practice. Michael has been working with enzymes for over 20 years. He works closely with top researchers, enzymologists, and formulators around the world. These are brilliant people in their field. He has done hundreds of radio shows and podcasts over the years and has personally trained thousands of practitioners on the use of enzymes in their practices. He currently works with HCP Formulas. He talks about how his falls on his mountain bike don’t have long-lasting deleterious effects because of his use of Fibrenza. The research demonstrates that post-workout muscle soreness can be greatly reduced with the enzyme bromelain and the yellow chemical from turmeric called curcumin…nature nurtures. We all have enzymes in our bodies and cannot live without them. They help digest food, catalyze reactions, modulate inflammation, maintain and repair cells, and more. Your body makes over 3000 types of enzymes. They are crucial for human existence. Here we cover systemic enzymes: What are they, the benefits in your body, how to take them as supplements, what they do in your bloodstream and can they help with symptoms of aging? Inflammation is a vital to the healing process. However, due to our diets, toxic load and other factors, we can have trouble with inflammation resolution. Enzymes have natural inflammation-fighting properties. In fact, the natural role of enzymes within your body is to help reduce and eliminate inflammation. Taking enzymes helps with inflammation resolution and reduces the fibrosis of repair. From wound healing, fibromyalgia, a sprained ankle, or even inflamed organs can be helped. Enzymes like nattokinase, serrapeptase (Study shown to accelerate healing in patients recovering from dental surgery), papain, bromelain (shown to speed up recovery from cosmetic surgery), lumbrokinase or others help reduce local & systemic inflammation. Systemic enzymes have been clinically proven to speed up the rate at which wounds heal. Animal studies found that bromelain and papain accelerate wound healing when applied to the skin. Take osteoarthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn’s disease or just being bloated after a meal, for instance. All of these conditions have a large inflammatory component that can be helped. I often pair enzymes with extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT). ESST breaks up scar tissue and is great for conditions like tennis elbow, frozen shoulder, arthritic knees, post-surgical scar tissue, and more. The scar tissue divides into calcium and fibrin in the blood. The fibrin can make people fatigued if I am doing a large area and a lot of pulses in one visit. When I have people take the enzymes, they notice no rebound fatigue after aggressive shockwave treatments and better results. There are conditions of too much fibrin, like cystic fibrosis or uterine fibroids. Also, the bloodstream can become clogged with fibrin with age as we become less efficient at clearing the fibrin out. Fibrin is a protein, and proteolytic enzymes are great at counteracting too much of the fibrin as they “eat” protein. Imagine how happy your heart, immune system, arteries, and inflammatory pathways & your life will be with less fibrin in the way. Strokes and heart attack risk go down by decreasing the likelihood of blood clots, and the blood is “thinned.” If it sounds too good to be true, well, they are good and even non-toxic and safe. I would caution about mild nausea and the mild blood thinning component of taking systemic enzymes on an empty stomach. Thank you for your interest, and I wish you the best on your journey of health throughout your lifetime. Adam Fields, DC, is a practicing chiropractor in Northern California and can be reached for an online or telehealth appointment by going to www.fieldsfamilychiro.com and clicking “book online.”