Food Enzymes for Health & Longevity: Revised and Enlarged

If I could give this no stars I would. I decided to read-up on the topic of enzymes for personal health reasons. I purchased this book as well as the author's first book, Enzyme Nutrition. That book was informative and interesting. I did notice a lot of the cited research was old, but that's ok; that book itself is about 30 years old anyway and the author was a pioneer, right?The moment I started reading this book I knew something was wrong. First, I the author passed away years ago, so how could he be writing/updating a book in 2015? Second, the "expanded introduction" read like a really bad infomercial. I looked up Viktoras Kulvinskas and, while I can't tell if he's legit or not, references to alternative religions, spirituality, etc. in a book on enzymes seems off; at least none of this type of research was cited. Third, I couldn't tell who actually wrote the rest of the book, which is quite hard to read. No credit was given to anyone other than the introduction. Some parts seemed like it was Dr. Howell's book (since I had just finished reading the first one), but others did not. Fourth there are countless summaries of references to research, adding little or no value because it was just a one or two sentence summary. Finally, *NONE* of the research is after World War II, never mind in the 21st century! If I remember correctly, the original book DID have research from the 70s or 80s, but this book had none. It is billed as, "3rd Edition, Revised and Enlarged." Revised meaning some of that intro stuff, NOT modern research; Enlarged meaning more white space, larger font size, and more wasteful summaries.Am I any better off having spent time and money on this book? Not at all. In fact, I think this book did more of a disservice to me because of the issues above, and others. I would not recommend this book to anyone, unless you're traveling back in time by about 70 years.

Some Facts:1. The book was originally published in 1939 and has not been significantly updated since that time.2. A quick scan of the book's 416 references shows none more recent than 1938. Yes, 80 years ago.3. The author, Dr. Edward Howell, died in 1988, about 30 years ago.4. The purported "extensive" new foreword and Appendix at the end consist of less than three pages in total.5. There is neither a Table of Contents nor an Index. Good luck finding anything specific.This is about as worthless as any book we have every purchased, as close to a fraud as one can get.Published by Lotus Press.

I enjoyed the book. Interesting and informative

This is an excellent book by Dr. Howell on sprouting and juicing and all different kinds of ways to get live food into our bodies.

A very worthwhile book. It does tend to be a bit encyclopedic in spots but, the subject is complex so that is to be expected. I'm glad I found it, my health will be better for it! I might suggest reading Dr. Howell's "Enzyme Nutrition" first. It will give you a base of knowledge that could help you absorb this book.

This is an excellent book on enzyme theory on human health. Dr. Howell gave us a detail picture of how food enzymes work thru our body and how it helps to support our body's functions. A must-read book for everybody who want to know more about the theory, and its impact on human body

Very good book and Dr. Edward Howell was ahead of his time.

Great reading! Very informative.

For scientists this book must be very interesting, but anybody else doesn't get much wiser from reading all this ,really!!! you'd probably have togo to university for severel years in order to understand, though I did find some useful information on how to cure leaky gut syndrome,

Das ist kein Roman, nicht für Romanleser geeignet. Aber EXTREM wichtig! An manchen Tage schaffe ich höchstens 5 Seiten. Es ist Fachenglisch. Aber alles über Enzyme. Ist man erst auf Seite 30, so weiß schon welche Aufgaben Tumorzellen eigentlich haben (sie können unaufbebrochene Eiweißmoleuküle viel schneller eliminieren). Das Buch ist eine Zusammenfassung extrem vieler Studien. Zwar steht hinten 1930 oben, aber die Daten im Buch sind sehr aktuell. Ich glaube das ist eines der drei wichtigsten Gesundheitsbücher überhaupt. Nur mehr Fermentieren will ich lesen und dann nichts mehr. Die Kernaussage über die Gesundheit habe ich verstanden. Uns fehlen Mineralien und die Enzyme, und der Mensch macht seine Lebensmittel selber kaputt. Je weniger er reinpfuscht (und keine Produkte macht), desto gesünder. Auch Rohmilch ist gesünder als pasteuerisierte Milch (welches der Handel mag, ob es gesundheitlich ok ist, ist eine andere Geschichte).

as expected

Good book