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Harun Yahya

else can perform the tasks carried out by these proteins too small to be seen

by the naked eye.
So exactly what is it that enzymes do, whose presence is so essential
to the functions taking place in your own body and to the survival of oth-
er living things around you?
If you leave a green banana on the windowsill for a few days, it will
turn sweet and yellow. This process, which we call maturation, takes place
thanks to enzymes.
A dog buries a bone. When it digs it up again, that bone—which was
previously very hard—has become softer and has assumed an edible tex-
ture. This too happens thanks to enzymes.
If you place green tomatoes that are still on their stems under the Sun,
shortly afterwards they turn red. This happens thanks to enzymes being
set in motion by the Sun's light and heat.
Seeds cannot sprout in the absence of enzymes. Fruit cannot mature,
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leaves cannot change color and we ourselves cannot come into being. In
short, enzymes are one of the reasons why, by Allah's choosing, living
things achieve life.
Enzymes are responsible for all the chemical processes that take place
in all our bodies' systems, and are important components of the immune
system as well. We depend on enzymes in order to be able to eat and di-
gest, just as we do in order to see, feel, hear, breathe and move. Enzymes
play a leading role in blood coagulation, the functioning of the heart and
circulatory system, the function of the liver and kidneys, the expulsion of
toxic substances, the functioning of the brain, the distribution of hormones
throughout the body, and in your being able to think and even dream.
Enzymes convert the food you eat into small molecules that can enter
your cells. These digested substances, spread

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