Page 86 - The Miraculous Machine that Works for an Entire Lifetime: Enzyme

Harun Yahya

your body, the most important are the metabolic enzymes. They take in

45 essential nutrients, and convert them into muscles, nerves, bones,
blood and organs. At a basic level, they provide the fuel that keeps the
cells alive. They enter all the reactions essential for the cell to fulfill its
own functions and finish them in a very short space of time. They op-
erate in all vital matters, such as the DNA replication, ATP energy stor-
age, nutrient entry into cells and waste products' exits, and the trans-
mission of electrical signals along the nerves from your sense organs.
Metabolic enzymes are a great blessing bestowed on us by our
Lord, important treasuries we enjoy from the moment we are born.
They are at work from the moment our lives begin, ready to perform
countless functions. These same enzymes will repeat the same tasks
time and time again, never stopping. Yet they also have their own life
spans. Enzymes decline in number as we grow older. "Old age" is an-
other term for the decrease in the number of enzymes in the body, and

therefore they are unable to function as efficiently as before. Old age is
actually an indication not of how much a person
has lived, but whether or
not the tissues in the
body are fully func-
tioning. These tis-
sues depend on the
level of enzymes
charged with the
metabolism of
every cell. In
other words, the
more numerous
and functional
the enzymes,

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