It is a simple fact that enzymes are important to our health. Systemic enzymes are absolutely essential to maintaining a healthy body and an active lifestyle. Your body uses systemic enzymes to rebalance the inflammatory response and fine-tune repair processes to help you recover from injury and disease. Enzymes also break down and digest food so the body can use it. Fresh, raw foods contain plenty of enzymes to help with digestion, but with today's diet of cooked and processed foods, many of the natural enzymes are cooked out. Without the enzymes needed for proper digestion, the body may not digest the valuable nutrients it needs. Additionally, studies have shown that as we age, our bodies produce fewer enzymes.