Real wellness occurs at the cellular level.
I attended an amazing talk a few nights ago about why various wellness technologies are so effective on the body. It really comes down to basic cellular biology. I will try to describe it here the best I can.
We are made up of something like 5o trillion cells, which all have to live with what we give them. They live embedded in a matrix of connective tissue called fascia ( which was typically ignored by western medicine ). The water, oxygen, and nutrition that our cells need is brought in by the blood vessels, has to move through the matrix, then be allowed to pass across the cell membrane. The cell then metabolizes the nutrition to take what it needs and the rest is free radicals and acid waste which has to be eliminated. The garbage then has to move back across the cell membrane, through the fascia, and be picked up by the lymphatic system to be carried out of the body.
To be healthy, have energy, and feel good we need to make sure the body gets what it needs to keep that flow I just described working efficiently. The heart and blood vessels have to be strong and our blood needs to be hydrated. The matrix of connective tissue has to also be well hydrated ( 80% water ), have a good pH balance, level of mineralization, and temperature to move it’s cargo into and out of the cell. The cell needs the clean water and quality nutrition free of toxins so that the right things get in and the bad stay out. Finally, the lymphatic system doesn’t have a pump like the cardiovascular system does with the heart. The major nodes of the lymphatic system are in the joints and depend on movement to pump the lymph through.
As I said, real wellness occurs at the cellular level by making sure that the delivery system works and has something to deliver and that the waste removal system is also working. Otherwise the cells environment either becomes depleted, or more likely, backed up and toxic. I will talk more about that another time.
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Wayne Woodworth
