The great philosophers throughout history teach harmony, in your
life, in your mind and in your relations with others. Your body
with its network of glands and organs needs harmony too; chaos
of any kind is very harmful. This physical harmony is achieved
by means of homeostasis: (medical definition stability and equilibrium
in a physiological system through feedback.) Homeostasis is the
internal dialogue of harmony going on inside all of us all the
time. Homeostasis is also the basis of natural therapeutics including
nutrition and acupuncture, and therefore an important key in finding
natural solutions to health and disease. By achieving physical
harmony, that is, working with and not against your own internal
homeostasis, you nurture and build mind-body-spirit wellness.
The delicate, complicated physical body lives a hard reality indeed.
Eat, drink and breathe or there’s no thinking, acting, living
output. Food is the primary input, and food consists of four distinct
compositional types: carbohydrates, proteins, fats and fibers.
Why four, and does that say something profound about the human
body, how it developed and how it handles the challenges of life?
A groundbreaking theory of human health provides the following
new understanding of the inner workings of homeostasis. Within
the human body and its network of glands and organs, four interconnected
functions – ENERGY, HEALING, STRESS and IMMUNE – work
in healthy equilibrium, or internal balance. The body’s response
to all internal needs and external forces lies within and must
adhere to this four-part harmony. Moreover, these tasks are the
template for all nutrition. Thus with the perfect symmetry of nature,
each food type nourishes one of the four functions: carbohydrates
for energy, proteins for healing, fats for stress (cells burn fat
instead of glucose, a true definition of stress!), and fibers for
immune. The same direct relationship and necessary equilibrium
apply to all other nutrients and their nutritional categories:
B vitamins, fatty acids, minerals and herbs.
Two significant applications come from Equilibrium Theory. First,
the theory identifies human nutritional requirements in this fundamental
new way – a direct correlation between physiology (body functions
and activities) and nutrients. The resulting nutritional program
provides simple and flexible on-target nutrition that adjusts easily
for lifestyle and current needs. This balanced, complete nutrition
is life giving, restorative and forgiving.
Second, in examining the four-part harmony of energy, healing,
stress and immune functions and what happens if homeostasis is
lost, Equilibrium Theory solves the mystery of chronic diseases,
revealing the mechanisms behind and solutions to osteoarthritis,
rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis (MS), lupus, fibromyalgia,
chronic fatigue syndrome and many more! |
This theory agrees with the wisdom of traditional
medicine and the science of Western medicine. In particular, this
theory fits perfectly into Chinese medicine, the principles of
Qi and the yin and yang duality of life. The theory reveals new
functional and nutritional yin and yang balances essential for
health. It also conforms to modern Western medical science, and
then goes beyond that science to resolve baffling physiological
evidence.
Like all theories, this one involves subjective insight and discovery.
However, two objective findings give immediate credence and weight
to this theory: (1) correctly predicts the pathologies of chronic
diseases (their origin, nature and course), for example it reveals
why arthritis divides into two types, and then describes the nature
of both osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis precisely, i.e.
osteoarthritis is a degenerative (hypoactive healing) disease in
the protein structures of cartilage, while rheumatoid arthritis
is an autoimmune (hyperactive immune) disease in the connective
tissue of cartilage. And (2) the central concept of a four-part
harmony in energy, healing, stress and immune functions explains
all observed human physiology including copper-zinc antagonism
and the puzzling results of beta-carotene cancer and cardiovascular
studies.
Examples: functional equilibriums or balances such as energy-healing
equilibrium necessitate corresponding nutrient equilibriums. Medical
science describes nutrient equilibriums as “antagonisms,” and
copper-zinc antagonism is well documented in the scientific literature.
Here the risk of copper deficiency or zinc deficiency increases
with high intake of the other. Given that copper plays an essential
role in the human nervous system and energy and zinc is necessary
for protein and DNA synthesis and proper wound healing, Equilibrium
Theory provides the first physiological explanation for copper-zinc
equilibrium. Similarly, Vitamin A-Vitamin D equilibrium is a natural
consequence of immune-stress equilibrium.
Homeostasis goes a long way toward achieving Hippocrates’ ideal, “Let
food be your medicine.” And not surprisingly, the mystery
of health seems to move in never-ending circles – balance,
equanimity, harmony – the spiritual teachings of the great
philosophers may be rooted in our physical nature, the internal
physiology of homeostasis and a four-part harmony in crucial energy,
healing, stress and immune systems.
For more information on Homeostasis and Equilibrium Theory and the
power of homeostasis, visit the Internet site: http://www.tohealthnaturally.com |
