My theory has developed over a 20 year period of time and holds credibility as a corollary to the long-standing law in anatomy/physiology known as – Wollf’s law. Wolff’s law, in short, states, “Bone remodels according to the physical stress placed upon it.” As an example: a pitchers, pitching arm (humerus, radius and ulna) will be denser than his non-pitching arm. The opposite to this is, if we lived in outer-space our bones would dissolve (osteoporosis) because of the lack of gravity; no weight-bearing load on the bones. All of the calcium supplementation, estrogen replacement (for women), and Fosimax (medication) in the world would not prevent this process from happening.
My theory states, “Our body remodels according to the stress placed upon it: invisibly, physically, emotionally and/or chemically.” All three of these stressors or outside influences/forces, will directly affect the remodeling of every cell, tissue and physiological function of the body. This means that our inward and outward appearance and physiological state is in direct correlation to the (way, what and/or how) we sleep, eat, drink, act, exercise, deal with stress, are exposed to stress(s) or outside forces.
Physically we remodel based on the amount and/or variety of minerals, large and trace; amino acids (protein); vitamins and fats that we ingest. If we ingest all of the essential nutrients that our body requires, with all other factors aside, our bodies will remodel properly. The opposite can be said for eating devitalized food, such as fast food, boxed or canned food. Examples: Increase protein and weight bearing exercise and increase muscle mass will result. Increase fats and/or carbohydrates with a lack of physical stress and an increase in body fat and blood sugar/fats will result.
Emotional stresses and chemical stresses placed on the body will have the similar effects. Happiness (good stress) and nutritional supplements (only the ones a body may require and benefit from) will facilitate positive remodeling (ex. neurotransmitter and hormone production). Anger, resentment, blame or shame (negative emotions) or medications (the majority, but not all) are negative stressors and will facilitate the body to remodel in a non-optimum way. The negative remodeling will lead to everything we don’t want to have our body to experience, and the positive remodeling will lead to a long, healthy, vibrant life.
Invisible forces (magnetism, gravity, ionic…) are constantly present and can affect us as much as overt chemical, emotional and physical forces do. These forces, most of the time, actually precede and initiate the physical, emotional or chemical stress or influence that causes the remodeling of our body’s cells or, more specifically, the cell membranes.
It’s easy to see from this, that everything we do and everything that is done to us, sometimes unknowingly, affects how our body remodels. We can at least be cause of over a very large part of this and be responsible for what we do (eat, exercise, rest…) and what we allow around us. Or, we can be the effect and move through life never paying attention to any of these facts. By ignoring this theory, negative remodeling will be the outcome and all the negative consequences that comes with it.
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