Thursday, January 28, 2010

Cellular Metabolism and Microbiotic Dieting


Perhaps, these days too many of us appear to "yo-yo" in our diets or "get out of whack" when it comes to trying to maintain a balance in our weight and fat composition. For too long many of us have been focusing on trying to only look at whole foods rather than understand that foods are "Nano-Nutrition" that act as bio-fuels on a cellular level.

For too long we have only valued exercise as an esthetic method of measuring our beauty factor when exercise "boosts and drives" the engines that accelerate metabolism called brown fat. It has been shown that brown fat contains an extremely high amount of cell "turbo boost" fat burners called mitochondria.

This method of understanding fat mass, burning calories , and increasing lean muscle mass is the essence of metabolism or the methods of Energetics. Metabolism is a thermodynamic process and much like the Law of Thermodynamics food acts a fuel. In the face of oxygen we can "burn" calories , but like a car engine emissions, our body creastes waste by-products called free oxygen radicals which can be created . These are very toxic to the body because they can potentially create chronic illness, heart disease and cancer.

To look at food as Nano-Nuturition is how "Microbiotic Dieiting" works as opposed to Macrobiotics. To be able to see exercise as a means to raise the level of metabolism is essentially the science or energetics and ergonomics. The human body has components that mirrors machinery . We can apply and extrapolate entropy similarly.

Metabolism can be raised or lowered based on the types of foods you eat and the amount of them you consume. Activity can also lower or raise the level of metabolism based on its acceleration factor. However, the average person trying to fit into their highschool dress or bikini or prepare for an athletic event is bored by the monotonous sound bite of just "diet and exercise" is all you need to lose weight. Not only is this message not enough. It's not sexy enough!

Today herbals, supplements, anti-oxidants, enzymes, minerals, and vitamins are the "missing-link" that medical doctors and weight loss specialist either under-utilize or either they themselves are not educated enough on them to discuss, educate or recommend to others. Don't blame them, however, its their restricted curriculum.

Men have to be aware that tomatoes contain Lycopene that might slow down or prevent the risk of prostate enlargement or cancer. Saw Palmetto is also making an impact as an antioxidant on reducing symptoms of prostate problems . Saw Palmetto reduces the conversion of the male hormone testosterone into DHT, the form of testosterone associated with prostate cancer. Soy for men is also a beneficial food alternative to help with this in the diet.

Women , too, can now benefit from Black Cohosh to reduce symptoms of menopause or better yet Evening Primrose. Soy, particularly fermented soy containing phytoestrogens may prove a benefit to both men and women when it comes to trying to protect against prostate cancer and breast cancer.

There is a lot to learn and more research to be done but, for now there is hope. The paradigm shift has begun in health , right now at this moment. Thermogenix is going to put the "care" back into healthcare!

Dr. Marcus Wells MD, MPH is a previous Clinical Associate from the Natinal Institutes of Health at the National Heart , Lung & Blood Institute. He holds a Master's from Emory University . He has also served at the Health & Human Services(HHS), Public Health Service(PHS) and the Commissioned Corp

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