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Embracing Alternative Care and other articles by Avery Camerow
Health and the Rule of Seven
Your body was designed with the innate ability to recognize the pure nutrition that nature provides! Whole foods are purest form of nutrition available - they are alive. They carry bio-electric energy and other complex nutritional messages that vibrate with frequencies that energize the body. Our cells recognize the bio-electric messages found only in foods that absorb sunlight and grow naturally from the earth.
All life has electric properties. The ion channels in cell membranes cause
a voltage difference across the membrane of nearly 1/10th of a volt. If you
line up 20 neuron cells properly, you get about a 1.5 volt charge - enough
to run a small flashlight. We react to electrical sunspots 93 million miles
away, just like receivers of energy measurements do.
The most basic building blocks in our bodies are the cells. Cells group together
to make tissues, which in turn make our organs. Our organs work together
to form body systems - seven in all - and all related. In nature we find
the seven primary colors - every picture, every painting, and every living
creation are arrayed in the various tones that begin with the seven colors
of the rainbow. In music we have the seven notes. Every piece of music, every
song, and every melody are created from these seven notes. But just like
a piano needs to be in tune to produce beautiful music - the seven systems
in our bodies need to be "in tune with nature"
The skeletal-muscular system is really our bones, cartilage, and ligaments.
It supports our soft tissues, protects our vital organs, and serves as a "scaffold" for
muscle attachment. The muscular system works from electrical impulses and
through our muscles, tendons, and sheaths around muscles, including the lubricating
sacs called bursae.
The nervous system collects information through our five senses. It is made
up of the brain, spinal cord, the peripheral & central nervous system,
even the autonomic nervous system which controls the automatic functions
of our bodies such as the beating of the heart, breathing, even the blinking
or our eyes.
The endocrine system uses circulating "chemical messengers" called
hormones to help control other internal functions. The circulatory system
consists of the heart and all the blood vessels (arteries, veins and capillaries)
and is responsible for moving nutrients, waste and some special proteins
(chemical messengers) and cells around the body.
The lymphatic system moves excess tissue fluid back to the veins and transports
fat from the gut to the bloodstream. Its other important role is the defense
of the body, and for this reason some elements of the lymphatic system are
referred to as the immune system.
The respiratory system is concerned with gas exchange and the intake of oxygen
that is needed by all the body's tissues and cells.
The digestive system is concerned with the ingestion, processing and absorption
of nutrients, as well as the elimination of some types of waste. The urinary
system controls fluid and salt balance in the body and excretes nitrogen
waste.
The reproductive system is concerned with production of the next generation
and is linked during fetal development with the developing urinary system.
When all seven systems of your body are balanced and "in tune" you'll
feel wonderful. Apart from responding to changes in the external environment,
the body must also act to produce a relatively constant internal environment.
This process is known as homeostasis or the maintenance of equilibrium like
maintaining constant body temperature, relatively constant blood sugar levels,
blood pressure and blood calcium levels. This natural equilibrium that your
body desires is achieved by the coordination and balance of your body's seven
systems. Doesn't your body deserve a tune up?
