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The Degeneration Process, The Cause of All Degenerative Diseases

Written by Andre Givogue

Topic: Health EducationPublished July 27, 2011
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The Degeneration Process You are DYING every day! rnMore accurately, the degeneration process is slowly killing you, day by day. rnWe have so many cells, and every day we lose more and more. Our bodies' completely regenerate every year and a half. That is, the oldest cell in your body is 1 ...The Degeneration Process

You are DYING every day!

More accurately, the degeneration process is slowly killing you, day by day.

We have so many cells, and every day we lose more and more. Our bodies' completely regenerate every year and a half. That is, the oldest cell in your body is 1 year and 6 months old. That's it. There are no cells older than that. So, you ask, how come we don't look younger and keep our looks from when we were kids?

The fact is, as we grow older we have less and less proper nutrition, and we are far more affected by free radicals (stress). Our cells have less and less fuel to work with, and when they do multiply they are reborn with a poorer structure. (This is the degeneration process.)

All this is to say that the prematurely aging body is caused by a lack of nutrition and the rise in free radicals.

All the cells in our bodies require the right form of nutrients (the materials), the complete formula (the tools) and the proper proportion to create balance (the builder/worker). Let's stay with this construction terminology to help you understand. The only time your body will regenerate is at night, because during the day our body fights back all the aggression of the free radicals, and, of course, reacts to your daily needs. Night is when the little workers come in to fix the body. In order for the worker to do his job, he need his materials and his tools. If you are missing any of one of the three (worker, materials and tools) the job will not be complete.

In other words, if you don't have the proper nutrients, your body will not be able to regenerate itself to its maximum. The body however must get the job done while you sleep. That means that if the little worker in your body is missing cheap rock but has extra 2 by 4 studs, we will try to make a wall of 2 by 4 studs instead of having a nicely finished wall.

Degeneration Process Example

Now, here's an example related to functionality. Lets compare the cell and its functionality to a water bottle. The water bottle is the cell and its function is to hold the water in the bottle when it is turned upside down. Let's say your body needs ten water bottles to achieve a certain function. You then need ten bottles, ten lids, someone to fill them up and assemble them.

If you have ten bottles, but only 8 lids, and someone to fill them up and assemble them, there is going to be a little problem. You are going to be 2 lids short. So, your worker who fills them up will simply try to find another lid that is around and put it on the water bottle. Whether it fits or not, it will be on the bottle (the degeneration process).

Now when you flip that bottle upside down, the water will spill everywhere, therefore it will not complete its proper function. Now imagine that defective water bottle reproducing itself. Well, the implications are clear -- you will have more and more defective bottles. Every year and a half, your body is reproducing bottles (cells) missing something, and this continues over a 60 year cycle.

Can you imagine what the before and after cells would be like after 60 years? That's why we age and we seem to be more sick, getting degenerative disease and lots more. But even worse, what took 60 years before, now, because of all the stress and lack of nutrition, we can accomplish in less than 10 years. (This is NOT something not to be proud of!)

Notice that a malnourished person often looks years older than they really are, and they are more susceptible to get a degenerative disease.

Basically the degeneration process can be summed up in the degeneration of the cells over a period of time changing the structure and the functionality of the cells.

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************ Andre Givogue is a nutrition and health enthusiast. He has worked and compiled his research all together in order to benefit everyone using a friendly language that is easy to understand. Expand your knowledge, find out more about Andre's work at his site. http://www.VitaminSupreme.com

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