#13: Chapter 7B: Behind the Buzzwords: Physiological Factors

Basic Concepts: Physiological Factors:

Sleep, pH, dental health, water, inflammation, exercise, anti-oxidants, sugar metabolism, microbiome

This chapter covers the pursuit of knowledge, discoveries, and claims about basic physiological concepts relevant to later discussions. Some are controversial. Hopefully you understand by now that I do not claim to possess absolute universal truths. Personally, people who pretend to know everything annoy the hell out of me. I am a humble medical nerd who can’t turn off my curiosity or powers of analysis. Since those qualities played a valuable role in my miraculous recoveries, people tend to want to hear them (if only to troll me LOL). I hope sharing my research and lines of thought about these concepts sparks your curiosity and analytic thought to help you determine your path to health. If nothing else, I wish to emphasize the body’s beautiful ability and insatiable desire to achieve homeostasis and heal itself. Important physiological factors that play a role in homeostasis are a follows:

The power of sleep

In Brain metastases, I shared how our brains detoxify during sleep. Sleep is important for rejuvenation and repairing cell damage in our hearts and other organs, blood vessels, muscles and tissues, balancing hormones and blood sugar, and maximizing immunity. Not enough sleep can result in…