“”YOUR MIND Is VERY POWERFUL “” WINNING is about Self Regulating!!!””
Although five functions play a vital role, we can …. without hesitation state that how you think and feel overrides the other four.
When we see the many centenarians who had less than favorable diets, smoked and drank until they were well over 100, we are reminded that our perspective on life and what we feel overrides any other external element.
We have all heard of Ronda Rousey, pound for pound the best fighter in the world. Beloved and the ultimate underdog — with the toughness, heart and epic back story that has turned her into a symbol of strength. After a traumatic birth deprived her of oxygen and caused brain damage. She also suffered from a speech impediment so severe …. she could not form a coherent sentence until she was 6 years old.
Until this past Saturday: all Ronda ever did was win ~ win ~ win. In this fight with Holly Holm, a 34 year old from Albuquerque, New Mexico, not only, beat Ronda, but also, delivered several blows to her head in TKO fashion. As Holly jumped …. around the ring Rousey laid on the canvas … amid the roar of a stunned crowd. Ronda was transported to the hospital to receive treatment for a concussion and facial cuts. With Ronda’s heart I am sure she will bounce back like she always has!!!
But she fought through that Hell and develop an instinct to survive. That kind of grit comes from her mother. Ann Maria De Mars, a world judo champion turned psychology professor. As an adult at one point she was at one point so broke she slept in her car. Picking herself up to win bronze in Judo in The Beijing Olympics in 2008. While becoming one of the highest – paid fighters in sports.
Ronda has the tenacity and will to win that comes from the heart. Ronda wants her name mentioned along side Muhammed Ali and Mike Tyson, And doesn’t want the word woman to be in front of the word champion” I can see how her physical strength is empowered by her mental strength because she fearlessly speaks her mind.
This is the type of toughness it takes to win any fight, however this blog isn’t about Ronda Rousey. This blog post is about Metabolic Reactions and counter productive effect anabolic (building up of tissue) and catabolic response (break down of tissue) which forms proper metabolism. Metabolism is regulated by the endocrine system (think hormones.)
The endocrine gland operates like a well — managed ball team with each player a star at their own position. It is comprised of the pancreas, pineal gland, thymus, thyroid, pituitary, hypothalamus, adrenals, testes and ovaries. These glands release an array of hormones, chemical messengers that deliver instructions to glands to perform various functions.
Metabolic reactions include a vast number of bodily functions such as energy expenditure, cellular repair, mineral regulation, reducing inflammation , digestion, immune system, reproduction and function of organs working in unison. The human body is magnificently designed to maintain balance between catabolic and anabolic metabolism.
If this balance becomes unstable (such as from stress or disruptive sleep patterns), metabolic disturbance can occur. Our bodies have astonishing abilities to repair and regenerate. To tap into this power, the goal is to reduce the aging catabolic damage and restore the youthful anabolic repair!!!!!
Optimum nutrition starts with eating four or five meals each day that supply our bodies with sufficient nutrients to maintain a balanced anabolic and catabolic metabolism. Each meal should consist of 30 percent protein; 50 percent high- fiber, low -glycemic carbohydrates and 20 percent fat.
The macronutrients of protein, carbohydrates and good fat provide the cells with micronutrients vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients. These micronutrients are essential for every facet of cellular metabolism. A popular theory of metabolic decline states that micronutrients deficiencies, through oxidation, damage the mitochondria in your cells.
Mitochondria are a cells energy storehouses, creating energy for metabolic reactions. As this energy is also released, reactive oxygen and free radicals attempt to damage the mitochondria DNA. The human body has sophisticated defense mechanisms to minimize the damage If micronutrient deficiencies occur, these defense mechanisms diminish and catabolic metabolism increases.
As we age: metabolic disturbances occur and anabolic — catabolic balance can be nutritionally influenced. So what can one do nutritionally to keep your metabolism youthful.
Step One: Cycle calories through reduced calories through carbohydrates for a few days (by 250 – 500 under metabolic expenditure.) The theory here is when carbohydrates are depleted for a few days this triggers fatty acids in fat cells to be released into the blood and then converted into energy for muscles. Unfortunately, this depletes glycogen (glucose and water) in the muscle. If the glycogen isn’t replenished , it will cause loss of muscle tissue and shift metabolism catabolically. This is why you add carbs back on the third day!!!
Step Two: Eat slowly…. digestion begins in the mouth, continues in the stomach and is completed in the intestinal tract. Eating slowly and chewing slowly allows protein to be metabolized into amino acids, carbohydrates into glucose and fats into fatty acids. While stomach acids and both pancreatic and intestinal enzymes complete this process. Once the nutrients are small enough to pass through intestinal walls. A series of hormonal responses starts the anabolic process which delivers nourishment to the cells.
When nutrients from the digested food cant get into the blood stream and are compromised with impacted fecal matter and mucus. The metabolism swings catabolically because of poor intestinal health. A nutritional lifestyle, where the foundation is built on whole grains, fresh fruit and vegetables that provides adequate amounts (30-40 grams) of both soluble and insoluble fiber.
Insoluble fiber is vital in formation of stools and lessens the time it takes for waste to be eliminated from our digestive system. Insoluble fiber prevent build up of mucus and fecal material on intestinal walls. Which can lead to poor absorption of nutrients into the body and can lead to deficiencies such as anemia and brittle bones.
Step Three: One of the most misunderstood factors in our metabolism is the state of our blood sugar. Normal blood sugar levels should be in the range of 70 – 110 mg/dl, with ideal levels being around 90 mg/dl. Your blood sugar levels throughout the day are equally important, especially 1-3 hours after you eat. When blood levels raise after you eat the pancreas produces insulin, which goes into the blood to bring sugar down. This is an anabolic process and when the blood sugar gradually declines, the pancreas produces glucagon. Which retrieves sugar back from the cells to reenter the blood which is a catabolic process.
Maintaining this delicate balance of a slow rise and gradual decline is essential to the condition of your metabolism. Glycation occurs when the body has high levels of blood sugar. Some of this glucose binds to hemoglobin and this substance is called glycosylated hemoglobin. Which can disable the proteins, rendering them less capable of carrying out their many essential metabolic functions through out the body.
Sugar Feeds Cancer or does it? Your lifestyle can affect how well your immune system can protect you from … Eating or drinking too much sugar curbs immune system cells that attack bacteria. Eating or drinking 100 grams (8 tbsp.) of sugar, the equivalent of two- and-a-half 12-ounce cans of soda, can reduce the ability of white blood cells to kill germs by 40 percent. The immune-suppressing effect of sugar starts less than thirty minutes after ingestion and may last for five hours. But your body needs some to help maintain the balance between catabolic and anabolic metabolism.
Step Four: Boosting your immune system is all about decreasing the burden we put on our immune system through keeping the body chemical burden light. So the immune system isn’t over loaded … trying to break down so many synthetic additives and other unnatural particles. Eating whole some foods with plenty of phytonutrients which helps aid the immune system by boosting cytokines and natural killer cell activity.
Phytonutrients also contain a wealth of anti oxidants which helps neutralize free radicals before they can damage our tissues — displacing the need for an immune response.
Step Five: Lowering stress increase immune function. Exercise is important, as muscle flex, they pump lymphatic vessels which circulate T — cells and B — cells throughout our system. Another strategy is to increase probiotics and reduce antibiotics which wipe out the “good” as well as the “bad” flora in our body’s natural antibiotic system. And include immune boosting botanicals — such as — garlic, cayenne, parsley, turmeric, astragalus, schisandra, ginger and medicinal mushrooms (chaga, shittake, reishi, maitake and cordyceps.) et.. cetera>