Human cells have a self-regeneration process. In what period of time is it estimated that the cells produce the equivalent of the human body?
Indeed, a human characteristic is that cellular replenishment is self-generated in a given time, taking 7 months to replenish the equivalent of a human body.
I will try to be synthetic in order to present objectively how the WALK-RWD System can collaborate incisively in this process of cellular regeneration.
The smallest functional and structural unit of the human body, which generates its own energy, is the cell.
All the cells of the human body produce their own energy by generating certain substances such as proteins, which are fundamental for the growth and development of the human body, as well as allowing them to rebuild and restore tissues and structures that have suffered deterioration and wear and tear. The general process of cellular functioning or metabolism allows the cell to manufacture its own nutritional substances or anabolism, and also to produce other substances or catabolism, which can be distributed in several stages, namely:
1 Introduction of the nutritive substances into the cell.
2. Absorption of oxygen
3. Use and assimilation of the nutritive substances inside the cells.
4. Energy production
5. Elimination of waste substances
6. Cell division
Within this metabolic process, one of the fundamental elements used by cells is oxygen. Being able to absorb oxygen, the cell generates oxidation on some of its own constituent parts; when this oxidation is carried out, the cell releases energy and at the same time generates carbon dioxide, which will be discarded later.
This part of the metabolic process of oxygen absorption (cellular respiration) is the essential mechanism that all cells develop.
The stage of use and assimilation of nutritive substances produces a self-generation and growth in its protoplasm so that it is reconstituted – the protoplasm – and the cell grows. When the substances come into contact with oxygen, they undergo oxidation. This procedure takes place throughout the protoplasm (cell movement and circulation) and the flow of nutritive material with oxygen is constantly distributed. Waste substances are eliminated when they reach the outer surface of the cell.
The availability of the quantity and quality of oxygen is essential for the cells to fulfill their functions, in addition to its regularity and harmony in its supply.
Let us keep in mind that oxygen together with the cells are responsible for the rejuvenation (preservation, renovation, stability, repair, regeneration, reestablishment, permanence, restoration and recovery) and aging of our organism in general terms, from the cell itself, as the simplest unit, to the most complex organs of our body.
This is where the WALK-RWD System makes its appearance.
We have mentioned briefly in several previous posts the importance of oxygenation in our body. Now we will do it in greater detail and the determinant form that the WALK-RWD System sponsors it (Posts ALTERNATE VARIATIONS IN THE TYPES OF WALKING, EMOTIONS AND THE WALK-RWD SYSTEM, THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY: WALKING, HOMO-ITER: MAN-WALKER. PART I, ..HOMO-ITER: MAN-WALKER. PART II).
I repeat verbatim the following 4 paragraphs: We have related 22 different varieties of walking and all of them allow us to develop a favorable exercise for our health, of the aerobic type. That is to say, by performing and applying aerobic dynamisms we generate oxygenation of the whole body, including the brain, we improve blood circulation and collateral circulation, as well as memory function and benefiting determinantly the cardiac activity. The important thing is to walk, always walk, and do some of the activities inherent to the WALK-RWD System, whether it is reading, writing, or drawing, in a combined way.
Many of the physiological problems that we suffer and that we have mentioned in previous posts, related to the fundamental systems, such as the digestive, cardiovascular or circulatory, respiratory, bone system and the neuro vegetative, can be prevented and corrected and maintained healthy with walking and the execution of the WALK-RWD System; in the same way, the functions and tasks of the neurocerebral system can be kept healthy, as we have already mentioned, the WALK-RWD increases the blood irrigation and the oxygenation of the brain, which causes a better work and a healthier and healthier functioning, freeing it from fatigue and weakening, giving it strength to face (discharge generation) better the destructive emotions.
We know that the brain is oxygenated when we exercise, it is true, surely certain types of substances are produced that fully favor the functioning of some of the physical-organic systems of the body, as well as fundamental parts of the brain, which have remained dormant, favoring and stimulating their functions (physiological-mental).
It is not completely returning to the past, because modern man does not walk to hunt, not to gather fruits, not to graze, not to cut roots; he walks to exercise all his muscles (almost 100% of them) and his bone structure. The results (physical and mental effects) of walking are exactly the same since archaic times: exercise, blood circulation, oxygenation of the whole body and brain, and positive functional impact on all organs and body and physiological systems.
We must take into account that not every type of exercise generates good oxygenation of the cells. If we get very stressed or if we do extreme sports or if we run certain dangers, etc. we will see that our organism will not respond in the same way, since it will dedicate part of its energy to counteract the production of certain substances that are not favorable for the good performance of the cellular nutrition and to correct some negative emotions.
The WALK-RWD System is conceived so that the activity of walking and those of reading, writing, and drawing, are all of them safe and enjoyable means, where the practitioner does not run any risk inherent to the system and only performs what keeps him healthy, calm, and fully enjoyed.
The activity of walking in a natural way is in itself an appropriate mechanism to properly oxygenate the nutritional process of the cells. We do not have to set any limits or parameters for it, but simply to walk normally; the rest will be developed by our body on its own.
Now, lately there has been a lot of talk about FREE RADICALS. What are free radicals? They are molecules that have gone into disequilibrium because they have lost one or more electrons, so their need to restore their equilibrium causes a reposition-opposition circle that has repercussions on considerable groups of cells.
Each molecule that replaces its lost electron transforms the molecule that took its electron into a Free Radical, and so on. These switches cause molecular perturbations and cell damage, which in turn can lead to cell death.
Free radicals are necessary in the organism for the realization of several fundamental functions and also to maintain a healthy level of the organism, for example, our immune system generates its own free radicals which allows it to face harmful agents; however, it also happens that this process of circular reposition-opposition, which alters the balance of electrons in the cell membranes, generates a negative state in the organism.
How is this lethal circle resolved? It is clear that molecular stability is attempted to be resolved by localizing electrons in other molecules, but invariably results in an unstable circle. This circle is a process of oxidation (oxidative stress) generated by the imbalance between the unstable molecules and the organic capacity to neutralize the molecular perturbation produced.
However, stability is achieved by means of a natural mechanism that the organism itself manages to neutralize this lethal circle, through antioxidants, with a natural antioxidant process.
These antioxidants are molecules that manage to prevent the oxidation generated by Free Radicals, which have the capacity to yield a variable number of electrons without losing their stability.
How is the balance of electrons in molecules lost? The causes are diverse: nutrition, emotional imbalances, environmental pollution, chemical substances in processed foods (preservatives, sweeteners, colorants, etc.), oxygen in the air and the sun’s rays.
How can the balance be restored by external agents, with an external antioxidant process? Through a good diet, pharmaceutical substances and components, vitamins, and exercise.
Let us keep in mind that Free Radicals are responsible for the aging (decay, degeneration) of our organism in general terms, from the cell, as the simplest unit, to the most complex organs of our body.
Now, this seems to be a contradiction. We were saying that carrying out the metabolic process in the cell requires the absorption of oxygen, which is the fundamental element used by the cells for their production and growth. This with the assimilation of other nutritive substances generates growth and reconstitution of its protoplasm. In all this nutritional and self-recreation process, oxygen plays a central role.
We also mentioned that in order to produce and release energy, the cell generates oxidation on some of its own constituent parts and that this oxidation can provoke an imbalance between the unstable molecules and the organic capacity to neutralize the molecular perturbation produced.
The answer to this paradox is, as we have already mentioned, to have the quantity and quality of oxygen available for the cells to carry out their functions in a balanced way, without producing harmful oxidation.
Walking itself, I repeat, is a natural activity in the human being, an appropriate mechanism to properly oxygenate the nutritional process of the cells. We do not have to point out any limits or parameters for it, but simply to walk normally; the rest will be developed by our body by itself as it will take and process the necessary oxygen, with regularity and harmony.
Let us walk to rebuild and restore the tissues that have aged, suffered deterioration and wear and tear, and to balance, in this natural way, the molecules that have lost those electrons.