The Four Essentials of Health in Coeur d'Alene ID

Health in Coeur d'Alene ID is something you are given at birth and it is a journey to maintain health throughout our lifetime. We are all born with a genetic health potential and we need to understand what can interfere with that potential and avoid those things.

Basic Essentials in Coeur d'Alene ID

There are four basic physiological essentials for survival and they are food, water, oxygen and nerve impulse.

Food is the fuel and building block for growth and reproduction of cells and tissues. It consists of proteins, fats and carbohydrates. If any of these were to stop you would die. If their balance is interfered with your health potential is not optimal. For example, if you eat high fat foods, no vegetables, what would be the possible condition of your arteries in 10-20 years?

Water- Our body is comprised of up to 75% water and it is used in almost every body reaction. Did you drink any water today? You may say yes, in my tea, coffee, or juice. We can drink some of those beverages, but we need to make sure that we are drinking water by itself. Take your body weight divided by 2 and that is the number of ounces of water we need to drink each day, then we can add other beverages.

Oxygen is also used in almost every reaction of the body and is carried by the pulmonary (lungs) and circulatory (blood) systems. We need to exercise and breathe deeply to increase our oxygenation to cells. Researchers say that oxygen deprivation can cause almost anything from fatigue to cancer.

Nerve impulse is the most commonly overlooked essential for life and health. Nerve impulse is an electrochemical charge transmitted by the brain through the nervous system to the body. All body function is dependent on this life force or brain impulse. If you severed the nerve to your heart, would it stop? What if you just interfered with the normal nerve transmission? One major cause for such nerve interference is a misalignment of the spine commonly termed by chiropractors as a subluxation. Subluxations can interfere with the nerve, the spinal cord and reflex nerve pathways resulting in abnormal function and a lower health potential. If your spine is subluxated your health potential is going to be effected because it is one of the essentials of health. It could be the answer you have been searching for.