The Fragile Human Body

It is normal for all of us without serious injury or disease to take life for granted; especially during our teen years. We are conditioned to believe that we are indestructible as teens, and when the morbid truth of death comes to the surface of reality, we tend to push it aside as quickly as possible. Why? It brings to mind our own mortality and we don't want to think of that.

The absolute truth is that millions of bodily functions have to work in a precise manner at a precise time in order for us to sustain life. Life is truly a miracle. Our heart has to pump about seventy beats per minute; sometimes, for over one hundred years. Our lungs must exchange oxygen for carbon dioxide sixteen to eighteen times a minute for the duration of our lives. Our kidneys must filter gallons of blood per day without incident.

The liver is the body's chemical plant and it is absolutely necessary that it work properly. Substances we ingest, such as alcohol could easily give way to a fatty or cirrhotic liver; and, even though the liver can still function or be in failure, it backs up blood in the portal vein causing esophageal varices. These are varicose veins at the cardiac sphincter area of the stomach, and can cause severe bleeding and death in a short time.

The pH of our body must remain within tight parameters at all times, or we risk an abbreviated death. The normal values of the pH of the body are 7.35 to 7.45. Any variation above or below for a very limited time could kill us.

As normal conditioning, we only feel threatened when disease or injury invades our body; when, in fact, the body can turn on itself in the simplest way and cost our lives. I will only "footnote" cancer, as it is a known killer that results from the body turning on itself.