The Wellness Mission of Our Bodies

The mission of our body’s biology on a genetic level lies in promoting short-term survival through the balance, stability, and interrelated function of all systems within. It does not know or care whether the signals we give it comes from nutrition or that the environment promotes or compromises our long-term health. It merely operates by the rules of nature, which originates from the behavior patterns of our ancestors. For example, type 2 diabetes, the overtaxing of the insulin-producing processes in the body, which extends our need for insulin shots to regulate our blood sugar, stands as an example of the body doing what it needs to do over and over again until depletion. We know that excessive carbohydrate consumption leads to excessive glucose in the bloodstream is toxic and can become life-threatening, especially if we remain sedentary or neglect to use it through exercise. When we cause the body to pump out insulin after the consumption of thousands of sodas, cereal bowls, and energy bars over decades, our body struggles to ensure short-term survival by whatever means it has available until it can’t. We also have a psychological process that protects us by enhancing both our physical and mental functions for a short emergency duration. But overused, even that process gets exhausted and begins to diminish. We often refer to this as the fight, freeze, or flight response of our body. This biological feature emerges from unrelenting stress and stimulation of modern life, and our refusal to take a break, get adequate rest, and get quality sleep for FOMO (fear of missing out). This harmful practice stands as another example of mismanaging the gifts of our human biology and compromising long-term health. So, we turn to a conventional solution, usually as prescription drugs made interfere with natural gene expression by intervening in our natural means and mechanisms to act directly upon aspects of our biology associated with the condition it treats. We get dramatic temporary relief but pay the price for the long-term adverse effects of a specific medication. Ultimately, our bodies want healthy, nutrient-dense foods; repetitive movement; regular short, intense strength and sprint workouts; adequate sun exposure, consistent quality sleep, and leisure time. When we expose our bodies to healthy environments, positive people, quality nutrition, and life-affirming behavior, it will respond with a youthful appearance, optimal balance, and peak wellness-promoting expression.

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