Sodium Potassium Pumpers
Although it sounds like the latest craze in fizzy drink, your sodium potassium pumps involve the rotation of sodium and potassium ions, in and around every cell in your body, generating an electrical field which surrounds each cell wall. An intricate balance of potassium and sodium in and around your cells, keeps the generation of electrical energy constant. If a cell becomes swamped due to clustered plasma proteins and wastes, the surrounding electrical activity is dimmed, creating short circuits in your energy flow.
Sheer muscle power
For sheer survival you rely upon the quality of your muscles to give your body strength, mobility and energy. All motion depends upon muscle tissue sweeping into action with a succession of chemical and electrical interactions occurring throughout your body. To illustrate the subtle communication that takes place, look at what happens when you move the biceps in your upper arm.
* Inelastic tendons attach your biceps to both your shoulder blade and your forearm, with a mass of muscle cells forming your biceps tissue sitting between the tendons.
* As the instruction to move your biceps is sent from your brain, the message is transmitted to special endings on your muscle, not actually in contact with the muscle itself. The message is then taxied over a small bridge between your never and muscle by the chemical acetylcholine.
* When the taxi arrives at the muscle it fits like a glove, initiating an electrical impulse which causes your muscle to contract, bringing your forearm up.
_______________________________________________________________________________________
FEBRUARY 17
