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Homeostasis: The ability of cells and organisms to maintain balance by adjusting physiological processes.

If homeostasis is not maintained, then some state of disease is present. Monitoring the body's homeostatic controls and taking safe corrective action as needed, is the effective way to maintain health – and to help regain it if it has been lost. Proper measurement of your physiology is key because you can't manage what you do not measure!

Homeostatic control issue #1 - The Electrical Dynamic: We are electrical beings. Every activity in your body is due to the movement of electrons. When troubleshooting electrical devices (computers radios, etc.) the first thing to check is the POWER. Is there too much or too little (or non at all – really bad). The same reasoning can be applied to the human condition. The food that we eat=minerals=electricity. The level of electricity in the body can alter all sorts of stuff like pH, blood pressure, pulse, urine and saliva.

Homeostatic Control Issue #2 – Membrane Dynamic: Cell membranes are composed of lipids (fats). These are further broken down into fatty acids and sterols, and due to their specific electrical charge nature they align themselves a bit differently in the membrane structure. When properly balanced, communication and physiological events happen in balance. When not in balance we can become too anabolic (anaerobic – without oxygen) or too catabolic (dysaerobic – oxygen out of control) at the cellular level.

Homeostatic Control Issue #3 – The Energy Dynamic: Positively and negatively charged mineral components establish the “power” (control #1) to do work. In the process of working they traverse membranes between fluid compartments (control #2) and establish proper equilibrium to create an internal environment inside the cell that supports mitochondrial function which directly delivers energy that drives your very being (control #3). If the internal cell environment goes askew in energy production and the mitochondria falls short in being able to utilize fat or sugar in your diet, then the energy that runs every cell in your body suffers. This can affect brain function, overall energy, cholesterol, triglycerides, blood sugar, body temperature, and more.

Homeostatic Control Issue #4 – The ANS Dynamic: The Autonomic Nervous System encompasses your sympathetic and parasympathetic response mechanisms. Sympathetic has been called the “fight or flight” response and the parasympathetic the “rest and digest”. When imbalances occur here it can lead to all sorts of issues, not the least of which is physical responses related to disturbances in body temperature, pupil size, salivary output, vascular constriction, digestion, asthma and allergies to name a few.

Homeostatic Control Issue #5 – The pH Dynamic: Hydrogen. The most plentiful element. 91% of everything in your body combines with it in some way. It is measured on a pH scale and when hydrogen goes in one direction its measure is called acid and if it goes in another, alkaline. pH is like the tail of a big biochemical dog. Homeostatic controls #1 through #4 are what moves that tail to and fro, and Flow Systems Auditing uncovers those connections helping you to master your body's acid and alkaline balance.