For hundreds of years, modern lab testing could not find enough toxicity to cause major disease. However, there have been recent discoveries in biochemistry over the last few decades linking small amounts of toxins to major health problems.
One is the discovery of prostaglandins. This toxin only lasts in the body for a fraction of a second, making it difficult to detect. During this short life however, prostaglandins can have a powerful effect on the body. Perhaps even the most powerful of all the compounds made. It’s determined that they are implicated in dozens of diseases, especially those diseases which involve circulation and immunity.
A cell membrane is composed of fats. When a hormone from a gland hits the membrane, it triggers an enzyme to turn some of the membrane fat into prostaglandins. The prostaglandins inturn, stimulate or inhibit the activity of the cell, acting as an ON/OFF switch.
Our body can make many different types of prostaglandins and each one can dramatically alter their effect on the body. What determines the type and structure of prostaglandins the body produces is the fat found in the membrane. This fat is dependent on the type of fat in the diet and the climate the fat was growing in: the colder the climate, the more unsaturated the fat.
In otherwords, climate affects fat types, and fat types affect circulation through prostaglandins, making ‘eating according to your climate’ very important for your health!
Like many things in life, there is both good and bad in prostaglandins: The ‘good ones’ help regulate the body in homeostasis, while the ‘bad ones’ wreak havoc on cell regulation and function. The body needs the proper fats (essential fatty acids) within the cell membranefor prostaglandinsto form. Essential fatty acids are not produced by the body and instead found in foods such as; flax and seafood. Problems arise when our liver and gallbladder are not functioning properly (producing bile) to absorb the fatty acids.
Researchers have documented that it is the faulty functioning of the enzyme called deta-6-desaturase which turns the essential fatty acids into ‘bad’ prostaglandins. Here are two things we ingest which show to have an effect on the production and regulation of prostaglandins:
Aspirin: Although it blocks the functioning of delta-6-desaturase, giving relief to circulation-induced pain, Aspirin also stops the formation of ‘good’ prostaglandins which support circulation and immunity. Creating side-effects like stomach bleeding and immune deficiency problems.
Alcohol: As a stimulant, alcohol increases production of delta-6-desaturase, destroying a cold virus over night. The next day however, the chemical residue from the alcohol (acetaldehyde) inhibits delta-6-desaturase, causing the immune system to weaken even further, permitting whatever is left of the virus to take over the body with a vengeance!
It has been discovered that better results are achieved with:
Evening Primrose Oil & Black Currant Oil: both contain an oil which can become prostaglandins without needing the enzyme delta-6-desaturase, obtaining good results in many diseases.
Detoxification: studies have shown that the deepest and quickest results are obtained through detoxification, indicating that the main interference with proper prostaglandin formation is from toxins. Of the seventy-eight known toxins which originate in the intestine, many are closely related to alcohol (phenols, indol, skatol, etc.), and since one is acetaldehyde itself, it appears that the detrimental effects of the toxins occur by their disruption of the enzyme that turns fats into prostaglandins. Since prostaglandins are so important for smooth physical function it’s obvious that disruption of prostaglandin formation amplifies the effect.
In other words,a few toxins in the blood can result in dramatic problems. By reversing this process health may be restored!
