Energy Metabolism

Energy metabolism consists of a series of chemical reactions that break down foodstuffs and thereby produce energy. The body traps about 20 percent of the energy that is produced and releases the remaining 80 percent as heat. This is why the body heats up during exercise. 

Energy production in the human body revolves around the rebuilding of ATP molecules after they have been broken down for energy. ATP is the molecule that stores energy in a form that the body can use. This rebuilding of ATP molecules is accomplished in a number of ways, all of which correlate to the four main purposes for which energy is utilized during athletic performance - power, speed, strength, and endurance - and to the four basic types of physical activity - strength - power, sustained power, anaerobic power - endurance, and aerobic endurance.

The National Research Council of Canada states that the human body maintains a basic minimum rate of heat production at about 250 Btu/hr during sleep, the heat equivalent of about 75 watts, and about 400 Btu/hr (120 watts) when awake but sedentary. As bodily activity increases, the rate of oxidation of food, with its attendant release of energy, must increase. The level of heat production for light work will be about 650 Btu/hr (190 watts), the extreme value for heavy work, about 2400 Btu/hr (700 watts).

Attitude Towards Life

Adrenaline functions to raise blood sugar levels when the brain senses energy starvation. That energy is Biological Energy called (ATP) . It is essential in the production of the feel good neurotransmitters , just like any engine that needs energy to activate its machinery.

Biological energy is derived from the sugars we eat in food. It is converted to energy. When a person suffers from Insulin Resistance , it means that he/she is not absorbing and converting sugars into energy, despite the fact that blood sugar may be abnormally high or unstable. Insulin resistance leads either to hypoglycemia or diabetes. Therefore a person with abnormal blood sugar levels cannot have good control over his energy levels and may lose the plot, when emotionally aroused.

Treatment for hypoglycemia includes Bioresonance therapy as well as adoption of a hypoglycemic diet which aims at normalizing blood sugar levels, thereby normalizing stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol, that are thought to be responsible for the symptoms of mood-swings, depression, anxiety, phobias, alcoholism and drug-addiction. Such a diet needs to be adjusted to the individual need and nutritional biochemistry, and needs to take into account the influence of allergies but usually consists of: 

• Avoidance of sugar, coffee, strong tea, nicotine if possible, refined carbohydrates 

• High protein + complex carbohydrates snacks every three hours or sooner, to provide a slow release of glucose, and to prevent the hypoglycemic dip.  

• Supplementation of diet with Anti-stress vitamin B-Complex tablets 

• Other supplements that could slow down the absorption of glucose, thereby avoiding blood sugar peaks and the release of stress hormones.