Nerve activity can be affected by toxins, trauma and disease. Toxic substances interfere with sodium or potassium channels, whose actions underlie the action potential. Such toxic substances include venoms, heavy metals (like mercury and lead) and anesthetics. Trauma happens when limbs or vertebrae ...
How Gene Pools Work How does your body know the difference between dominant and recessive genes? What is in an antiperspirant that stops sweat? Why does your body temperature rise when you have a virus such as the flu? Why do feet stink? Can people feel the pain of others? More Great ...
The Most Poisonous Poison What do we know about the toxin of botulism? What are the problems to be solved? This article surveys the activities of Clostridium botulinum and its toxins and includes sections on ecology, chemistry, immunity, physiology, pharmacology... Lamanna,C. - 《Science》 被...
There are two basic kinds of enemies your body is on the lookout for (there are others - like allergens and toxins, but these two are the ones that give you your standard cold and flu). Bacteria are single-celled organisms that are much simpler than your own fancy...
It is designed to defend you against millions of bacteria, microbes, viruses, toxins and parasites that would love to invade your body. To understand the power of the immune system, all that you have to do is look at what happens to anything once it dies. That sounds gross, but it ...
In The Thyroid Connection, you'll discover: How to work with your doctor to get the correct diagnosis What blood tests to ask for, as well as what they mean How to find the right type and dose of supplemental thyroid hormone for you The role of gut hea...
Now you may have heard me say constituent a few times during our time together. Constituents are, if you wanna think of them as the powerhouse ingredients within the plant oil. They are what go to work in the body to do specific things and when we talk about a constituent like limonene...
Stressors like sleep deprivation, sedentary workplace environments, and exposure to toxins through our food and environment can have both short- and long-term impacts on our physical and emotional wellbeing. One of the major ways psychological and physical stress impacts us is through the stress ...
But there's no scientific evidence that detox foot pads work, or even that they're safe. The Federal Trade Commission has charged at least one manufacturer millions of dollars for making false health claims. Is Detoxing Beneficial? Although detox foot pads are dubious, you do have toxins insi...
Your alarm fails to go off, you run out of gas on the way to work (for which you're already late), you spill coffee all over your desk and get stuck behind a 10-car pileup on the way home. At the end of the day, all you really want to do is take a hot bubble bath and ...