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Does
Disease Increase Disorganization (Entropy) in the Body?
All of life has one fundamental thing in common. In fact this
one commonality is one of the most important things that separate the living
from the non-living. This one thing is that life becomes more organized over
time. This idea sounds simple but has far-reaching ramifications. Life began
here on Earth as a series of chemical reactions that eventually evolved to
bacteria and one-celled beings. Billions of years later evolution produced the
most complex biological beings on the planet; humans. This evolution from the
simple to the complex will continue for eons to come. It is a fundamental
process of life.
There are thousands of systems in our bodies that work to maintain their
biological complexity and keep us alive. These systems are commonly called
homeostatic mechanisms. They work to maintain a narrow range of values of many
substances. They also work to keep all of the systems in our bodies working
together sustaining our complex bodies. For example, blood pressure is regulated
by a myriad of systems that maintain just the right amount of fluid in our
blood, the right amount of constriction of our arteries and the right heart
rate. All of these systems work in harmony to support our lives. If something
goes wrong with one system the others attempt to correct the problem. If the
problem is severe enough the entire system fails and jeopardizes the body's
health.
If perfect homeostasis means perfect health, then anything interfering with this
perfection would cause a movement away from organization or complexity toward
disorganization. The system no longer works in harmony with the body but now
wreaks havoc with the delicate balance of health. A prime example of this is
cancer cells. Cancerous cells mutate and divide wildly, spreading their
disorganization locally at first, then throughout the rest of the body. This
disorganization flies in the face of homeostasis. It goes against the
fundamental process of life.
In fact when we die our bodies join the rest of the universe and become more
disorganized. At death our bodies first reach a state of equilibrium and then
begin their path toward greater disorganization by decaying. The once perfectly
balanced being now slowly dissipates molecule by molecule until all of its atoms
become reabsorbed into the earth.
So what then is the essence of the stuff that sustains us? What is it that
supports all of these homeostatic mechanisms? The answer to this question is a
complex one and encompasses concepts of matter, energy and information. One day
we will understand this not in terms of matter or energy but something even more
fundamental. We will see that at the core of life is the exchange of units of
information. Information is what sustains every system in our bodies,
information is what keeps disorganization at bay.
Dr. Bruce Forciea is an author, educator and chiropractor. His new book
"Unlocking the Healing Code" presents a new paradigm for healing. His
site:
http://www.informationalhealing.com
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