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Health | Happiness | Wealth | and SuccessWrist-V02max Fumbled Football
Prior to the emergence of Body’Fit pH Fitness™ (short form… pHx™), numerous studies have shown that VO2max can be increased by working out at an intensity that raises heart rate enough. Of course it wasn’t previously possible for small muscles, such as those in the wrist, to reach VO2max even at maximum heart rate.
The physical limitations that restrict the rate at which energy can be released aerobically are dependent upon:
• the chemical ability of the muscular cellular tissue system to use oxygen in breaking down fuels
• the combined ability of cardiovascular and pulmonary systems to transport the oxygen to the muscular tissue system
A study by Saltin B, Rowell LB. concluded that it is the delivery of oxygen to active tissues that is the major limiting factor to VO2max. A study by Gollnick PD et al. showed a weak relationship between the body’s ability to utilize the available oxygen and VO2max.
Understandably fatigue is a factor that must be carefully monitored to prevent overtraining. Therefore endurance training at a percentage of V02max is the route most coaches and athletes have chosen in the past.
Note that with the pHx warmup cool down it’s possible to radically improve on the rate at which energy can be released aerobically by:
• rapidly normalizing body pH to optimize the chemical ability of muscular cellular tissue system to use oxygen in breaking down fuels
• building oxygen reserves in deep tissue with specialized engineering of cardio vascular circulation in combination with raising the ventilation/ perfusion (V/Q ratio) closer to a factor of one improving aerobic capacity and making oxygen transport to the muscular tissue system more efficiently
This advancement also now allows the training of small muscles of dexterity at VO2max. However, to achieve this ‘new paradigm’ acceleration of V02max adaptation, it’s of paramount importance to perform the 24 exercises in the Body’FIt pHx series precisely as indicated.
Unconsciousness Affected Millions
Unconscious actions are the result of a lack of awareness of whole cycles. I remember a time when 10-foot ceilings, for example, were the standard for dwellings even in rural areas where homesteaders built their own homes with the help of neighbours. This was the minimum height acceptable to ensure health and well being for their families. An 8-foot ceiling was a shack. Yet it became the standard during the second half of the 20th century. The moment an attempt was made to raise the standard of living by lowering the ceiling (literally) on quality of life, society paid the price. What goes around comes around.
When we consider that one fateful unconscious decision of greed and complicity can affect millions for decades, if not millennia, the need for self awareness to make conscious choices becomes clear. Historically self interest has been held above self awareness. Out of a narrow view of the fear and panic of not having enough, the mis-conception of scarcity in the midst of abundance was born. And with it the fragmentation of whole processes as a society.
We need to put humpty-dumpty back together again, starting with raising consciousness in ourselves. Integration of our thoughts, emotions, and feelings leads to a self awareness that can see the big picture. How do we understand wholeness with sufficient speed to match the demands of our technological world? The fastest way is with physiological integration of the intellectual centre in the head, the emotional centre in the chest, and the physical centre in the abdomen. For a specialized exercise routine with IQ/EQ/PQ integrity, visit BodyFitLife.com
Go Green – Actually Get Healthy
We’re not really going green unless what we’re doing is a green body fit. If the template for ‘green’ isn’t our pre-established DNA blueprint, then what’s the point? It’s true, going green does make the economy more sustainable, but if it doesn’t also meet the criteria of a health body, the default is compromised solutions which cannot withstand global crisis. Achieving a green body is the most difficult and the most exacting bill to fill because it has mental and emotional as well as physical implications. It requires understanding who we are as a species.
Squeezing mental performance out of sitting for longer and longer hours has not done it. Only finding the correct balance between sitting, standing, and walking activities that promote creative thinking throughout the workday will do that. Master/slave-like professional relationships within the corporate hierarchy has not done it. Only mutual trust-based equanimity encourages the free expression that manifests profit-making innovation. Corrupting the food supply with genetic manipulation, irradiation and chemical additives for the sake of extending shelf life and crop yields has not done it. Only providing the human body with the nutrients it needs to rebuild and renew itself into old age will empower us to “go green”.
Health is not necessarily the default of wealth. Fortitude to successfully direct wealth towards health and well-being with sufficient speed to match our technological world requires deliberate physical, emotional, and mental integration – our intellectual focus (mental acuity/agility for meaningful adaptation), our emotional motivation (knowing what we want to relate meaningfully), and our physical foundation (the vitality to perform meaningful work). Fast integration gives willpower unparalleled stability.
There’s a direct correlation between health, and the strength of our willpower to succeed. Precise new tools have emerged to match the pre-established human template – physiologically accelerating the IQ, EQ, PQ integrity that defines sustainability. In no way can we bypass this process and achieve environmental health (as human history has proved ad nauseam). It’s not something we can afford to take for granted. The more precision, the more speed… to exercise your scientific curiosity just google ‘pH fitness‘ and observe the benefits of a truly green body.
Organic Standards Approved Additive
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Sulfur’s been ending up in the stomachs of unsuspecting consumers of fresh produce. Elemental sulfur consumed as an additive acidifies body pH, unlike foods that are a natural source of sulfur like carniferous vegetables or foods like lemons which have a healthy alkalinizing effect on body pH.
Case study: A 30-year old man collapsed in a sulfur hot spring reservoir after he and an 18-year old man had been shoveling the precipitant debris at the bottom for 2 hours. At the emergency room both presented with tachypnea and diffuse bronchi rales, and wheezing were audible throughout their chests. Both exhibited pulmonary edema, developed refractory respiratory failure, and died within 12 hours of exposure.
Who would have ever guessed, the Canadian Organic Standards and the USDA have provided organic growers (wittingly or unwittingly) with a loophole by which to add Sulfur to fresh produce since it’s not allowed post harvest to extend shelf life. Elemental sulfur has been applied to plants during the blossoming and leafing stage of growth, which is fair enough, except Organic Standards extended the time right up till just before harvest. I don’t see any difference between applying sulfur additives to fresh produce immediately before harvest, immediately after harvest, or at the salad bar, do you? (By the way there’s one exception, organic baby greens generally are not contaminated with sulfur additives.)
Surely a window between the final application of sulfur on fruit and vegetables, and harvest, would help ensure certified organic produce is indeed clear of additives (which is what consumers expect from produce that’s certified). Or conversely, transparency regarding the date of final sulfur application is a basic respect of our human right to clean unadulterated food. The very definition of “certified orgainic” is a product which can be relied upon to be free of additives when it arrives on your table. In the meantime as the integrity of our food supply is sorted out, how can athletes reduce the effects of sulfur? Body’Fit pH Fitness™ exercise (short form… pHx™) quickly gets oxygen deep into the organs to help oxydize H2S and help neutralize the acidity of elemental sulfur.
July 29th, 2009 email from PACS Certification Committee to Suzanna:
Hello Suzanna:There is no issue. Sulphur is allowed. The field recommendations for this year are that if there is evidence of mildew on leaves a grower can continue spraying up to harvest. Sulphur is also applied for ridding of mildew on crops.The PACS Certification Committee
Authors reply to above email:Thank you for clarifying this point… with this awareness I will be able to start the process of sourcing fresh produce which has not been treated with sulfur, since like many people where overexposure has led to sensitivity, I’m sensitive to it…*Hydrogen Sulfide or H2-S is one of the principle compounds involved in the natural cycle of sulfur in the environment. H2-S is generated where ever sulfur is found in an oxygen-depleted environment… such as the small intestine during exercise and physical activity (or stress of any kind for that matter). This source of H2-S is of particular concern because there is no oxygen present to oxydize it into free sulfate or conjugated sulfur in the urine. H2-S is distributed in the body to the brain, liver, kidneys, pancreas, and small intestine, and is a potential health hazard. Elemental sulfur is used as an agricultural dis-infectant.
Case study: A 30-year old man collapsed in a hot spring reservoir after he and an 18-year old man had been shoveling the precipitant debris at the bottom for 2 hours. At the emergency room both presented with tachypnea and diffuse rhonchi, rales, and wheezing were audible throughout their chests. Both exhibited pulmonary edema, developed refractory respiratory failure, and died within 12 hours of exposure.
Physiologic effects of human exposure to H2-S
Odor intensity Threshold 0.02 ppm
Minimally perceptible 0.12 ppm
faint but readily perceptible 0.77 ppm
Easily noticeable moderate 4.6 ppm
Strong unpleasant but not intolerable 27 ppm
Eye and respiratory tract irritation 50 ppm
H2-S is an irritant and an asphyxiant gas. H2-S is well known by its characteristic sulfur odor. The perception threshold varies with individuals, however at a concentration of 50 ppm it acts as an irritant on the mucous membranes of the eyes and respiratory tract. It’s irritant action on the eye produces kertoconjunctiviitis, or a stye. When inhaled H2S ats as an irritant in the entire respiratory tract, the deeper structures experience the greatest damage.
The main target organs or systems for H2-S include the olfactory apparatus, eyes, respiratory system, and nervous system. However the heart, digestive system and endocrine system may also be affected.
The effect on the sense of smell may occur gradually on exposure to small amounts of gas. The direct action of H2-S on the mucous membranes of the eyes is usually observed as the first symptom of eye irritation and can result in local inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea. Conjunctivitis or sore eyes have ben observed on exposures starting at 5 ppm (1 and 2).
Prolonged exposure to H2-S causes inflammation and dryness of the respiratory tract. Cough, sore throat, hoarseness, runny nose, and chest tightness are the most common symptoms, and can result in rhinitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis, bronchitis, and pneumonia which is thought to be partly due to the impaired ciliary activity and alveolar macrophage dysfunction from exposure to S2-H. Because H2S can penetrate the alveoli, pulmonary edema is not uncommon.
H2-S effect on the central nervous system has been considered to be the reslut of enzyme poisoning at the cellular level. After absorption in the gut (in the case of athletes) H2-S is quickly transported to the brain. Central nervous system depression such as drowsiness, fatigue, and dizziness, may occur. If the concentration of H2-S production in the anaerobic environment in the intestine, headache, weakness of extremities, spasms, nausea, agitation may become more prominent. This may be followed by rapid loss of consciousness and respiratory paralysis, and death may appear without warning. Many victims recover completely by eliminating exposure to sulfur in the diet and to environmental exposure. However irreversible damage is not uncommon after H2-S poisoning.
Although studies regarding the health effects of H2-S on the other organs are limited, however electrocardiogram tracings indicative of cardiac arhythmia, myocardial ischemia, and myocardial infarction have been observed in H2-S intoxication. Subacute poisoning has been shown to led to cardiac arrythmia while acute poisoning caused ventricular repolarization,
The gastrointestinal and endocrine systems H2-S produces symptoms of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, gastric burning, and irregular menstruation.
Athletes exposed to just 5 ppm H2-S showed biochemical changes in the parameters which are markers for aerobic and anaerobic metabolism- indicating that H2-S reduces oxygen availability for celluar respiration. H2-S is a more potent inhibitor than cyanide of cytochrome oxidase, resulting in tissue hypoxia (3).
One striking observation in studies of H2-s exposure was the predominance of systemic neurologic manifestations over local irritative effects. A high portion of patients had altered behavior patterns, confusion, vertigo, agitation or somnolence. Respiratory tract effects were second in frequency only to neurologic manifestations. Less severely affected patients complained primarily of headache, eye infections, or gastrointestinal upsets and indigestion.
Reports suggest that prolonged exposure of athletes to H2-S concentrations of less than 50 ppm may produce a chronic form of poisoning. (The details of these reports are not readily available online.) Clearly pH fitness is integral to the neurological health of athletes, as returning pH to normal fast restores the balance of electrolytes for Peak Metabolic Potential (PMP).
References:
1. American Confernece of governmental Industrial Hygenists, 1991 Hydrogen Sulfide i
2. The chemistry of industrial toxicology New Yor, John Wiley and Sons, 1950
3. Albaum HG, Tepperman J. Bedzniak O. Spectrophotometric study of competition on methernoglobin and cytochrome oxidase for sulfide in vitro / Bal Chen 1394c1843641 -467
*Clinical environmental health and toxic exposures By John burke Sullivan, Gary R. Krieger.
pH Fitness Lowers Heat Stroke Risk
How can we ignite metabolism without overheating our engines? Due to necessary training intensity for the 2010 Olympics, lowering the risk of heat stroke is particularly challenging for Olympians working out this summer. Subsequently pH fitness is an even greater consideration when building a training schedule as environmental temperatures rise.
Left untreated, heat stroke may progress to coma. Death may result due to kidney failure, malfunction of the lungs, acute heart failure, or direct heat induced damage to the brain. This is a concern to athletes because heat stroke risk rises as body pH drops during exercise. Acidification of metabolic pH can lead to acidosis. Cellular response to stress is altered contributing to overtraining syndrome, toxicity increases when the hypothalamus cannot regulate core temperature ultimately affecting the role of the pineal gland [the tiny cone shaped gland that has recently been found to be an important link between the nervous and endocrine systems. This gland is linked to the CNS via the sympathetic nervous system.]. Studies which have provided an in vitro model for the study of mechanism of injury in exertional heat stress when the body is unable to dissipate heat leading to heat stroke conclude:
Heat stroke mortality is worsened in the presence of acidosis. Using cell culture as an in vitro model of exertional heat stress, we have shown that physiologic acidosis (pH 6.8) significantly increases cell death from hyperthermia. We have further demonstrated that acidosis augments the heat response of the human HSP70 3′ untranslated region…” Metabolic acidosis has been shown to inhibit the heat control mechanism in the hypothalamus, and is a potential causative factor in heat stroke.
Returning body pH to normal requires that the correct intracellular and extracellular balance of electrolytes be restored. Electrolytes are electrically charged ions that our cells need in order to carry electrical impulses to other cells that maintain muscle and nerve control. Since physical exertion generally causes a drop in body pH anyway, in the summer heat, the imbalance of electrolytes can be as potentially damaging as the loss of electrolytes. Hydration will restore the supply of electrolytes, however by itself cannot ensure the proper balance of electrolytes for optimal cellular function.
Body’Fit pH Fitness™ exercise (short form… pHx™) is a cool down routine that presents a solution for body temperature control. Designed to ignite metabolism in deep organs as well as equalize VO2max in all muscles, this unique sequence disperses heat by opening up blood vessels in all tissues including cutaneous blood vessels. Combined with restoration of acid base equilibrium (within 5 to 15 minutes), the dynamic 24-exercise series helps reset the temperature regulating mechanisms the body, fast. In the hot weather pHx adds a definite spark to metabolic rate, while lowering the risk of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
For extended article on acidosis, heat stroke, and hyperthermia click here
Mobilized Team => Olympic Gold
“With an inspiring environment and the help of your staff, we were able to hold a dynamic meeting that exceeded our expectations” – Andrew Moss, Swimming Canada. He’s talking about the new SIRC state of the art boardroom at 180 Elgin Street where the floor-to-ceiling windows offer an unparalleled view of the city of Ottawa. We have news for you… it takes more than a meeting facility to win Olympic Gold (the green-roofed Convention Center in Vancouver Canada has 20 foot floor to ceiling windows and offers unparalled mountain and ocean views).
Yes, Mike Babcock… coordination of each professional in the Olympic athletes support team to a level of synchronization that hones the fine sharp competitive edge that wins Olympic gold in the 2010 Winter Games takes innovative state of the art team mobilization. To avoid the seemingly inevitable clashes that can occur when tension run as high as ithey can – the blending, correlation, and integration of focus required takes a tuning fork with a special aptitude for aligning a diverse group into a compatible mix. Due to time constraints, Body’Fit pH Fitness™ exercise (short form… pHx™) is the essential link to peak body/ mind health. Weeks of conditioning are not required to see the results, the difference is obvious the very first time the dynamic series of 24 exercises is completed.
The recommended prescription is a five or fifteen minute pHx immediately before a meeting - it produces a radical physical integration of physiology that can harmonize focus on the common goal under pressure. When the Olympian’s team raises their physical, emotional and intellectual quotient with a heads-up routine that returns body pH to normal in as little as 5 minutes, all members of the team are on the same page almost instantaneously. For the mental focus that only pH balance gives, the physical focus that only balancing V02max in all muscles gives, and the debt-free aerobic cardio that keeps emotions positive, winners who take home the gold mobilize the spirit of “team” with pHx… more
IMPORTANT: Find out how a warm-up cool down exercise routine which restores acid base equilibrium this fast epitomizes the evolution of exercise for Olympic performance so your athlete can train longer and harder than ever possible before pHx. For an accelerated way to Beat the Heat. during Olympic training this summer look for our next blog on how to weather-proof your athlete, coming soon…
Tom Visack Letter to Suzanna
I’m not sure why I’m including the following letter from the NOP and video regarding the USDA except the reason may become clear in terms of our health and well being which depends on a clean unadulterated food supply that has not been altered genetically or chemically.
Dear Ms. Aaring:
Thank you for your e-mail of May 25, 2009, to Secretary Vilsack. I have been asked to reply on his behalf.
In your e-mail you ask if the certification process protects organically grown food from direct application and indirect contamination through contact with surfaces treated with chemicals such as Sulfuryl Fluoride. You also ask how soon consumers can expect to see the end of Sulfuryl Fluoride as the industry standard for fumigation of physical premises which house, transport, store, distribute, and process certified organic produce.
The direct application to, and indirect contact with, organically grown food products is strictly prohibited for chemicals such as Sulfurl Fluoride.
Producers and handlers must submit an organic system plan to their certifying agent for review and approval. This plan must identify all substances that may be used by the producer or handler, their purpose, and method of use. The certifying agent assures that the producer or handler only uses substances approved for use in organic production and handling. Should the producer or handler list a prohibited substance, such as Sulfurl Fluoride, the certifying agent will notify the producer or handler of the prohibition and assure through amendment to the plan, on-site inspection, and possible testing of product that the substance is not used. For a list of approved substances please see sections 205.601 through 205.606 of the National Organic Program National List.
Again, thank you for your e-mail and interest in organic production and handling.
Best Regards,
Richard H. Mathews, Chief
Standards Development and Review Branch
National Organic Program
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Visack
Tom Vilsack was sworn in as the 30th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on January 21, 2009. Appointed by President Barack Obama, Vilsack received unanimous support for his confirmation by the U.S. Senate… more
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