Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com diseased cells will still likely be altering these same pathways in normal cells. In other words, it is essentially unavoidable for most pharmaceutical drugs to not adversely affect normal cells.This article provides a different paradigm for the practice of medicine. It views many different illnesses as fundamentally due to insufficient energy in diseased cells for self-correction or successful adaptation. Moreover, it contends that the cellular energy required for recovery from many illnesses can be provided to the body by means other than food metabolism. The opportunity exists for coordinating large scale clinical testing of cellular energy based medicine, beginning with the potential therapeutic benefits of consuming energy activated water.
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Metabolism as a Source of Cellular EnergyThe metabolism of food has been considered the sole source of cellular energy for animals and humans. Metabolism depends upon the supply of nutrients as the source of calories and of the reactants needed in the biochemical breakdown (catabolism) of food to carbon dioxide, water and nitrogen containing products, such as urea [1,2]. The carbon dioxide is released from the body by respiration and urea is excreted from the body in urine. Water also needs to be consumed to compensate for loses due to respiration, perspiration and as urine. This need for water is partially offset by the water released from food during catabolism. Cellular energy derived from food metabolism leads to the production of heat [3,4] and to the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) by the addition of phosphate to adenosine diphosphate (ADP) [5,6]. This process primarily occurs within the cells' mitochondria. The chemical energy released during the reconversion of ATP to ADP is subsequently utilized in the synthesis of cellular components and is also used for the intracellular and/or extracellular activities of many functional molecules. There is a normal turnover of many of the body's molecules with net losses of carbon, nitrogen and water, which are replaced through the ingestion of food and water. Additional food intake is required to support the body's growth from infancy to adulthood.Normal food intake in an adult engaging in a sedentary occupation is approximately 2,000 Calories per day [7][8][9]. A Calorie is the energy required to raise the temperature of a kilogram (kg) of water by one degree centigrade (1 °C) [10]. For a 75 Kg (165 lb.) individual to be at 37 °C, in an average environmental temperature of 17 °C (65 °F or 20 °C below body temperature), will require 75 kg x 20 °C, that is 1,500 Calories. Since the body returns to room temperature within 24 hours after death [11], this means that in the example provided, 1,500 Calories are required on a daily basis just to sustain normal body temperature. The remaining 500 Calories from food would not account for the daily energy required for molecular synthesis and for functional activities; such as muscle contraction, blood circulation, cellul...