Central Nerve System
What is Metabolism?
What happens to metabolism when a subluxation is present?
Supporting Research
Summary
Central Nervous System & Metabolism
The central nervous system is the master control system of the body and every single function reflects its activity. Nerve impulses travel from the brain, down the spinal cord and out through nerves to all parts of the body.
Nerve impulses then return to the brain through return pathways.
There are in excess of 100 billion neurons, or nerve cells in the human central nervous system and the number of possible interconnections between these cells is greater than the total number of atoms in the known universe.
Recent research has clearly shown that even activity that occurs at the cellular and molecular levels are controlled and coordinated by the central nervous system.
Metabolism: The sum of all physical and chemical changes that take place within an organism; all energy and material transformations that occur within living cells.
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Tabers Medical Dictionary
The limbic system is the area of the brain that maintains homeostasis and the hypothalamus is perhaps the most important part of the limbic system. It is the “brain of the brain” and is without question the single most intricate and complicated part of the brain. The hypothalamus controls homeostasis in the brain by way of feedback loops. The combined neurological and endocrine function of the hypothalamus allows it to play a prominent role in the regulation of numerous bodily functions including the control of metabolism.
Factors such as blood sugar levels, temperature, fluid and electrolyte balance, blood pressure, and body-weight are held to a precise value called the set-point, and though it can migrate from day to day, it usually remains remarkably fixed
To achieve the task of maintaining metabolic balance, the hypothalamus must receive inputs about the state of the body, and must be able to initiate compensatory changes as needed.
The hypothalamus receives millions of nerve messages from complex areas of the rest of the nervous system including the nucleus of the solitary tract, reticular formation, the retinas, circumentular organs, the limbic and olfactory systems, sense organs, neocortex, osmoreceptors, as well as numerous touch receptors through the body.
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This input into the hypothalamus allows it to regulate and integrate heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, digestion, emotional responses, behavior, sex drive, body temperature, appetite, sleep cycles, blood sugar levels, metabolism, and much more.
When the hypothalamus senses any type of imbalance, it corrects it by one of two ways.
1. Sending nerve signals to the autonomic nervous system.
2. Sending endocrine signals to the pituitary gland.
The effectiveness of the hypothalamus to control metabolism and other functions is directly related to the functional capability of the nervous system to be able to send and receive nerve messages and especially to maintain the integrity of those nerve messages as they travel along the spinal cord.
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Spinal Cord and Nerve Interference
The spinal cord is both a cable and a switchboard. As a cable, it connects the brain with the rest of the nerves in the body. As a switchboard, it coordinates muscle movements, reflexes and other activities under its direct control.
The spinal cord is a direct extension of the brain, composed of the same kind of nerve cells, fibers and supporting glial cells as those of the brain.
The spinal cord is composed of 24 individual vertebra, stacked on top of one another. The spine is straight when viewed from the front or the rear. When viewed from the side, it forms a series of geometric curves or arcs. This arrangement of spinal curves is much stronger than a more rigid straight column.
When the spine is in its optimal structural position, the nervous system pathways are protected, and the integrity of nerve impulses traveling to and from the brain at an optimum level. This is when the nervous system can best achieve homeostasis and maintains its metabolism.
Because the vertebrae are moveable, they are also susceptible to various stresses and forces, which can cause them to lose their proper position. This condition is called a vertebral subluxation.
Subluxations interfere with the normal flow of nerve impulses and can cause an increase or decrease of nerve activity. The nerves of the body control the glands which coordinate metabolism. This is why metabolic disorders are often related to imbalances in the endocrine system.
Subluxations may be referred to in scientific literature by a variety of names including spinal lesions, nerve dysfunction, nerve impingement, double crush phenomena, neuritis, dysponesis, neuropathy, and many others.
Spinal nerve interference has been documented by leading scientific researchers to be a contributing factor of endocrine and metabolic disorders (Example: diabetes.)
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Research
“Research at the Still Institute showed that spinal lesions resulted in pathological changes in the blood, urine, and tissue fluids. Spinal lesions of the atlas & axis (C1 & C2) were associated with abnormal function of the pituitary gland, resulting in abnormal hormone secretions.”
- Still Research Institute
“Hyper functional or Hypo functional neurons along a neural chain prevent normal nerve transmission causing disturbances in the homeostasis of the cells, tissue, and organs.”
- Dr. T.N Lee, Academy of Pain Research
“Nerves branch at specific levels of the spinal column, thus dysfunction of visceral organs may be associated with spinal nerve dysfunction at certain branches or levels of the spine. Because of compensation, the primary level of spinal somatic dysfunction may be at a level different from the level of the nerve root innervating the dysfunctional organ or system.”
- U.S. Medicare Policy
“A study of 46 insulin-dependent patients, who had had no indication of neurological pain, was compared with 46 age-matched control subjects. Spinal somatosensory evoked potentials were recorded from various segments of the spine. The study revealed that patients with juvenile diabetes without clinical evidence of neuropathy can have defects in spinal afferent transmission.”
- Annuals of Neurology
“Oral glucose tolerance testing was performed in 201 subjects with spinal cord trauma. The dependent variables included the values from the oral glucose tolerance test, (glucose, insulin) and diagnostic classification (ie Diabetes Mellitus, impaired glucose tolerance. The total group consisted of 169 patients. The study concluded that patients with the greatest levels of neurological deficit have increased risk of developing disorders of metabolism.”
- SPINAL CORD
Summary:
- The Nerve System (brain, spinal chord) coordinates all organs and functions in the body including the organs, glands, and hormones of metabolism
- Subluxations = Loss of normal Nerve System Supply
- Loss of normal Nerve Supply = Breakdown in biological signaling
- Breakdown in biological signaling = Metabolic conditions (ex: diabetes)
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