Your body is largely made of protein; your skin, muscles, internal organs, nails, hair, brain, and even the base of your bones. Only when protein of excellent quality is supplied can each cell function normally and keep itself in constant repair. Since your muscles contain a greater amount of protein than do other body structures, a glance at yourself in the mirror will give you a rough estimate of the adequacy of your protein intake.

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pH is an abbreviation for the “power of the concentration of the Hydrogen ion” present in a solution. It is expressed as a number on a scale of degrees of pH, from 0 to 14. Hydrogen is a naturally occurring gas that is the lightest gas ever found and is number 1 in the periodic table.

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Your Body Is A Complex Machine – see the link below to the announcement that the FAA newscast!

The human body is an extremely complex biochemical machine, with chemical reactions and flows that occur in harmony and rhythmically one with another. They happen in specific sequences, in certain quantities, and at exact rates of speed. When a foreign substance such as a psychotropic drug is introduced into your body these flows and inner workings are disrupted. The drugs may speed up, slow down, dam up, overwhelm or deny critical metabolic substances.

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Approximately ten days prior to menstruation, when your ovaries are least active, your blood calcium drops steadily and progressively. This results in premenstrual tension, nervousness, headaches, insomnia, and mental depression.

Because the decreased blood calcium acts as a stress, the production of certain hormones are stimulated and salt and water can be retained in your body, often causing your breasts, hands, face, and feet to swell, weight to increase 5 – 10 pounds, headaches, your resistance to allergies and infections to decrease markedly. (Interesting point is that crimes of violence committed by women take place mostly during this period – which shows how badly some girls or women are affected by PMS.)

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