Toxins Cause Cell Membrane Defects
© Copyright Bee Wilder
Definition of Cell Membranes:
Two layers of fat that surround (enclose) every cell in the body. In other words, the cell membrane is the cell wall. Plant foods/carbs have cell walls that are made up of fiber, called cellulose.
Did you know that all toxins cause cell membrane defects because toxins make them rigid/stiff?
Table of Contents
Red Blood Cells
Under normal conditions, red blood cells carry oxygen throughout the body; red blood cells must be flexible enough to squeeze down to about one-seventh their normal size in order to travel into the body's tiny capillaries. However toxins cause red blood cell walls to become more rigid/stiff.
As a result, red blood cells have difficulty squeezing into the tiny capillaries, and the transport of life-giving oxygen to all the tissues and organs of the body are impaired. Deprived of sufficient oxygen, these tissues and organs lose their ability to function.
Insulin and Blood Sugar Problems
Defective cell membranes can interfere with the ability of blood sugar to penetrate the various cells, a job normally accomplished with the help of insulin. When cell membranes are rigid/stiff insulin will have trouble doing its job, so insulin levels must be increased.
This may result in low blood sugar which explains why many people who are unhealthy have hypoglycemia symptoms. Increased insulin production also causes you to gain more weight!
Hormones
Toxins also create abnormal hormone responses in the body. Hormones regulate your various body functions by traveling through the bloodstream to vital areas of the body. However toxins interfere with that process too since organs and systems throughout the body that are involved with producting and distributing hormones are not as able to work like they should because their cells are rigid/stiff.
Any hormones produced enter the bloodstream, but they have trouble getting into rigid/stiff cells where they are needed.
For example hormones made by the thyroid will have trouble penetrating stiff cell membranes. Since thyroid hormones regulate metabolism, the result is slow metabolism, low body temperature, fatigue, and intolerance to cold.
Unfortunately, laboratory tests ca not diagnose hormone problems, because tests only measure the level of hormones in vein blood. Vein blood is "after" the cells have taken hormones, nutrients, oxygen, etc. they are able to use or need. Also vein blood contains waste products dumped by cells into the veins.
Vein blood travels to all of organs or systems that get rid of toxins. For example it travels to the lungs so we breath out carbon dioxide. Other major organs that get rid of toxins are the kidneys and the liver. Therefore blood tests cannot reflect what is going on at a cellular level.
Hormones such as estrogen, progesterone and testosterone also have difficulty getting into the cells:
For women this results in pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS), hot flashes, headaches, night sweats, increased irritability, depression, and vaginal dryness. It can also interfere with the
normal feedback mechanisms of the hypothalamus and pituitary (hormone regulating organs in the head) causing an imbalance in natural menstruation cycles. More often than not, ovulation may not occur at all.
Men experience decreased sex drive, poor erections, lowered sperm count and reduced fertility, and even increased breast size. Men also may have symptoms similar to those seen during menopause in women — hot flashes, increased irritability, inability to concentrate, and depression.
Nutrients and Fluids
Nutrients like minerals, vitamins, amino acids (protein), fats, etc. and fluids also have difficulty penetrating rigid/stiff cell walls. The result can be fluid retention, electrolyte imbalances (mineral imbalance), and many other symptoms and problems.
Cell Communication
Messages that one cell sends to another can also be hindered by toxins. Normally, one cell sends a message to another cell by releasing a special chemical; the second cell (in a nerve or muscle) absorbs the chemical and picks up the message.
When cells are rigid/stiff, they can't send or pick up messages properly. This results in a number of muscle and nervous system symptoms.
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