The source of one of the most fundamental ways the body manages itself DOES NOT come from a particular gland or the brain, but from the food we eat.
A cell membrane is composed of fats. When a hormone from a gland hits the membrane, it triggers an enzyme to turn some of the membrane fat into prostaglandins. The prostaglandins in turn, stimulate or inhibit the activity of the cell, acting as an ON/OFF switch.
Our body can make many different types of prostaglandins and each one can dramatically alter their effect on the body. What determines the type and structure of prostaglandins the body produces is the fat found in the membrane.
Like many things in life, there is both good and bad in prostaglandins: The ‘good ones’ help regulate the body in homeostasis, while the ‘bad ones’ wreak havoc on cell regulation and function. The body needs the proper fats (essential fatty acids) within the cell membrane for prostaglandins to form. Essential fatty acids are not produced by the body and instead found in foods such Aztec Spirulina.
The body takes fatty acids from the Omega 6 and Omega 3 family and transmute them using enzymes into those powerful substances called prostaglandins. They have an enormous impact on our body that it is impossible to exaggerate their importance.
So what the body will do anywhere that need something done is take fatty acid, turn them into prostaglandins, have them do the work that needs to be done and then they leave. Which means that they short-lived.
Prostaglandins used in every cell, tissue and organ in the body to regulate and control even down to the cellular level, like moving calcium in and out of the cells. They have so much responsibility that scientists are still uncovering their functions, to the point where they are now referring to fat as an endocrine (hormone) gland.
Prostaglandins are used in every tissue and organ in the body to regulate and control, even down to the cellular level, like moving calcium in and out of the cells. They have so much responsibility that scientists are still uncovering their functions, to the point where they are now referring to fat as an endocrine (hormone) gland.
Prostaglandins are particularly useful in emergencies where the body needs something to happen fast and it doesn’t have time to wait for hormone to be circulated around in the blood. For example, if you get injured the body will take the fatty acids in the tissue that was affected, turn them into prostaglandins to provide the quick information it need to isolate the injury. Prostaglandins, are like hormones. But unlike hormones they don’t get secreted by the gland and then circulated in the blood. Prostaglandins are part of the body’s way of dealing with injury and illness. They get created on site where they are needed and they get created by Omega-3 and Omega 6 fatty acids.
So think about how incredible that is. All the body requires is that we get a good balance of Omega 3 and Omega 6 coming in so that it can use the prostaglandins to fine-tune the work that needs to be done.
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