Understanding Cells and Their Environment
The Fundamental Unit – The Cells
The Fundamental Unit – The Cells
The word fundamental defines the cells and their environment; better said, it’s the fundamental unit of life. This includes the biological terrain, water, the cellular matrix, proteins, DNA, and collagen. Your body continuously performs various functions such as sending electrical impulses, pumping blood, filtering urine, digesting food, building proteins, and storing fat — all things that happen without conscious thought. You can do all this because of the fundamental unit — cells.
What is a cell?
Cells are specialized factories full of machinery designed to accomplish the business of life. Every living thing, from whales to archaebacteria inside volcanoes, is made of cells. This machinery is enveloped in a lipid bilayer that is permeable to water and creates an electrical potential by keeping the cell negatively charged compared to the outside of the cell. Cells are fluid in nature and can break apart and reform, much like Jello.
Diversity in Cells
Cells come in all shapes and sizes. Nerve cells in giant squids can reach up to 12 meters (39 feet) in length, while human eggs (the largest human cells) are about 0.1mm in diameter. Fungal cell walls are made from the same stuff as lobster shells. However, despite this vast range in size, shape, and function, all these little factories have similar machinery. Think about what a factory needs to function: a building, a product, and the means to make that product effectively. All cells have membranes (the building), DNA (the various blueprints), and ribosomes (the production line) so they can make proteins (the product).
An organelle is a cell within a cell - a cell’s internal organ. It’s a membrane-bound structure found within a cell. Just like cells have membranes to hold everything in. You can think of organelles as smaller rooms within the factory, with specialized conditions to help these rooms carry out their tasks. The cytoplasm, structured water within the cell membrane, houses the organelles and is the location of most of the action in cells.
The Role of Water in Cell Health
Water constitutes the interior and the exterior of the cell environment. The water inside cells is not bulk water like we drink, rather it is structured and resembles a gel; it’s not a liquid, gas, nor a solid. Dr. Gerald Pollack has named this water “exclusion-zone” or EZ water. Healthy cells tightly regulate water; diseased cells do not (Marques, 2022; Morishita, 2019). Water dysregulation results in cell dysfunction, less energy production, and even cell death. Consequently, many diseases, including arthritis, cancer, fibrosis, sclerosis, and necrosis, are degenerative in nature. Dehydration is an example of water dysregulation and leads to the appearance of degenerative diseases, such as arthritis, degeneration, and aging; this explains why painful arthritic knees are often swollen.
During sleep or exercise, your body works to maintain balance within the cells. This is called homeostasis, which means the body maintains internal stability to compensate for environmental changes. The cells do this by releasing or taking in electrolytes and proteins.
Cell regulation involves constant formation and destruction, a process known as apoptosis, which is a normal part of aging. When cells stop dividing and don’t undergo apoptosis, they are called senescent cells. These damaged cells resist the body’s usual disposal system and then linger; they continue to release inflammatory chemicals that can damage other cells and even turn cancerous. Restoring a healthy cellular environment allows the senescent cells to move toward apoptosis.
Aging is a complex reality involving both genetic and environmental processes. Despite numerous theories, no one has ever discovered why we age (Jin, 2010). For example, with age, we progressively lose muscle mass, which results in a loss of function and vitality. This occurs partly because the intracellular level of amino acids decreases, specifically glutamine. Amino acid transport to the muscle cells is a major determinant in muscle and protein regulation (Timmerman, 2008). Amino acids (i.e., arginine, leucine, valine, isoleucine, alanine, glutamine) support cellular regeneration and DNA synthesis.
Causes of Chronic Disease
Chronic diseases stem from changes in:
Cell Function
Energy Production
Cell Replication
Micronutrient Availability
These changes lead to degenerative diseases such as arthritis, fibrosis, and, ultimately, cell death.
Addressing Chronic Disease with Percutaneous Hydrotomy
Percutaneous hydrotomy employs various interventions to address the root causes of chronic diseases:
Cellular Hydration
Physiologic Water: Promotes cellular hydration and improves cell function.
Micronutrient Support
Oligotherapy: Utilizes bioavailable trace minerals to support cellular processes.
Pain Management
Local Anesthetics: Provide analgesia, helping to break the cycle of chronic pain.
Detoxification
Chelating Agents: Remove heavy metals and mobilize diseased calcium deposits.
These interventions collectively target the underlying issues of chronic diseases, aiming to restore cell health and function. Percutaneous hydrotomy aims to address the cells and their environment by exposing the lesion to physiologic water, which becomes the vehicle for trace minerals, vitamins, anti-inflammatories, and amino acids. The treatment of this fundamental unit in percutaneous hydrotomy includes hydration with physiological saline solutions and cellular micronutrition containing:
• Injectable Trace Elements (oligotherapy) in small quantities (zinc, copper, manganese, cobalt, iodine, and selenium) for their biocatalytic action, which replenishes minerals, according to the work of Dr. Picard (Picard, 1983).
• Injectable Vitamins: Vitamin A (cell regeneration), B-complex vitamins (cell metabolism), vitamins C and E (antioxidants and anti-free radicals), vitamin D (skin regeneration), and vitamin K (circulatory system and bones).
• Organic Silica: Attracts water and supports cellular plasticity.
• Amino Acids: The experience of using amino acids in percutaneous hydrotomy has been positive. We have observed considerable progress in degenerative diseases, such as osteoarthritis. Amino acids are important for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) homeostasis, and with age, the quantity and quality of these amino acids decrease, coupled with dehydration, resulting in suboptimal cellular function. DNA serves as the photocopier of cellular information — the risk of genetic mutations (coding errors) increases with age and sometimes becomes the source of cancer or disease. Delivering water and amino acids to the cells reinforces genetic coding and protein synthesis.
• Magnesium: This is an essential aspect of cellular health and energy, participating in hundreds of enzymatic reactions. It also improves the transmission of nerve impulses and decreases nerve irritation.
• EDTA (for medical use): Chelating agents, such as EDTA, are essential to percutaneous hydrotomy. EDTA binds or chelates heavy metals such as lead, mercury, and calcium, allowing them to be excreted in the urine; it’s also effective in mobilizing diseased calcium formations, such as in osteophytes.
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