Cause and Effect

Biochemistry is an interesting thing, there is SO much going on in our body that we don’t realize is happening. Our body is pumping out what need and removing what we don’t. It stores things for uses later and we should grateful are body knows what to do without us telling it … “hey, will you make some digestive enzymes for me ?” Because honestly…. I forget to eat lunch some days, I would NEVER remember to tell my body to make or secrete something. So thank you body, for doing what you do best.

In my philosophy 2 class we are talking about the 33 chiropractic principles and Principle 17 and biochemistry go hand in hand together. “With regard to motion in matter every effect has a cause and every cause has an effect” -Principle 17 .

Cause and effect happens so frequently within our body. For example, after you eat a meal, your blood sugar levels rise. Cells in your pancreas (called beta cells) are signaled to release insulin into your blood stream. Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that allows your body to use sugar (glucose) from carbohydrates in the food you eat for energy or to store the glucose for future use. Insulin is what keeps your blood sugar level from getting to high or too low (which is often referred to as diabetes). Insulin then attaches to and signals cells to absorb the sugar in your bloodstream.

Insulin is often describes as a “key” which unlocks the cell to allow sugar to enter the cell and be used as energy. So you eat something, which makes your blood sugar rise, then your body tells your pancreas “hellloooo!! We need insulin ASAP” and then your pancreas does it’s thing and and you’re living you life! How amazing is that, simple biochemical cause and effect we don’t even know is happening.