How the Glycocalyx Breaks Down - YouTube
You may not know it, but like so many people, your body could be on a perilous journey down a spiral of troubling conditions and silent killers.
Healthy organs are nourished with vital nutrients and oxygen, while waste and carbon dioxide are removed with every heartbeat—if the microscopic capillaries that feed all of the cells in your body are thriving.
But that process can be severely impaired—and life-supporting capillaries can even disappear if their protective gel-like lining—the glycocalyx—is damaged. Let’s see how easily—and silently—this happens.
Over time, aging, poor diet, lack of exercise, genetics, stress, smoking—and even conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure—combined with other risk factors—can slowly, but surely, break down the glycocalyx.
Damaged microvessels—your capillaries, for the most part—become leaky, lose function, and their numbers decrease.
So, the vital delivery of nutrients, hormones, and oxygen is compromised—as is the removal of waste and carbon dioxide.
The downward spiral continues. Deprived of this critical, regenerative exchange, organ starvation begins, weakening vital processes in the heart, kidneys, lungs, and brain.
Diseases and conditions can set in, including heart and kidney disease, lung disease, stroke and dementia, septic shock, inflammatory disorders—and even cancer metastasis.
With so many areas of the body and its functions under attack, complications develop.
Critical organs fail—one after the next.
Finally, the body’s ability to keep up with the assault fails, and can lead to death.
Fortunately, this spiral of breakdowns can be identified in the early stages so you can make changes before it’s too late.
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