is produced by the cells.
THE AMAZING HUMAN BODY - 100 TRILLION CELLS
There are approximately 100 trillion cells in the average human body, and they all synchronize and regulate the entire body's processes, most of which we do not even have to think about (like your heart beating right now, your food digesting, breathing, etc.), It is estimated that the human body has somewhere around 100,000 complex macromolecules performing an estimated 400 billion or more chemical reactions each second. These molecules (like ATP for example) perform very complex tasks within your 100 trillion cells. ATP stands for ATP Molecule. The Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) molecule is the nucleotide known in biochemistry as the "molecular currency" of intracellular energy transfer; that is, ATP is able to store and transport chemical energy within cells. ... Energy is released by hydrolysis of the third phosphate group.
To give you a sense of how big 100 trillion is, imagine yourself counting from 1 to 100 trillion. If you counted 1.2.3.4... For each second of a 100 year lifetime, you would only get to about 3 billion seconds. You would need about 33,000 lifetimes to count from 1 to 100 trillion! Here is another staggering example of how big this number is -- if you laid 100 trillion US dollar bill end to end lengthwise, it would span a distance equal to the sun and back to earth 50 times. You have than many cells in your body! In fact, you have 300 times more cells in your body than there are stars in the entire galaxy.
THE AMAZING HUMAN CELL --100 TRILLION ATOMS
Okay, so the human body has about 100 trillion cells, but each cell consists of organelles and 100.000 distinct molecules with specific structural and functional purposes carrying out complex processes such as energy production, protein synthesis, ion transport, nutrient assimilation, waste removal, cell division, and reproduction!
And each organelle in the cells is made of complex macromolecules, smaller molecules, and ultimately atoms (which are constituted as electrons). There are 100 trillion atoms in an ordinary human cell !!! I feel so awed and awesome right now.
SCALING LAW OF THE HUMAN BODY
Subatomic particles > Atom >Molecule > Macromolecule > Organelle > Cell> Tissue > Organ > Organ System > One Human Body !
I am presenting you the unfathomable complexity of the human body, so we may further explore how outdated and inadequate modern medicine is.
The first idea is that of determinism being strongly rooted in the current model of medicine. Determinism means that we are victims of a fateful universe, and we have no power to change the outcome of events.
In medicine, the two deterministic principles are genetic determinism and the germ theory of disease.
Genetic determination means we are victims of our own genetic heritage, where diseases run in the family tress and there is nothing we can do to change our genetic fate.
The other deterministic model is the germ theory of disease, that we are victims of germs, bugs, bacteria, viruses, etc., and modern medicine drugs "tries" to come to the rescue with antibiotics and vaccines to 'kill' these invaders. Unfortunately, both these approaches have negative side effects and complications.
THE AMAZING HUMAN BODY - 100 TRILLION CELLS
There are approximately 100 trillion cells in the average human body, and they all synchronize and regulate the entire body's processes, most of which we do not even have to think about (like your heart beating right now, your food digesting, breathing, etc.), It is estimated that the human body has somewhere around 100,000 complex macromolecules performing an estimated 400 billion or more chemical reactions each second. These molecules (like ATP for example) perform very complex tasks within your 100 trillion cells. ATP stands for ATP Molecule. The Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) molecule is the nucleotide known in biochemistry as the "molecular currency" of intracellular energy transfer; that is, ATP is able to store and transport chemical energy within cells. ... Energy is released by hydrolysis of the third phosphate group.
To give you a sense of how big 100 trillion is, imagine yourself counting from 1 to 100 trillion. If you counted 1.2.3.4... For each second of a 100 year lifetime, you would only get to about 3 billion seconds. You would need about 33,000 lifetimes to count from 1 to 100 trillion! Here is another staggering example of how big this number is -- if you laid 100 trillion US dollar bill end to end lengthwise, it would span a distance equal to the sun and back to earth 50 times. You have than many cells in your body! In fact, you have 300 times more cells in your body than there are stars in the entire galaxy.
THE AMAZING HUMAN CELL --100 TRILLION ATOMS
Okay, so the human body has about 100 trillion cells, but each cell consists of organelles and 100.000 distinct molecules with specific structural and functional purposes carrying out complex processes such as energy production, protein synthesis, ion transport, nutrient assimilation, waste removal, cell division, and reproduction!
And each organelle in the cells is made of complex macromolecules, smaller molecules, and ultimately atoms (which are constituted as electrons). There are 100 trillion atoms in an ordinary human cell !!! I feel so awed and awesome right now.
SCALING LAW OF THE HUMAN BODY
Subatomic particles > Atom >Molecule > Macromolecule > Organelle > Cell> Tissue > Organ > Organ System > One Human Body !
I am presenting you the unfathomable complexity of the human body, so we may further explore how outdated and inadequate modern medicine is.
The first idea is that of determinism being strongly rooted in the current model of medicine. Determinism means that we are victims of a fateful universe, and we have no power to change the outcome of events.
In medicine, the two deterministic principles are genetic determinism and the germ theory of disease.
Genetic determination means we are victims of our own genetic heritage, where diseases run in the family tress and there is nothing we can do to change our genetic fate.
The other deterministic model is the germ theory of disease, that we are victims of germs, bugs, bacteria, viruses, etc., and modern medicine drugs "tries" to come to the rescue with antibiotics and vaccines to 'kill' these invaders. Unfortunately, both these approaches have negative side effects and complications.
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