The electrical nature of the human body has been explored by
scientists and intrigued researchers who study this stuff, for almost 200
years. And this week’s edition of New Scientist
magazine has a great story on electrical fields and cardiovascular disease that
is sure to add to the fascination.
It turns out that
something called “ferroelectricity” (the property non-ordinarily electrical materials have to store energy), plays a significant
role in heart health. Even though ferroelectricity
is a specific type of electrical energy, non-technical readers of this post can
simply think of it as plain old household electricity (whatever that is!)
This interesting electric phenomenon has been exploited
by computer engineers for its information storing properties (as always electricity
equals information), And now its being explored
as a way to manipulate the cholesterol adhering properties of artery walls. It
seems that cholesterol also has an electric nature and this may be one of the reasons
it “sticks” to arteries. And this is
what has cardiovascular researchers so excited. Scientists in Portugal are reporting in this month’s
version of Advanced Functional Materials that amino acids in the aorta, the
heart’s most important artery, are also potentially electric and it is believed that this
may impact the of the formation of aortic cholesterol plaques. Considering that plaque formation and
hardening of the arteries are the leading cause of heart disease and death,
these findings may lead to important advances in cardiovascular health. In fact, some researchers believe that a future
generation of cardiovascular drugs may work by changing the electric properties
of the vessels of the heart, rendering them inhospitable to cholesterol “sticking”. According to Jiangsu Li a scientist at the University of Washington,
it’s possible that "drugs of the future could have a certain electric charge that
could be transferred to an artery wall."
And what’s even more interesting is they may lead to the
development of molecules, like the heart’s electrical amino acids, that can
actually be used as information storage devices, in much the same way that electric
memory chips store information in our home PCs.
Wouldn’t it be cool to have biological molecules like amino acids
function as little information storage devices?
Or, could it be possible the divine force/evolution has already beaten
us to the punch!
Top 3 Electrical Nutrients for the Heart
- Essential Fatty Acids
- Vitamin C
- Taurine
Interesting Bio-electrical Facts
- pH is really a measurement of electrical energy. An acid pH (0-7) is an excess of electrical charge, while an alkaline pH (7-14) represents relatively reduced electrical energy.
- The heart generates an electrical field that can be measured up to 10 feet outside the human body. That means that there is literally a huge interlocking electrical field surrounding our little blue planet that's composed of smaller fields, emitted from 7 billion human hearts, merging into one big field of electrical energy!
- Water conducts electricity. Drinking water and maintaining tissue hydration helps keep the maintain a healthy bio electric field. Dehydrated athletes's and regular people too can experience a rapid increase in energy and a sense of well being when hydration is restored.
