Excellence in athletic performance involves many factors; essentially it is a lifestyle. Just as you can benefit your health by embracing The Molecular Fitness Lifestyle™, you can just as easily enhance your athletic performance in the following ways:
All of these benefits are real and have a real scientific basis. Members of the Molecular Fitness program have experienced many of these benefits and man has recognized the importance of exercise for centuries:
"If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health" Hippocrates (460-370 B.C.)
"Take exercise: for whilst inaction weakens the body, work strengthens it; the former brings on premature old age, the latter prolongs youth" A. Cornelius Celsus (ca.10-60)
"Exercise is deliberate and planned movement of the human frame, accompanied by breathlessness, and undertaken for the sake of health or fitness…" Hieronymus Mercuralis (1530-1606)
Since the days of Hippocrates our world has changed a bit and consequently we are less prepared to engage in exercise and maximally derive all of its benefits. The Molecular Fitness program restores your body to the condition it was meant to be in so that you can fully derive that benefits of exercise without succumbing to the potentially detrimental consequences of exercise, such as sudden death, when inadequately prepared.
Today’s athlete is generally under-prepared for vigorous exercise. This deficit starts with a lifetime of poor nutrition and consequently his/her body lacks many of the essential building blocks for proper development, maintenance and repair. These building blocks include vitamins, minerals, connexin-enhancing molecules and omega 3 fatty acids (fish oils).
A deficit in these building blocks combined with dehydration leads to a state of acidosis and increased blood viscosity (thickening of blood) and results in decreased oxygen delivery to tissues and impaired cellular performance. The result – impaired connexin function and the development of arrhythmias of the heart culminating in sudden death. No surprise that we read of many great athletes suddenly dying while training or competing.
For athletes, embracing Molecular Fitness means eating an alkalinizing diet (see Dr. Tanelian’s book or ConnexinCuisine), supplementing with MineralConnexin™ and MultiConnexin™ and measuring your key vitals on a regular basis to obtain feedback. The following describes the benefits of Molecular Fitness:
Enhanced endurance and Rapid recovery during Exercise
Reducing metabolic acidosis during athletic performance improves performance, reduces fatigue and improves recovery during repeated exercise in humans. These results have been researched and substantiated in studies of athletes participating in many sports including bicycling (Verbitsky et. al. 1997, McNaughton et. al. 1999, Hollidge-Horvat et.al 2000, McNaughton and Thompson 2001), swimming (Gao et.al. 1988), running (Wilkes et. al. 1983, Goldfinch et. al. 1988) and forearm muscle exercise (Hood et. al. 1988, Nielsen et. al. 2002). In an alkalotic condition running times in the 800 and 400 meter run were improved by 2.9 and 1.52 seconds respectively (Wilkes et. al. 1983, Goldfinch et. al. 1988).
Robust muscle development and maintenance
Acidosis has been shown to contribute to skeletal muscle degradation whereas alkalinization has been shown to reverse this process (May et.al. 1986, 1987, Williams et.al. 1991, Garibotto et al 1996, Gougeon-Reyburn et.al. 1991, Frassetto et. al. 2001)
Prevention and reduction of joint and muscle soreness and pain
Alkalinization has been reported to reduce and prevent muscle and joint pain in many athletes participating in different sports and athletic activities. One of many examples is J.L. Lewis, a PGA golf professional and member on the Molecular Fitness program, who significantly reduced his joint and muscle soreness and pain from years of golfing such that his golf performance both statistically and monetarily improved. He now looks forward to the Senior PGA Tour.
Weight loss and maintenance
Lipolysis or the breakdown of fat is accelerated in an alkaline environment. This coupled with connexin enhancement, which promotes improved metabolism through better thyroid function, can lead to weight loss and better weight maintenance. Nearly all-overweight program members have lost weight. Our statistics show that the average person can lose on average 2 pounds per month without calorie counting or deliberate reduction of food consumption.
Elevated natural growth hormone
Metabolic acidosis is known to be associated with low levels of growth hormone (Caldas and Fontoura 1993) and reduced responsiveness to growth hormone (Brungger et. al. 1997); whereas, alkalinization can double growth hormone levels in chronically acidotic people (Caldas and Fontoura 1993). Why artificially take growth hormone when you can naturally enhance your own production? In fact, artificially taking growth hormone can reduce the production and natural response to your own growth hormone – leaving you at a natural deficit and disadvantage.
Prevention of injury and soft tissue repair
The key to preventing and recovering from injury is having strengthened your body and heal quickly. Connexins are involved in both processes (Chason et al, 2005; Chi et al, 2005; Ehrlich and Dietz, 2003. By strengthening tissues such as bone, connexin-enhancement can both reduce bone injuries such as fracture and also help injured bone heal faster. Just as connexins were essential for your original development, their proper function is necessary for proper wound healing.
Connexin-mediated (gap junction) intercellular communication is important for both nerve and tissue repair (Chason et. al., Biochim Biophys Acta. 2005; 1711 (2): 197-207). Injury and wound healing involves complex coordination of molecular and cellular processes such as cellular regeneration, inflammation, gene regulation, cell migration, cell proliferation, matrix synthesis, remodeling, transformation and apoptosis. All of these processes involve cellular communication and therefore involve proper functioning of connexin molecules.
The repair of tissue damage is essential for the survival of all organisms and requires precise coordinated cellular communication. Connexin-uncoupler treated fibroblasts release less Type I collagen, needed for wound repair, during wound healing (Erlich, Sun, Saggers, Kromath, J Cell Biochem, 2006; 98 (4): 735-43). Disruption of intercellular communication by uncoupling of cells during wound healing with connexin-uncouplers has been shown to reduce the deposition and organization of collagen and disrupt the coordinated phenotypic changes seen in fibroblasts during the repair process (Erlich HP and Diez T, Wound Repair Regen. 2003; 11(6): 481-9). In line with this Coutinho et. al. (Cell Biol Int., 2003; 27:525-41) demonstrated the important plasticity and dynamics of connexin expression associated with wound healing. Clearly, connexin function is required during the process of optimal wound healing and repair.
Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
Peripheral nerve regeneration and proper functioning has been shown to require coordinated connexin communication between regenerating axons and myelinating Schwann cells (Chandross et. al., Mol Cell Neurosci. 1996; 7 (6): 501-18; Dezawa et. al., Neuroscience. 85 (3): 663-7). Connexin-32 is located in the paranodal regions of the myelin (Balice-Gordon RJ, Bone LJ, Scherer SS. J Cell Biol. 1998, 142 (4): 1095-104, Meir C et. al., J Neurosci 2004., 24 (13): 3186-98). Following injury, Connexin 32 is also down-regulated in Schwann cells.
All of these Molecular Fitness Lifestyle advantages will enable you to not only perform better on the athletic field, but also in all aspects of life, leading to a healthier, more productive and fulfilling life.