Balance in Healthcare

The world is facing a crisis of overpopulation that is confounded by the toxic lifestyles that people choose. The healthcare community must treat the diseases these toxic lifestyles cause, such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, arthritis, and cancer. Living in balance can prevent and cure these diseases. The public should know more about balance and how to keep the body healthy.

Most religions teach moderation, which is the balance between excess and deficit. Moderation leads to happiness and good health. Spirituality can teach people to be moderate and motivate people to maintain healthy lifestyles. The Chumash Indian Religion is discussed in detail since balance is an essential component of the religion.

Balance in the family depends on having positive attitudes, good communication and the ability to make decisions together. Families must be able to adapt to challenges such as the end of life, serious diseases, depression, mental disorders, and poor health decisions such as obesity. Child abuse can tear families apart. More approaches to the treatment of adults who are child abusers are needed.

The immune system depends on gut health and diet. Exercise, senescence and diseases also alter the homeostasis of the gut and other lymphoid tissues which affects the immune balance of the body. A healthy lifestyle is probably the most important therapy a patient can employ to maintain immune health.

The endocannabinoid system is a complex, redundant system that maintains the balance of normal health. It is a part of the eicosanoid system and interacts extensively with various eicosanoids and their receptors. Imbalance in the endocannabinoid/eicosanoid system leads to diseases that can be chronic and lifethreatening, such as pain, diabetes, epilepsy and post-traumatic stress disorder. Plantbased medicines can be used to reestablish the necessary balance and effectively treat these disorders. However, it is always best to live in balance and allow the body to heal itself.

The body is protected by glutathione, the most important antioxidant. Glutathione protects the body from oxidative stress, hydrogen peroxide toxicity and lipid peroxidation. Patients seek dietary antioxidants to help with their health. Lifestyle changes such as daily exercise and getting rid of excess weight help maintain glutathione and health.

The body depends on NAD to indicate/sense the energy levels in the body. When energy is normal, sirtuins respond to fluctuations in energy demands and regulate gene transcription. When the body is under an oxidative challenge, poly(ADPribose) polymerase responds to DNA strand breaks and increases the activities of DNA repair enzymes. NAD and ATP are closely linked in the cell since they are both highenergy adenine nucleotides and are mutually required for their own synthesis.