(endothelium).
VEINS — As previously stated, your venous system carries carbon dioxide,
cellular wastes and other toxins from the cells and interstitial areas back to the
lungs and other eliminative organs to be eliminated. This is a constant cycle
that runs night and day, 365 days a year, until death. An acidic diet, excessive
“glue-like” foods (like refined starches), chemicals, heavy metals, minerals,
and a lack of calcium utilization (from an underactive thyroid gland), all
cause damage to this vital system. Your vascular walls are sensitive to
inflammation from acids that are ingested or that are a by-product of
metabolism. If this inflammation goes unchecked by steroids (from the
adrenal glands), it can cause cholesterol plaquing. This leads to occlusions
(blockages) that can cause heart attacks, strokes, tissue death and systemic
death.
BLOOD
Blood and chlorophyll are the liquid nectars of life; the life force condensed
into nutrients, fuels, building and repair materials, and the like. Without them,
plant, animal and human life would come to an end. All creatures in nature
have some sort of “blood” or “life force” that sustains their physical body.
Your blood consists of formed elements and plasma. The formed
elements include red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes)
and platelets (thrombocytes). The plasma consists of 92 percent water and 8
percent of various substances including nutrients, proteins, ions, gases,
metabolic by-products, etc. The chart on the following page will give you an
overview of what’s in your blood serum.
The blood contains two basic types of cells: erythrocytes and leukocytes.Erythrocytes
Erythrocytes are red blood cells (RBCs). They are red because of their
hemoglobin content. The heme part of the hemoglobin carries one iron atom,
which binds to one oxygen molecule, giving it the red color. The globin (a
protein) bonds to carbon dioxide. Erythrocytes transport oxygen and carbon
dioxide. Combined with its hemoglobin, these cells transport 97 percent of
your systemic oxygen and 92 percent systemic carbon dioxide. An enzyme
called carbonic anhydrase, found in erythrocytes, catalyzes (changes) carbon