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Why the Connexin Molecule?

Have you ever heard of the gap junction; a.k.a. the connexin molecule? Maybe, but have you ever really contemplated its role in life as we know it, multicellular life, such as ourselves? Probably not.

“It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious”
Alfred North Whitehead (1861 – 1947)

Let us think about the simplicity and elegance of this molecule and how it makes our cells communicate with one another other, how it makes the whole greater than the sum of the parts.

“The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.”
Arthur Koestler (1905 – 1983)

“Truth is eternal, knowledge is changeable. It is disastrous to confuse them.”
Madeline L’Engle, An Acceptable Time

As simple as the connexin molecule seems and as many complexities that it solves does not change the truth and importance of its function.

“A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that works.”
John Gaule

From simple systems that are reliable come all well functioning complex systems.

“Maybe you have to know darkness before you can appreciate the light.”
Madeline L’Engle, A Ring of Endless Light

Unfortunately, this seems to be the way in which we live our lives. We refuse to acknowledge the light until we know darkness, then it is too late to regain the light.

“That’s the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they’ve been all along.”
Madeline L’Engle, The Arm of the Starfish

In time, every man realizes that lifestyle directs his life and health, but don’t let that time pass.

“Every man is the builder of a temple called his body”
Henry David Thoreau

Darrell L. Tanelian, M.D,. Ph.D.

Molecular Fitness Is?

Molecular Fitness - is this a cute sounding name? No, then so what is Molecular Fitness?

Molecular Fitness is a Real Scientifically and Medially based Preventative Health and Wellness Program. This program is Factually based and validated and has been Time-tested for over 600 million years.

Molecular Fitness is a Real Proactive Solution that tells you the Truth about your health and wellness.

Molecular Fitness is not afraid to Measure and Chart your Health and Wellness so that you can objectively see how you are doing.

Molecular Fitness is not about identifying problems with the healthcare system. This is easy – people have been doing this for years, decades and even centuries. Rather, where is the solution? The Solution lies in the Molecular Fitness Lifestyle for Individuals, Corporations, our Nation and the World.

Its time to remember the words of Thomas Paine in 1776, “a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right”. It has been said, “ In order to change, we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.” And finally, an ancient Chinese proverb says, “Unless we change direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.”

I hope these age-old saying put the present healthcare crisis in perspective.

Darrell L. Tanelian, M.D., Ph.D.