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Are You Prepared to Perform?

Performance requires advance preparation, not just, “I will wait until I have a problem, then fix it”.  Ultimate performance requires advance preparation!  In the case of Health this is called Prevention, in Athletics it is called Training.  Regardless, the basic truths are the same.

Humans are not a car.  Therefore, “fix it” is simply a fantasy.  Humpty Dumpty was written as a children’s nursery rhyme, but nonetheless remains the leading lesson of good health and all types of performance.

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;

All the king’s horses,

And all the king’s men,

Couldn’t put Humpty together again

 The Molecular Fitness program is designed to enhance your performance in Health and Athletics, as well as in many other aspects of life.

 Darrell L. Tanelian, M.D., Ph.D.

Molecular Fitness

Molecular Fitness is about helping your body perform better through optimization of the natural molecular and cellular components that are essential for life, health, mental and physical performance.

The potential benefits are vast and encompass prevention of disease as well as athletic performance and just plain feeling good and having more energy.

As for which benefit(s) are most important, this is a personal priority.  Obviously, “I feel good” seems to be most important in our “immediate gratification society”, but what about the totality of your life? 

Life is definitely about “I feel good”, but what about “I feel bad” when you are actually ill?  What about those 8 well known diseases of modern man (heart disease, cancer, arthritis, diabetes, osteoporosis, ocular disease, obesity and Alzheimer’s) that you will one day succumb to?  Is there a magic cure or any cure for any of these diseases? NO!

Will you succumb to one if not all of these diseases if you live long enough?  YES

So why not feel great now, have more energy now, perform better athletically now and at the same time be preventing the multitude of diseases that potentially await you?

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

Exercise and Acidosis

Acidosis causes many adverse conditions that impair optimal athletic performance (decreased endurance, poor bone health, poor muscle performance, poor wound healing, arrhythmia generation, decreased heart performance, decreased alertness and mental acuity, and many other essential impairments).

It is also very important to know that studies done on humans have shown that saline [sodium chloride (NaCl or common table salt)] ingestion leads to the generation of metabolic acidosis, which in turn reduces the bloods oxygen carrying capacity and ability to remove carbon dioxide. In comparison, an alkalinizing beverage such as MineralConnexin can prevent metabolic acidosis from developing and significantly enhances the oxygen carrying capacity of our blood and its delivery to our tissues, while simultaneously helping to remove excess carbon dioxide.

Overall, one of the many significant advantages of an alkalinizing beverage, such as MineralConnexin, is that it will enhance athletic performance and endurance by helping to deliver more oxygen to all tissues, including muscle while simultaneously helping to conserve energy through enhanced carbon dioxide removal; thereby, leading to a slower breathing rate and less unnecessary expenditure of energy.

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