COURSE V: Balance – Anabolism and Catabolism

Course V – Stoking the fire of life, without burning the house down. An overarching theme is the body’s capacity to sustain itself is balance. This course explores how balance can become disrupted and the downstream consequences of various disruptions. At the core is a fiery pro-oxidant process of energy generation, cleansing and movement. This is in constant relationship with the cooling and calming anti-oxidant system containing the heat, nourishing and building the terrain. Chronic diseases are characterised by states of both low-grade meta-inflammation, a fire without purpose or end, together with depletion of the body’s soothing and regenerative forces. The study of allostasis offers both clinical and laboratory insights into these patterns. Placing the epidemic of diseases of civilisation in a historical context, we can begin to understand the contributing factors to our modern malaise.