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Hildreth on Health: Good nutrition keeps cells healthy

By Dr. Dewall Hildreth, D.O.
Published: Thursday, July 17, 2008 5:41 PM MST


Aging is inevitable; however, the rate of aging is nutritional and oxidative stress dependent.

This is about one of the trillions of cells that make up the community we call home.

All internal functions require:

  • 1. Nutrition, balanced natural vitamins, enzymes, anti oxidants and oxygen.

  • 2. Adequate hormone production for cell function: thyroid for speed of metabolism; insulin to open the cellular door for sugar intake; estrogen and testosterone calls for energy from the cell for body functions; progesterone for cellular stability; cortisol for emergency demands.

  • 3. The cellular brain that houses the D.N.A., which controls cellular aging.


  • 4. Sophisticated membrane that controls cellular metabolic needs from outside the cell and elimination of detoxified byproducts of metabolism and toxins.

    This is a crenated, dysfunctional and slowly dying cell secondary to advanced free radical-oxidative destruction of the phospho lipid outer membrane. This oxidative destruction is due to poor nutrition, anti oxidant depletion and excess environmental toxins such as smoking.

    As the cell dies, the membranes of the cell shrivel up and become dysfunctional. The outer membrane is incapable of taking in nutrients from the surrounding tissue or expressing the internal toxins and poisons. This accelerated oxidative destructive process may involve the lung, the heart, or the nervous system and the musculo-skeletal system as experienced in fibromyalgia.

    The systems can be covered up with medication but ultimately the underlying reason for the cellular destruction must be controlled. That accelerated oxidative process may be due to nutritional deficiencies or antioxidant deficiency at the cell level or excess intake and buildup of external or internally produced poisons and toxins. In such cases, it is usually different for each patient.

    All of the cellular membranes and hormones are partially made up of quality cholesterol and its fractions. Poor fats for membrane construction and repair invite disaster.

    Genetic code of life is contained on our chromosomes with in the D.N.A. The chromosomes have the ability for cell division about 50 times. When that is met, the cell dies. As cells die, without the potential of replacement, eventually the body dies. The better care we take of the body, the longer it will last.

    The diseases most prevalent secondary to this underlying process are: cardiovascular and cerebral vascular disease, diabetes and cancer.

    Chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia may be early stages of some of the diseases mentioned above.

    I will continue to get deeper and more specific into the nutritional aspects of this process in the next article. Don’t get discouraged, hang in there.

    Contact Dr. DeWall J. Hildreth at 625-1101 or cnhcgv@yahoo.com. He specializes in hormone balancing and musclo-skeletal degeneration and practices with Continental Natural Health Clinic. His column appears biweekly.



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