Health and Wellbeing
Why Health Is All About Homeostasis
Understanding dynamic equilibrium for survival and wellbeing
Our body is a brilliant biological construct that regulates all bodily activities with the help of the brain as the control system. As a result, our health depends on a delicate balance using homeostasis, an intelligent bio-physiological process.
Homeostasis is a critical self-regulating process to maintain internal stability by adjusting to external conditions.
Homeostatic regulation involves a complex interaction of multiple feedback systems to keep our cells and organs well-functioning.
We have many disrupting activities in the body.
For example, excessive temperature, harmful bacteria, viruses, toxins, carbon dioxide, and even accumulated water are a few to mention.
The body closely monitors disruptors via a detecting and controlling system to keep equilibrium. We call this balancing physiological process homeostasis.
Every cell in the human body is closely regulated. A stimulus in the cell sends signals to the brain via receptors. The brain, as a control system, evaluates the message of signs, makes a decision, and responds with a message via enzymes, hormones, or…
