Cells are the basic units of life. The human body is a complex, intricate aggregate of as many as 70 trillion cells, with over 200 different cell types now known to medical science. Each cell has a specific role to play in how the body functions. It is the harmonious collaboration of all our cells that allows the body to operate.

Your health depends on the health of the cells in your body. When your cells are healthy, you are healthy. When cellular function goes wrong, disease develops. Dysfunction in even one cell can spread to others and create havoc, as in the case of cancer. Maintaining healthy cells is the key a healthy body.

THE LIFE OF THE CELLS

Each cell is a living entity - it is born, it lives and it dies. Amazingly, each day, millions and millions of cells in your body die and millions are born to replace them. Your body is constantly renewing and repairing itself.

For example, the cells lining your stomach are replaced every 48 hours, a liver cell lives for 90 days, a red blood cell for four months and brain cells for over 50 years. It is estimated that each year, the human body replaces over 90 per cent of its cells. Right now, you are living in your 2009 model!

Because your body is designed to constantly renew and restore itself, you are never stuck with your health problem. Healing, repairing and improvement in health is always possible. Indeed, the Psalmist was right, you are fearfully and wonderfully made.

FEEDING YOUR CELLS

Your cells eat. They use nutrients from your diet to produce energy, to repair damage and to create new cells. The nourishment your cells receive is therefore critical to your health. Modern medical research clearly indicates that many common illnesses are the result of an imbalanced nutrition. Up to 70 per cent of all doctor visits are for nutritional-related disorders.

Our cells are not being nourished. Our modern foods are extremely imbalanced, we make poor dietary choices and we live stress-filled lives that further deplete our bodies' nutrients. In fact, cellular malnutrition is our real problem and good cellular nutrition is the real solution.

NUTRITION IS POWERFUL MEDICINE

I am fully convinced that nutritional supplements are necessary for optimal health and even the conservative American Medical Association now agrees with me. If anyone tells you that you do not need to supplement your diet, they are out of touch with modern medical research.

For over 16 years, I have used patented nutritional programmes carefully designed to provide the body with optimal nutrition at the cellular level. The concept is called cellular nutrition and it has contributed greatly to my own excellent health and the tremendous results that my patients regularly report even when challenged by severe illness.

CELLULAR NUTRITION

A simple but effective way to apply the concept of cellular nutrition is by having a shake. The cellular nutrition shake is a complete and perfect liquid meal. The idea was developed by NASA as a way of providing convenient, highly nutritious food for the early astronauts. Top scientists used space-age technology to create this super food. Now this shake is available to the man in the street right here in Jamaica.

A patented herbal tea blend, based on green tea, is another super food that amplifies the impact of the shake. In providing cellular nutrition, there two drinks also supply soy protein and green tea. Endless medical reports testify to the numerous medical benefits of these two foods for the health of the heart, colon, breast and prostate. The research shows that they positively affect many other common medical conditions like diabetes, hypertension, cancer and cholesterol disorders.

Replacing one regular meal with the shake and tea each day can profoundly affect how your body functions because of the cellular nutrition it receives. The shake and tea makes an excellent and nutritious breakfast. Why don't you try it?

The words of Hippocrates, the grandfather of modern medicine, still rings true today when he said, "Let your food be your medicine and let you medicine be your food."

You may email Dr Vendryes at vendryes@mac.com, or listen to An Ounce of Prevention on POWER 106FM on Fridays at 8:00 p.m.