Physiological Dynamics
and the Basis of the Duration of the RAINS Study
Why is the RAINS Study Six Months Long?
The six month time frame for each
participant is based on what is know as “physiological dynamics.”
Physiological dynamics refers to the
fact that different cells in the body have different life-spans. As an example, red blood
cells take approximately three months to “turn over.”
This means that each of your existing
red blood cells will be replaced within approximately three months, constructed entirely
of the nutritional material (macro and micro nutrients) made available through your
diet.
Physiological dynamics explains why
nutritional deficiency diseases like scurvey (vitamin C deficiency) take several months to
develop. It takes that long, as the new cells being created become less resistant to
damage.
As a result of physiological dynamics,
any improvement to the cellular structure which is dependent on the addition of nutrients,
cannot occur overnight, but rather over the length of time it takes for the particular
cells to be replaced or repaired.
The majority of cells in the body turn
over within six months, which is why, in the field of nutritional science, six months is
considered the minimum duration for any supplementation program to show substantial
effect.
Physiological dynamics also helps to
explain why studies, of varying duration, testing identical nutrients, can have
substantially different results.
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