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Cellular Health Research

Cellular Medicine is based on a new understanding of health and disease: Health and disease of our body and all its organs is determined by the function of millions of cells. Optimum functioning of these building stones of life means health; in contrast, cellular malfunction causes disease.

The primary, and by far the most frequent, cause of malfunctioning of cells is a chronic deficiency of essential nutrients, in particular of vitamins, amino acids, minerals, and trace elements. These essential nutrients are needed for a multitude of biochemical reactions and other cellular functions in every single cell of our body. Chronic deficiencies of one or more of these essential nutrients, therefore, must lead to cellular malfunctioning and to disease.

Cellular medicine can also explain why cardiovascular disease is still the number one cause of death. The heart and the circulatory system are the most active organs of our body because of their continuous pumping function. Because of the high mechanical demands, the cells of the cardiovascular system have a high rate of consumption of vitamins and other essential nutrients.

Finally, Cellular Medicine identifies an optimum daily intake of vitamins and other essential nutrients as a basic preventive and therapeutic measure for cardiovascular diseases as well as many other health conditions.

• Scientific publications by the Cellular Health Research Team.

• Books by Matthias Rath, M.D