[Metabolic correction: a biochemical option against diseases]

Bol Asoc Med P R. 2015 Apr-Jun;107(2):60-6.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Human development and its physiology depends on a number of complex biochemical body processes, many of which are interactive and codependent. The speed and the degree in which many physiological reactions are completed depend on enzyme activity, which in turn depends on the bioavailability of co-factors and micronutrients such as vitamins and minerals. To achieve a healthy physiological state, organism need that biochemical reactions occur in a controlled and specific way at a particular speed and level or grade fully completed. To achieve this, is required an optimal metabolic balance. Factors such as, a particular genetic composition, inadequate dietary consumption patterns, traumas, diseases, toxins and environmental stress all of these factors rising demands for nutrients in order to obtain optimal metabolic balance. Metabolic correction is a biochemical and physiological concept that explains how improvements in cellular biochemistry of an organism can help the body achieve metabolic and physiological optimization. We summarize the contribution of several pioneers in understanding the role of micronutrients in health management. The concept of metabolic correction is becoming a significant term due to the presence of genetic variants that affect the speed of reactions of enzymes, causing metabolic alterations that enhance or promote the state/development of multiple diseases. Decline in the nutritional value of the food we eat, the increase in demand for certain nutrients caused by normal development, diseases and medications induce, usually, nutrients consumption. These nutritional deficiencies and insufficiencies are causing massive economic costs due to increased morbidity and mortality in our society. In summary, metabolic correction improves the enzymatic function, which favors the physiological normal functions, thus, contributing to improving health and the welfare of the human being. The purpose of this paper is to describe and introduce the concept of optimal metabolic correction as a functional cost-effective mechanism against disease, in addition, to contribute to diseases prevention and regeneration of the body and health.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Avitaminosis / complications
  • Avitaminosis / therapy
  • Coenzymes / deficiency
  • Coenzymes / physiology
  • Coenzymes / therapeutic use
  • DNA Damage
  • Dietary Supplements
  • Energy Metabolism
  • Enzymes / physiology
  • Feeding Behavior
  • Humans
  • Malnutrition / complications
  • Malnutrition / therapy
  • Micronutrients / deficiency
  • Micronutrients / physiology*
  • Micronutrients / therapeutic use
  • Minerals / therapeutic use
  • Models, Biological
  • Nutritional Requirements
  • Precision Medicine
  • Primary Prevention / methods*
  • United States
  • Vitamins / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Coenzymes
  • Enzymes
  • Micronutrients
  • Minerals
  • Vitamins