What if the body—the cell—like the universe, has a catabolic and an anabolic rate. But it is easier for us to peg the rates of catabolism and anabolism to each other than to know what they are in an absolute sense—because there is no absolute sense. Time is relative.
Anabolism (building up) and catabolism (tearing down) are the two types of metabolism available to us. What if the reality we perceive with our senses is not static, like a painting. It oscillates, like a movie.
I believe part of the problem with Alzheimer’s may be the rate of oscillation. I wonder if my mother is “making and unmaking” herself too quickly. She craves ice cream (calcium) and soda (phosphorus) every day. Perhaps her needs for calcium and phosphorus are elevated because her rates of anabolism and catabolism are elevated.
Yes, amyloid plaques. Yes, neurofibrillary tangles. But, beneath all that, there may be something else. Her brain’s understanding of time could be fundamentally flawed.
It could be that her brain is too alkaline—forcing her body (her physical body as well as her rendering of the world) to be too acidic. Once this happens, the distortion reinforces itself.
Is water that has frozen and is now heating up hot—or is it cold? Is water that has boiled and is now condensing cold—or is it hot? The same thing looks like its opposite when viewed from the opposite direction. It may be easier than we think to misinterpret the density of light and the direction and speed of time.
