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CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE CELL

THE HORMONES THAT REFUTE DARWINISM

Without your even realizing it, thousands of commands are
being passed through your body every second, to make your life
as easy and as practical as possible.
When you get excited or frightened, for instance, your stimu-
lated nervous system, with great speed and without getting lost,
activates the glands above your kidneys. On receiving the mes-
sage, these adrenal glands secrete a hormone called adrenalin
which, entering the bloodstream, calls your whole body to atten-
tion. It inhibits the activity of the stomach and intestines and halts
the process of digestion. In this way, a significant portion of blood,
no longer involved in digestion is now freed to supply the mus-
cles. At the same time, your heartbeat and blood pressure increase.
The bronchioles in the lungs expand, speeding up the absorption
of oxygen and the supply of oxygen to the blood. The blood level
of glucose increases too, leading to an increase in energy to the
muscles. Finally, the pupils dilate and your eyes' sensitivity to
light increases.
The result of all of these factors
right adrenal gland
lymph coming together is that you are
tissue
equipped to perform in any situation,
whether to run away, to defend your-
self, or to attack.
Nerve cells are formed from life-
less, unconscious atoms. But these
structures comprehend situations
right kidney where the body is in need and imme-
diately send messages to relevant
regions of the body. The parts that
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