Scientific research over the past three decades conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and many other labs and universities around the word has revolutionized most of our previous notions about how the brain and body function. Among the most profound and far-reaching findings of this research is the role of peptides in our health and emotions.

Peptides are tiny strings of linked amino acids produced within cells throughout the body. Each distinct amino acid combination fits into matching cellular receptors, which then sends a message to the cell and give it direction. The cell may create additional peptides to forward the message along the chain. Cells in different parts of the body may respond differently to the same peptide in order to attain a common goal. The peptide angiotensin, which creates the sensation of thirst, also induces the lungs to release less moisture and the kidneys to release less water in urine, all in order to concerve water (Candace Pert, Ph.D., The Molecules of Emotion, Scribner: NY, 1997. Page 145).

Peptides also create the sensations that we experience as emotion. Such sensation may both cause and be caused by specific thoughts or perception. Traumatic experiences in particular frequently results in strong emotional reactions that are stored within the brain's neural pathways and the cells of the body - locking an individual, to some extent, within the same emotional experience.

Because creation of peptides within the cells utilizes the DNA, a proclivity toward specific peptides may be transferred genetically, which explains genetic patterns of both disease and demeanor.

Whether or not the Vo-Cal 360 somehow interacts with these peptides or the ideas that exhert control over them has not yet been tested and the Vo-Cal Company makes no claim to this effect. Many practitioners who implement the system believe that the observable results of the Vo-Cal 360 may suggest such an association, and the Vo-Cal Company looks forward to continued experimentation to explore this hypothesis.