ASEA Science: Cellular Health from the Inside Out Bodies break down. Your own body, right this minute, is breaking down in one way or another. Even if you FEEL healthy, there’s probably some insignificant ache or pain you’re ignoring that could be signaling a bigger issue. Overwhelmed? Don’t be. The reason these breakdowns happen is actually very simple: the body stops responding to instructions from the genes This communication depends on having healthy cells in every system of the body. If the heart cells don’t get a message, for example, they can’t carry out the genetic instructions to keep your heart functioning well. True health means turning on the genes that communicate messages to the cells that perform each individual function.