Why More Disease...? Why is there more cancer, more heart disease, more diabetes, more respiratory failure, more viruses and mutations of bacteria and more fungus?
Why is there such an increased disease and body dysfunction, not only in older people but in children and young adults as well?
Lack of proper nutrients, hormone imbalance and insufficient enzymes are key factors in the cause of overall diminishing health to a state of disease and malfunction of the body.
Balancing hormones is one of the secrets to maintaining good health, and without proper enzymes, no hormone therapy programme will be as effective as it could be for either women or men.
Maintaining optimal body functions and most important they work to help keep us young.
What Do Hormones Do?
In the human body, hormones “communicate” in two ways.
The first is endocrine gland to endocrine gland, where one gland releases a hormone which stimulates another target gland to release its hormone.
The second is endocrine gland to a target organ. For example, the pancreas releases insulin which causes muscle and fat cells to take up glucose from the bloodstream.
The following are some of the actions controlled by hormones:
Regulate body metabolism and energy levels
Reproduction
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Growth and sexual development
Hormones literally control every aspect of our lives; just about every single function of the body is affected by hormones.
Internal balance of body systems
If one of the glands in our body is not functioning properly and production of hormones is impaired, the entire endocrine system is compromised and hormonal imbalance results.
Hormone imbalance can contribute to accelerated ageing and heighten risk of cancer and other chronic diseases?
What Are Hormones?
Hormones are chemicals that are made by specialist cells, usually within an endocrine gland, and they are released into the bloodstream to send messages to another part of the body.
They are often referred to as “chemical messengers”.
Hormones are found in all multi-cellular organisms and their role is to provide an internal communication system between cells located in distant parts of the body.
Hormones affect many physiological activities including growth, metabolism, appetite, puberty and fertility.
Hormones are critical to maintaining vibrant health, regulating just about every function of the body.
Hormones help control blood pressure, fight against eye degeneration and work to overcome or reduce various cancers.
Hormones help with good brain function in :
Responses to stress and injury
Bone and muscle strength
Regulate blood sugar levels
Regulate absorption of minerals and vitamins by the body
Maintaining body homeostasis (balance)
The Endocrine System
The complex interplay between the glands, hormones and other target organs is referred to as the endocrine system.
The endocrine system is made up of glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream.
Together with the nervous system and the immune system, the endocrine system helps the body to cope with different events and stresses.
The endocrine system is a finely tuned system. If one of the endocrine glands is not functioning properly, the entire endocrine system is compromised and hormonal imbalance results.
The glands of the endocrine system include:
Hypothalamus, Pineal gland, Pituitary gland, Thyroid gland, Parathyroid glands
Thymus, Adrenal glands, Pancreas, Ovaries, Testes