PREVIEW of FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH DISCUSSION by Wendy …
PREVIEW of FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH DISCUSSION by Wendy Wells, NMD 1-10-09
Hormones: Keep us feeling young!
What is a Hormone?
* Hormone means “to set in motion”
* Maintains the body's internal steady state or homeostasis
* (nutrition, metabolism, excretion, water and salt balances)
* Reacts to stimuli from outside the body
* Regulates growth, development, and reproduction
* Produces, uses, and stores energy
The Anti-Aging Hormone, what is it?
* DHEA – (Dehydroepiandrosterone)
* Hormone that diminishes rapidly as people age past year 35
* Made in adrenal glands
* Test DHEA-S in blood
DHEA overview
* Journal Drugs and Aging, an overview of published studies on DHEA revealed the following:
* In both humans and animals, the decline of DHEA production with aging may cause…
* immune depression
* increased mortality
* increased risk of several different cancers
* loss of sleep
* decreased feelings of well-being
Research on DHEA
* DHEA replacement
* in aged mice significantly normalized immune function to youthful levels
* may delay osteoporosis.
* Low levels of DHEA – blood test for DHEA-S
* inhibit energy metabolism
* thus increasing the risk of heart disease and diabetes mellitus
* Studies conducted on humans show essentially no toxicity at doses that restore DHEA to youthful levels.
More research..
* In a study published in Biological Psychiatry
* DHEA was tested on middle-aged and elderly patients with major depression.
* Depression ratings, as well as aspects of memory performance, significantly improved.
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