Cenegenics Complete Guide to Healthy Aging - (Page 32) Eight major endocrine glands comprise this system, communicating from various points throughout the body. Although all glands have secondary and tertiary functions, the following list focuses on their primary ones. • pituitary gland — regulating other endocrine glands • pineal glands — regulating biological rhythms, moods and stimulating puberty • thyroid gland — regulating metabolic rate All must perform in perfect balance— without one instrument, section or singer eclipsing the others. That is how Cenegenics® approaches endocrine therapy, believing all the “instruments” should play together harmoniously. A number of other factors stimulate or inhibit hormonal secretions: • environmental changes • plasma concentrations of nutrients/ions • neuron/mental activity The entire endocrine system can significantly impact your ability to enjoy youthful aging and vigorous health. At Cenegenics, we concentrate on reducing levels of two major age-promoting and degenerative disease-promoting hormones: insulin and cortisol. We also work, in concert with nature, stimulating the body to make its own needed hormones. III. the science Behind Cenegenics • parathyroid glands — regulating blood calcium • adrenal glands — regulating fluid and sodium balance, as well as warning of stress • pancreas — producing hormones, such as insulin • gonads — testes or ovaries involved in sex organ functions and secondary sex characteristic development There are many other components of the system, where hormones are being created and secreted into parts of the body—such as the stomach, small intestine and heart. These also provide hormonal activity to help regulate physiological function. The relationship among endocrine glands causes them to work together with a unified purpose and function, releasing chemical messengers that impart cellular instructions. Think of it as a symphony orchestra, playing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Producing this beautiful work takes 00 instruments and a large choir. The hormonal symphony. Hormones produced in the endocrine glands and other places in the body circulate through the bloodstream. Hormones interact with receptor proteins of specific enzymes, igniting biological responses in target tissues. Cellular activity changes and is dispatched across the plasma membrane, reflective of the hormone type. Every hormone has specificity, housing an individual chemical form corresponding to a particular receptor protein. When the two meet, they interlock like puzzle pieces. This receptor protein can exist in different organ cells, so the body can use the same hormone for various effects. A complex negative-feedback pathway regulates fluctuating hormone levels. As hormone levels rise, the pathway is inhibited to maintain homeostasis. Regulation depends both on production levels plus the excretion and metabolism of hormones. We are vehemently against the use of foreign substances, frequently used to mimic our hormone activity—as used traditionally in conventional practices. To the largest extent possible, we supplement with hormones that function as closely as humanly possible to hormones produced by the body. Hormonal evaluation and relevant therapy, with a conscientious program of lifestyle management, can set a course to vitality, better sleep, an enhanced libido and sexual performance, improved cognitive function, an enhanced immune system, improved skin tone and facial appearance. Hormones Identified Gonadal Steroids Testosterone, estrogen & progesterone. Throughout this brochure, we demonstrate that the differences between each gender’s need for hormones are quantitative, not qualitative. 3 WWW.CENEGENICS.COM iii. th e s CienCe B ehind Cen egeniCs http://WWW.CENEGENICS.COM
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