Hormones are biochemical messengers. They are chemical substances released from one part of the body that have an effect somewhere else in the body. There are messengers all over the body, giving and receiving signals. We have roughly 150 hormones.
Most hormones are controlled by the hypothalamus, which sits in the brain. Hormones are produced by glands that are throughout the body. Hormones interact with each other, are “team players,” are interdependent and need each other to keep the body optimally healthy. Some of the hormones are estrogen, testosterone, progesterone, DHEA, insulin, cortisol, TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone), HGH (human growth hormone), melatonin, and there are others.
Hormones tend to come in “a hormone pair,” meaning one turns on and the other turns off. Hormones communicate organ-to-organ, tissue-to-tissue, and cell-to-cell. They turn cell functions on and off. They travel through the bloodstream to relay messages and determine everything from our immune system response, sexual development, metabolism, stress response, sleep, and how our body regenerates. Hormones are vital for repairing and regulating body functions. They incite, fortify and sustain cell healing and cell regeneration.
Hormones levels change throughout a lifetime. When hormone levels are at optimal levels and balanced, the result is a healthy body with a great immune system. Hormones have to be balanced as they are a complex network, and have opposing, synergistic, self-regulating feedback loops in place. We all have the same hormones. The ratios of sex hormones, estrogen to testosterone, determine female vs. male development. The right ratio, balance, and production of hormones are critical for feeling well. When aging causes a drop in hormone production, it causes a decline in the body’s ability to repair and regulate itself.
Hormone levels are optimal and high for most people when they are 20 and 30 years old. Later in the mid- to late 30s, hormones start declining. During the 20 to 30 years that hormones are high and optimal, a person has energy, focus, is easily happy, sleeps optimally, has a strong immune system that wards off sickness, has less disease formation, has a strong sex drive, orgasms, loses weight easier, heals better, feels invincible and has great memory. From 35 years on, hormones steadily keep declining, with symptoms peaking around 40 and 50 years old. Declining sex hormone production in women is called menopause. Declining sex hormone production in men is called andropause.
As hormones decline, health declines: abdominal weight gain, low energy, poor sex drive, poor memory, headaches, poor attitude, poor sleep, onset of chronic diseases, feelings of weakness, poor healing, depression, anxiety, poor stress coping and feeling a victim to age. As hormones keep declining, there’s a rise in obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer, dementia, strokes, autoimmune disease, sleep apnea and osteoporosis. Hormones decreasing dramatically increases the fat-to-muscle ratio to change.
Hormones are critical for cell growth and more importantly, cell repair, especially as we age. Low hormones prevent the immune system from repairing and regulating itself. Gene expression also gets altered by low hormones, meaning, too high or low of a certain hormone can express genetic disease or cancer. Hormonal decline varies person to person, depending on their genes and, more significantly, their lifestyle. Exercise, sleep, nutrition, the number and type of prescriptions they take and how they manage stress are all factors.
Restoring hormonal balance can prevent and treat the negative changes that can occur with aging. Restoring hormones regenerates our health; depleted hormones degenerates our health. The earlier you start restoring and balancing hormones, the healthier you age and the earlier you prevent disease formation.
Hormones can be restored safely and naturally. Call our office for a no-cost, no-obligation question and answer consultation with one of my team members. Why? Because you can’t make informed decisions about your healthcare until you have the information you need. We’re standing by to meet you.
