How Your Hormones Are Making You Age

Hormones are responsible for every process that takes place in our body. From around 40, many of our hormones are depleted. It's because we are programmed to die after we raise our children to be old enough to have children of our own. Well, say what, we now live twice as long. So what can we do about the declining hormone? Because if we do nothing, we will grow old. Can we stop it? Yes, we can reach a certain level and that's for sure. I'm all for it. The first step is to understand how they work and what they do for us. Then find yourself a good anti-aging Medical practitioner who will test your hormones and correct any imbalances to help slow down your aging.

Thyroid hormones are great. It regulates the metabolic rate of all your cells, maintains blood pressure, regulates tissue growth and regulates heat. If you are constantly cold, get your thyroid hormone. Decreased thyroid hormone causes brain fatigue, weight gain, fatigue, high cholesterol and poor blood pressure regulation. It is very easy to treat to help your thyroid function so as not to accelerate your aging. Correcting hypothyroidism will make you feel so alive and energetic that you will wonder how long you have been removing it. Please note.

Another hormone that affects aging is Estrogen. Estrogen is known as the youth hormone because it makes the skin look youthful. It increases the production of collagen and other components of the dermis and maintains epidermal thickness. The decline in estrogen and progesterone is why women appear to be aging rapidly after menopause. This hormone replacement is easy (hear HRT?). However, some people may have risk factors that need to be discussed with their doctor. If you have ever had cancer in your female bit, or if it is in your family, you may not be suitable for HRT.

After menopause, we lose bone density. This is because the Parathyroid and Calcitonin hormones decrease and this is the hormone that keeps calcium in your bones. These effects can be prevented by taking calcium, vitamin D and calcitriol but discuss this with your doctor. You can also have your bone density checked regularly. Weight training also helps keep calcium in your bones. The decline in bone density does not only apply to older people. I've seen a lot of bad things in women in their 50s from the mechanism of injury that won't cause a fracture in younger women. And the last thing you want is to put on any kind of fracture. You may not be able to work, you can't exercise, you can't go around, you can't drive. Maybe for months. That inertia can lead to other health problems and so on. Seriously, take care of your bones.

Two hormones that cause damage to your body over time are Adrenaline and Noradrenaline. These people are deadly but paradoxically they are supposed to save us from life-threatening situations. They help us in "fight or flight" situations but we don't really have much in our modern life. They increase heart rate and blood pressure and divert blood flow from vital organs (intestines, stomach, liver etc.) to vital organs (brain, heart and lungs) and even skeletal muscles. They also increase blood glucose levels. This ensures that when it comes time to stand and fight or run for your life, we have oxygen and energy in all the right places (legs, arms, heart, lungs and brain). This is called Stress Response and it's great for life-threatening situations but how much have you had in the past? (OK so every time you drive on the highway ...).

So, do you know how everyone keeps going about how stress is not good for you? This is why. We have so much pressure in our daily lives that our brains think we are in danger and turn on the Pressure Response. The result continues to circulate adrenaline and noradrenaline leading to high blood pressure, hypertension and excessive heart rate - a recipe for disaster. Diabetes. Heart attack. Stroke. Absolute holes. What to do about this. Well it's all about de-stressing, other subjects and again there is more information out there without me adding it. I just hope that if you really understand how stress kills you, it will not be just a random concept but a piece of solid information that will inspire you to manage your stress.

Are there enough hormones? Me too. But there is one more to mention because of its shortcomings as a killer and it will take 20/30/40 years from your life and it will be a sad decline. Do you think so? Yes Insulin. The bad old insulin gets a bad rap but not the insulin itself. His only purpose in life was to bring glucose into the cell. All cells require glucose. It is the fuel for our body and all metabolic processes depend on it. But if we do not have enough insulin, or our cells are resistant to insulin, glucose cannot enter our cells and it just kicks in our bloodstream where there is a lot of damage.

Glucose is a big molecule and our blood vessels don't like big molecules. It is not good for the inner layer or endothelium. We need our blood vessels to be in good shape so that they can provide oxygen and energy to all of our body tissues. If our small blood vessels are damaged, they will just pack up and die (bad, think of all the small blood vessels in your eyes, in your skin) and if our blood vessels are damaged, they cause plaque on the inside. If the plaque breaks, they can block blood vessels. Or our own platelets may rush to the scene to repair plaque damage and do more damage by forming clots that make the blockage worse. Heart attack. Stroke. So, one of the effects of too much glucose is in the blood's damaged blood vessels throughout our body. This happens gradually so that we cannot see until damage is done. And something bad happened.

Another result of too much glucose is glaciation. Glycation is when glucose reacts with the amino acids in our protein (we are made of protein) that damage it. This is especially evident in the skin that is under uncontrolled diabetes, Glycation breaks down proteins in the dermis that make the skin acne and wrinkle. Too much glucose can damage every tissue in our body.

So why did this happen? Either insulin (type I diabetes) or insufficient insulin and the insulin we produce has lost its ability to release glucose into the cell (type II diabetes). It is a type II diabetes that usually starts in middle age and leads to unimaginable damage and illness.

So why can't insulin enter the cell to let glucose in? This is called insulin resistance and is caused by two things. Weight loss and not enough physical activity (Doh!). I know. I know. You hate this part. But if you have excess adipose tissue (fat) especially around the stomach, complex interactions with fat tissue attract immune cells to the area and cause chronic inflammation. It is believed that this inflammation may contribute to the development of insulin resistance.

But the good news is, when you exercise, your muscles need a lot of glucose so that insulin and glucose are happy to work together to supply the demand. This makes your cells more receptive to insulin. And acceptance is the norm. If you never exercise, your cells forget how to interact with insulin to let glucose in and you gain insulin resistance. And type II diabetes.

There are many other hormones that will decline as you age. The note is melatonin, a sleep hormone. Cortisol, which increases your energy levels and improves stress. Then there's DHEA. This hormone is the source of youth.

Some hormones can be replaced by artificial ones and some cannot. Some are very expensive, like DHEA. While Thyroxine and Melatonin are relatively cheap. Do some research. Learn more about your hormones. Visit your doctor with at least some basics and watch them struggle to keep their eyes open!

Hormones are essential to life. They make everything happen in our body. Therefore, it is no wonder that when they began their decline in the fifties, our lives were revealed. Most of us are still working and looking after our family. The children may have left, but the parents seem to have replaced them. We still have a lot to do. Mortgage to pay. People who need us. Maybe a career in full swing. We need our bodies to do it. There's no time to be sick. Poor sleep. Poor concentration. Lethargy. Broken bones. Need to know about your hormones. GPs or anti-aging practitioners can investigate what is important and recommend ways you can support your endocrine system. Look into it. Tighten every point you can out of your body. From your life. You still have a long way to go. It will be more fun if the car is flowing.

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