Hormones that Decrease with Aging

• Growth Hormone
• LH (Men)
• IGF-1
• Testosterone
• Estradiol
• DHEA and DHEAS
• Pregnenolone
• 25(OH)Vitamin D
• Aldosterone
• VIP
• Melatonin

Hormones that Increase with Aging

• CCK
• LH (Women)
• FSH
• Cortisol
• Prolactin
• NE
• Insulin
• PTH

Hormones that don't change in the course of Aging

• Prolactin
• TSH
• Thyroid Hormones
• Epinephrine
• GLP-1
• GIP

• Symptoms of Hormonal Imbalances

  Estrogen E1 Dominance	Low Estrogen & Progesterone	High Testosterone / DHEA	Low Testosterone / DHEA	Cortisol High / Low
  Mood swings	Hot flashes	Acne	Decreased Bone Density	Insomnia
  Migrains	Night Sweats	Hair Loss	Decreased muscle mass	Anxiety
  Weight gain	Palpitations	Irritability	Decreased Energy	Chronic Fatigue
  Endometrial cancer risk	Foggy thinking	Polycystic Ovaries	Decreased Libido	Allergies
  Breast cancer risk			Weight gain	Food cravings
  Polycystic Ovaries			Insulin Resistance / Diabetic like state	Low immunity
  				Weight loss/ gain
  				High / Low BP
  				Insulin Resistance / Diabetic like state

• Symptoms of Premature Aging

  Inability to lose weight / Involuntary Weight loss	Mood swings	Decreased Libido	Incontinence	Increased facial / body hairs in women
  Fatigue/Low energy	Hot flashes	Infertility	Water retention	Loss of scalp hairs
  Headaches	Night Sweats	Heavy Menses	Palpitations	Decreased body hair growth in men
  Sleep disturbances	Depression	Bleeding Changes	Cold body temperature	Thinning of skin
  Foggy thinking	Anxiety	Polycystic Ovaries	Sugar / Salt cravings	Wrinkles
  Bone loss/ Muscle weakness	Nervousness	Uterine fibroids	Exaggerated stress responses	Graying of hairs
  Aches/Pains	Irritable	Fibrocystic Breasts	Polyuria	Acne
  Fibromyalgia	Memory Lapses	Tender Breasts	Polydipsia	Paresthesia/Tetany
  Impotence	Visual Disturbances	Vaginal Dryness	Heat / Cold intolerance	--

• How do hormones play a role in the aging process?

  This is the most important question. Earlier it was thought that our hormones decline because we age, but now it is confirmed that we age because our hormone decline.

  The Neuro-endocrine system is a complex network of chemicals from the nervous system and the endocrine system that governs the release of our hormones and other vital body processes.

  With advanced age, lower levels of hormones can have disastrous effects on the way our bodies function.

  The Growth hormone, Testosterone, Estrogen, Progesterone, DHEA, Melatonin and Thyroid all have specific functions and activities both alone and in conjunction with other hormones. The shortage of these hormones accelerates the aging process.

  Hormones are vital for repairing and regulating our bodily functions and when aging causes a drop in hormone production, it causes a decline in our body's ability to repair and regulate itself.

  Moreover hormone production is highly interactive. The drop in production of any one hormone is likely to have and affect on the whole mechanism, signaling other organs to release lower levels of other hormone.

  Thus, hormone replacement/Corrective therapy, a frequent component of any anti-aging treatment, helps to reset the body's hormonal clock and so can reverse or delay the effects of aging.

  If our hormones are being produced at youthful levels, the cells of our bodies are stimulated to be metabolically active, thus, we stay young.

The symptoms of Aging and Hormonal imbalances are so similar that the fact that hormonal imbalance brings aging prematurely cannot be ignored.

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