Hormones
Hormones or Endocrine Systems in cooperation with Pituitary Systems generate all the body different hormones to regulate all biological processes of all organs in the body from adulthood to old age. For examples, sex hormones have widely-range effects in the body in relations to different ages. During reproductive age, levels of sex hormones rise, given the best period of life in terms of body and soul. Aging relates to decreasing in hormone levels over time until it drops to Menopause for women or Andropause for men during the golden age as well as for women with Hysterectomy or Oophorectomy.
Modern lifestyles can influence Premature Menopause in some people. Consuming industrial- processed food contaminated with chemicals or foreign estrogen called Xenoestrogen can cause premature growth. Toxins in environment, static lifestyles, and lack of physical activity are motivating factors of decreased production of sex hormone. Most women experience menopause around age of 46-50, though nowadays it can even occur around age of 30. As sex hormone falls, signs of aging obviously show, not to mention golden-age diseases such as cardiovascular disease, hyperlipidemia, osteoporosis, dementia, depression, and cancers. In some cases, these diseases may be difficult to cure, require a lifelong medication, or even prematurely occur. Besides, there are some unsatisfactory symptoms caused by the falls of sex hormones such as easy weight gain, weakness, fatigue, moody, lack of concentration, tiredness, and allergy. These symptoms commonly occur to people in the working age who have never thought of premature golden age.
Premature golden age occurs with hormone symphony of Thyroid hormones, Adrenal hormones, and sex hormones. There are some evidences shown that when sex hormones start to fall at old age, Thyroid hormones fall first. Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) secreted by pituitary glands rises because of decreased production of Thyroid hormone from Thyroid nodules. This leads to weight gain when people become aging. Secondly, Adrenal hormones fall. Adrenal insufficiency occur when the adrenal gland do not secrete enough Cortisol hormone, indicated by imbalanced Cortisol Diurnal Rhythm. This can cause common cold, allergy, fatigue, and insomnia. Lack of sleep, late night working for several days, extreme parties are not bothering you when you are teenagers, but they are dragging you down when you are aging. These are because of decreased Adrenal hormone from adrenal glands. Finally, sex hormones fall. When Progesterone falls first, Estrogen dominance loses its balance, causing Estrogen and Progesterone imbalance. This results in emotional problems, ovarian cysts, abnormal menstrual periods either more/less or longer/shorter, and premenstrual symptoms.
We should regularly monitor if we have any hormone deterioration and assess the levels and the types of lacking hormone. Taking good care of your own health along with suggestion from doctors is quite necessary for people with over 30-35 years of age as well as health checking up involving lung, heart, liver, kidney, and metabolism is important. In addition, you can also have hormone checking up to monitor and assess changes in your hormone levels. For the age of 40-45, checking of Bone Mineral Density, BMD and adding calcium and vitamin D are recommended. Recently, other hormones deterioration can also be tested through blood, saliva, and urine.
The hormone check-up can monitor levels of natural-produced sex hormones, synthetic hormones, and hormone residues that stimulate cancers. Proper diets, detoxification, and exercise are essential to prevent premature hormones deterioration. Women with constipation commonly develop sex hormone insufficiency, breast cysts, ovarian cysts, or submucosal fibroid, because of decreased ability to remove fatty toxins out of the body.
Cholesterol is an initial substance of sex hormones, which can be removed from the body with 2 ways: (1) Remove it by exercise as it breakdowns fats into energy and heat, (2) Remove it through intestine via liver and gallbladder. Constipation leads to sex hormone residue remaining in the body, especially for people who have bad bacteria in the intestine. Bad bacteria stimulate lipid absorption back and generate bad estrogen called estrone.
These are all for your holistic health care to help you find yourselves healthy inside out. Doctors who are specialised in hormone-related area and in anti-aging medicine from leading hospitals and health care centres are ready to give you personalized medicines.