3 Ways Endocrine Disruptors Destroy Your Health 21st January 2015 By Dr. Edward F. Group Guest Writer for Wake Up World Your endocrine system is your main hormone regulator and endocrine disruptors are chemicals that throw it out of whack. Endocrine Disruptors to Avoid Plastics are the main source for endocrine disruptors but they’re not the only culprits. 1. Endocrine disruptors are commonly found in personal items, medicines, and cleaning products. 2. While BPA is a known endocrine disruptor, a recent study showed that BPA-free plastics might be just as bad. 3. Perchlorate is an endocrine disruptor found in rocket fuel, fertilizers, and fireworks. Is There Any Hope? There is an effort in the European Union (EU) to ban endocrine disruptors, but it’s slow going.[12] Billion-dollar corporations, more concerned with profits are throwing up roadblocks. What do you think? -Dr. Article References: Previous articles by Dr. About the author: Dr. Dr. For more information, please visit Global Healing Center. Are you on tsū yet? Click here to join!
Spicing Up Your Hormones Without Hormone Replacement One of the insurmountable problems with hormone replacement therapy is that when you replace a hormone you risk feeding the underlying glandular deficiency. The human fascination with spices is as old as cultural time itself. There is an obvious beauty to the various aromas and flavors these plant extracts express (have you smelled cumin lately?), and undoubtedly these qualities first drew us closer to them. But, our primordial relationship with them involves much more than aesthetic infatuation. Spices are the original food-medicines that were worth their weight (or more) in gold because they were capable of both improving the quality, and prolonging the length of human life. Cumin, like most spices, has a wide range of potential health benefits. Cumin seeds are actually indehiscent fruits (i.e. these fruits do not dehisce, or "burst open" at maturity) of the archene class; which means that what we think of as the cumin "seed" is actually a fruit containing a seed. Continue to Page 2
Better Nutrition Magazine :: Supplements, Nutrition, Recipes, Personal Care :: Columns :: Ask the Naturopath We've been fighting for years against nasty ingredients in our foods—avoiding trans fats, spurning high-fructose corn syrup, steering clear of pesticides in our produce and antibiotics in our meat. Now we're facing the most serious battle yet, against insidious toxins in our food that haven't been measured or quantified; in many cases, they can't be avoided. These toxins, collectively called endocrine disruptors, are present in nearly every aspect of our environment—not only food, but also personal care products and household goods. Endocrine disruptors are a broad category of chemicals that interfere with the normal functioning of the endocrine system and can create imbalances throughout the body, particularly in the thyroid, reproductive, and adrenal systems. What Are Xenoestrogens? Here's more bad news: many studies suggest that the most sensitive stage of the life cycle is during embryonic development, says Blumberg. That's not to say the die is cast. Eliminate! The pantry.
Everything You Need to Know About Maintaining Balanced Hormones Webinar Hormones have a tremendous amount of influence on the way our bodies work — both women AND men. Hormonal balance affects mental health, metabolism, sleep cycles, sex drive, and much, much more. In this webinar, you can learn about the science of hormones, why hormonal balance is important, and what you can do about it. This is information everyone needs to hear, both women and men. We’ll cover new, groundbreaking information and you’ll leave with a strategy to promote balance in your life, immediately. What women AND men need to know about hormonesThe signs and symptoms of menopause and manopauseThe prevalence of endocrine disruptors and how they harm your healthHow hormonal imbalance negatively affects your healthNatural ways to balance your hormones …and much more! -Dr.
Is Alcohol an Endocrine Disruptor? Although you may never pick up an alcoholic beverage, you could still be regularly exposing yourself to the detrimental health effects of alcohol. Household products, for example, often contain ethyl alcohol (ethanol) and can be a source many people don’t consider. While exposure to these products won’t necessarily make you intoxicated, mere exposure to alcohol can be a health concern. Alcohol is an endocrine disruptor and many people are becoming increasingly concerned with its pervasiveness in common, everyday products. What is an Endocrine Disruptor? Your endocrine system produces and regulates various hormones within your body. There are many prevalent endocrine disruptors in the environment, including pesticides, bisphenol-A (BPA), phthalates, and fungicides. [1] These substances have received quite a bit of attention and research has repeatedly demonstrated the disruptive effects they have on hormone function. How Does Alcohol Disrupt Endocrine Function? Don’t Drink? A Final Thought
Corpora arenacea Corpora arenacea (singular: corpus arenaceum,[1] also called brain sand or acervuli[2][3] or psammoma bodies[4] or pineal concretions[4]) are calcified structures in the pineal gland and other areas of the brain such as the choroid plexus. Older organisms have numerous corpora arenacea, whose function, if any, is unknown. Concentrations of "brain sand" increase with age, so the pineal gland becomes increasingly visible on X-rays over time, usually by the third or fourth decade. Chemical analysis shows that they are composed of calcium phosphate (later characterized as hydroxyapatite[6]), calcium carbonate, magnesium phosphate, and ammonium phosphate.[7] Recently, calcite deposits have been described as well.[8] References[edit] Further reading[edit] External links[edit] Histology image: 14401loa – Histology Learning System at Boston UniversityHistology image: 41_03 at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center - "Pineal gland"
MSH diabetes glucose leptin weight obesity "Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when medicine will organize into an underground dictatorship ... To restrict the art of healing to one class of men and deny equal privileges to others will constitute the Bastille of medical science. All such laws are un-American and despotic and have no place in a republic ... The Constitution of this republic should make special privilege for medical freedom as well as religious freedom." Dr. Benjamin Rush, signer of the Declaration of Independence Q: What is alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone (MSH)? Q: Isn't this damage to the leptin receptor just like what we see in insulin resistance? Q: What does MSH do? Q: What illnesses are associated with MSH deficiency? Q: So, if the toxin and cytokine illness goes undiagnosed, or someone says the illness doesn't exist, like what we have seen for a long time with mold and in Lyme disease, there are going to be people whose MSH supply just dwindles down to nothing.
You & Your Hormones | Hormones | Adrenocorticotropic hormone Alternative names for adrenocorticotropic hormone ACTH; adrenocorticotrophin; corticotropin. What is adrenocorticotropic hormone? Adrenocorticotropic hormone is made in the corticotroph cells of the anterior pituitary gland. How is adrenocorticotropic hormone controlled? Secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone is controlled by three inter-communicating regions of the body, the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland and the adrenal glands. Stress, both physical and psychological, also stimulates adrenocorticotropic hormone production and hence increases cortisol levels. What happens if I have too much adrenocorticotropic hormone? The effects of too much adrenocorticotropic hormone are mainly due to the increase in cortisol levels which result. Cushing's disease – this is the most common cause of increased adrenocorticotropic hormone. What happens if I have too little adrenocorticotropic hormone? Lower than normal levels of adrenocorticotropic hormone may be due to: Reviewed: February 2017
The Vascular Endothelium and Human Diseases Int J Biol Sci 2013; 9(10):1057-1069. doi:10.7150/ijbs.7502 Review Peramaiyan Rajendran1, Thamaraiselvan Rengarajan1, Jayakumar Thangavel2, Yutaka Nishigaki1, Dhanapal Sakthisekaran3, Gautam Sethi4, Ikuo Nishigaki1 1. NPO-International Laboratory of Biochemistry,1-166, Uchide, Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya 454-0926, Japan;2. Department of Pharmacology and Center of Lung and Vascular Biology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America;3. How to cite this article: Rajendran P, Rengarajan T, Thangavel J, Nishigaki Y, Sakthisekaran D, Sethi G, Nishigaki I. Alterations of endothelial cells and the vasculature play a central role in the pathogenesis of a broad spectrum of the most dreadful of human diseases, as endothelial cells have the key function of participating in the maintenance of patent and functional capillaries. Keywords: Endothelium, Endothelial dysfunction, Atherosclerosis, Stroke, Cancer. Thrombosis and thrombolysis Coagulant mechanisms Fig 1 Stroke