HEALTH TOPICS
Blood Sugar
- INSULIN Resistance / High Blood Glucose Levels
Cellular Communication
Nervous System
Nervous system 101 – Feel Good, Look Good! Central Nervous System (CNS) – Brain and spinal cord)Alzheimer’s Disease (AD)
Huntington’s Disease (HD)
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Multiple Sclerosis
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Peripheral Nervous System
Cell Messengers – Signaling molecules
Cell Messengers (transmit information between cells):
HORMONES:
Amine Hormones
Thyroid hormones T3 / T4 – Master Metabolism Hormones
• Thyroid hormone production
• Thyroid Replacement Hormones are not your best choice
Polypeptides
Steroid hormones
You on Steroids – Control metabolism, inflammation, immunity, water-balance, sexual characteristics
Conventional hormone replacement therapy (HRT) – NOT necessary and causes harm
Synthetic steroids – “Frankenstein look-a-likes”
Sex steroid hormones
Sex steroids – “Your body is not your own”
Estrogens – Predominately female sex hormones
• Estradiol (E2) – Predominately female hormone
• Estrone (E1) – Menopausal hormone
• Estriol (E3) – Its weakness is its strength
Estrogen Dominance – Hormonal imbalance of our time
Androgens – Predominately Male Hormones
• Testosterone – The male hormone
Progestagens
• Progesterone – Precursor to androgens, estrogens and corticoids
Glucocorticoids
• Cortisol
Neurotransmitters
(Transmit signals – released from a nerve ending into synapse to a target cell, viz. another neuron, a muscle fiber, organ or tissue cell)
Catecholamines ( sympathetic nervous system activation, derived from tyrosine) – mainly:
• EPINEPHRINE (ADRENALINE)
• NOREPINEPHRINE (NORADRENALINE)
• DOPAMINE – Controls autonomic arousal, fight-or-flight stress response, and reward response
Choline Ester (Choline + Acetyl-CoA)
Amino acid neurotransmitters
• GABA (Brain’s primary inhibitory neurotransmitter)
• GLUTAMATE (most abundant excitatory neurotransmitter)
• GLYCINE (Inhibitory neurotransmitter)
Indolamine Neurotranmitters
• SEROTONIN (5-HT)
Purine Neurotransmitters
• ATP
• Adenosine
Gaseous Neurotransmitters
• NITRIC OXIDE (NO) – Blood vessel dilator
• CARBON MONOXIDE (CO)
• HYDROGEN SULFIDE (H2S)
EICOSANOIDS
Cytokines
Growth factors
Electricity in the Body
