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“The researchers also collected blood for the measurement of testosterone and other hormones, including luteinizing hormone, which stimulates testosterone production. At baseline, 57 percent of the participants had normal glucose tolerance, 30 percent had impaired glucose tolerance, and 13 percent met the criteria for a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.”

“FTA: > Female sex hormones have a strong effect on the psyche. This has been confirmed by numerous scientific studies and by phenomena such as the "baby blues", a bout of low mood following childbirth, or recurrent mood swings that occur prior to menstruation. However the male sex hormone testosterone also affects our mood and emotions, as well as our libido - and in a positive way.”

“From the article: > The results conclude that the physically active subjects display better semen values. More specifically, the differences found were in the seminological parameters of total progressive velocity and morphology, in the FSH, LH and T hormones and in the T/C ratio. Hormone data thus supports the hypothesis of a more favourable environment for sperm formation. View full publication.”

“Importantly, participants exercised 10 hours after receiving controlled meals to prevent nutritional factors from interfering with hormone levels in their blood, which was drawn immediately before and at several timepoints after exercise.”

“They also had more total follicles and higher levels of a hormone marker of ovarian reserve. Exercise also increased adiponectin, a signaling hormone best known for being released by fat tissue, in blood and ovaries.”

“From the article: > Where an energy (calorie) deficit was achieved by food restriction, participants showed increased levels of the hunger hormone ghrelin and lower levels of a hunger suppressing hormone peptide YY.”

“00:23:00 - The biomarkers, particularly hormones, that make up the “atrophic” subtype of Alzheimer’s disease, which Dr. Bredesen refers to as type 2 Alzheimer’s. *Note: Some of these signaling factors, namely BDNF, are not amenable to being assayed, but are produced robustly in response to exercise.”

“The hormone findings did not point to a separate appetite-driven mechanism. Of the three appetite-related hormones measured, only leptin increased, a change that may reflect the modest weight gain rather than a broader shift in appetite signaling.”