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“A major player in the body’s response to rumination is a biological pathway that starts in the brain’s hypothalamus with the release of corticotrophin-releasing hormone, which drives the stress hormone system and has a direct effect on many parts of the body, including the brain, gut, and DNA.”

“GDF-15 is a mitochondrial stress signal that promotes energy expenditure and appetite suppression. Follicle-stimulating hormone (a hormone essential for sperm development) was lower on the ultra-processed diet, yet sperm concentration did not change.”

“Some of the mechanisms by which exercise protects against cancer and sensitizes cancer cells to death include: •Increased blood flow, shear stress on the vascular bed, temperature increases, sympathetic activation and endocrine (release of catecholamines and exercise hormones, myokine secretion) •Increased tumor perfusion, oxygen delivery, •Metabolic stress within the tumor, cellular damage…”

“Circulating LPS can also bind to lipoproteins, facilitating their absorption in the liver during LDL recycling, effectively removing LPS from circulation and lowering systemic inflammation – a phenomenon demonstrated mechanistically with statins that increase lipoprotein recycling by increasing LDL receptors.”

“Although the mechanism of the relationship between sleep quality and advanced breast cancer survival is unclear, they suggested that sleep disruption may lead to diminished immune function or impaired hormonal stress responses that are more directly responsible for the decrease in survival.”

“In fact, women gain an average of 10 pounds in their first year of treatment. Recent studies have shown that too much weight makes standard treatments for breast cancer less effective, and those who gain weight during treatment have worse cancer outcomes.”

“Vitamin D is a steroid hormone synthesized in the body in a multistep process following skin exposure to ultraviolet B light. The primary end-products in the process are 25-hydroxyvitamin D, or 25(OH)D (the major circulating form of vitamin D) and 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, or 1,25(OH)2D (the active steroid hormone).”

“In fact, the prevalence of reported consumption of sugary foods, such as chocolate, sweets, candies, pastries, cakes, or cookies, was 29% lower when compared with the control group, perhaps due to increased satiety hormones.”

“For those of you interested in some of the aging-related weirdness surrounding growth hormone in general, I talk about a possible "trade-off" involved in this pathway in the following video...”

“FTA: > Previous studies have shown the paracetamol can inhibit the development of the male sex hormone testosterone in male foetuses, thus increasing the risk of malformation of the testicles in infants. [...]”