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“Stress depletes magnesium, underscoring its importance in stress management. Stress – both mental and physical – can lead to a significant decrease in magnesium levels, with stress hormones such as cortisol accelerating the mineral's depletion.”

“A common feature of these disorders is dysfunction of the body's serotonin pathway. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter and hormone produced in the brain. It regulates social cognition (how people interact socially) and influences decision making.”

“These adverse changes from sleep loss are then compounded by deleterious alterations in the body's levels of appetite hormones leptin and ghrelin, which lead to, as Dr. Walker terms it, an obesogenic profile of energy consumption as a consequence of potentially chronic sleep loss.”

“Findings from a new study indicate that boys born to obese women perform poorly in measures of motor skills and intelligence compared to children born to healthy weight women. The study involved 368 children born to low-income African American or Dominican women living in the United States.”

“Omega-3 fatty acids are polyunsaturated fats that are essential for human health. They participate in pathways involved in the biosynthesis of hormones that regulate blood clotting and the contraction and relaxation of artery walls.”

“Vitamin D is a steroid hormone that participates in many aspects of human health, including regulation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, an endocrine system that plays key roles in blood pressure control.”

“Primary aldosteronism is a disorder in which the body's adrenal glands produce too much aldosterone, a hormone that regulates blood pressure by balancing sodium and potassium levels in the body.”

“Vitamin D is a steroid hormone that plays critical roles in many physiological processes, including blood pressure regulation, immune function, and cell growth. Findings from a new study suggest that vitamin D prevents dementia.”

“Researchers measured the amount of insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) produced by various cells in the hippocampus of rodents. IGF2, a peptide hormone produced in multiple tissues, regulates growth during fetal development and participates in the cell cycle throughout the lifespan.”

“They found that low to moderate concentrations of the compound (less than 500 μg/mL) increased the production of genes involved in hair growth and enhanced the activity of receptors for oxytocin, a hormone, in the cells.”