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Health is the New Wealth
- 1. The HEALTH of today is the WEALTH of
tomorrow
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- 30. Environmental
Internal
External
Epigenomic
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- 32. Functions of Estrogen
• Stimulates the production of choline
acetyltransferase, an enzyme which prevents
Alzheimer’s disease
• Increases metabolic rate
• Improves insulin sensitivity
• Regulates body temperature
• Helps prevent muscle damage
• Helps maintain muscle
• Improves sleep
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- 33. Functions of Estrogen
• Decreases blood pressure
• Decreases LDL and prevents its oxidation
• Helps maintain memory
• Increases reasoning and new ideas
• Helps with fine motor skills
• Increases the water content of skin and is
responsible for its thickness and softness
• Enhances the production of nerve-growth factor
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- 34. Estrogen & Altered Sense Of Time
• Forgetting appointments more or not
anticipating events of personal importance
with the same accuracy
• Forgetting important events in your personal
history timeline, i.e., which breast you had
biopsied
• “Living more in the moment”
out of necessity: a
“spliced-film-frames”
sense of personal time
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- 35. Function Of Testosterone
• Half of healthy men between the ages of 50-
70 years will have a testosterone level below
the lowest level
seen in healthy
men 20-40 years of age
Korenman, S., et al. (1990). Secondary hypogonadism in older men: Its relationship to impotence.” Journal of
Clinical Endocrinology, 71:963-969.
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- 36. Function Of Testosterone
• Sex hormone
• Receptors all over a male’s body
• Involved in the making of protein and muscle
formation
• Helps manufacture bone
• Improves oxygen uptake
throughout the body
• Helps control blood sugar
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- 37. Time for a
break!
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