THE GROWTH HORMONE
Let’s now talk about a hormone which is more and more used, especially in the USA, in anti-aging therapy. It is the human growth hormone (hGH, or simply GH). As for its chemical structure, basically it is a protein (that is, a chain of amino acids). Therefore, it has nothing to do with steroids. GH
ANTIAGING ESTROGEN MODULATION
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Estrogens are steroid hormones which derive from cholesterol. Together with progesterone, they are the main female hormones. They promote women’s secondary sex characteristics. Actually, they are also present in man, even if in a much reduced amount, since the biochemical process leading to the synthesis of estrogens goes through transitional stages represented by masculine hormones
ANTIAGING CHRONOMORPHOLOGIC DIET
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In the last decades the metabolic syndrome (MS) has become one of the most important pathologies and cause of death in industrialized countries. According to the WHO, the MS is characterized by abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, artery hypertension and insulin resistance. Perspective studies carried out in Italy show that about 19% of people over 45,
ACAI: the health fruit
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New Parma / may-june 2009 It is called Açai (botanical name: Euterpe Oleracea) and comes directly from Parà, in the northern side of the Amazon Rainforest (Brazil), the only place where it grows spontaneously – the reason why these palm trees do not produce fruits somewhere else is still a mystery. The Açai is the