Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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 THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
One word encapsulates what the endocrine system is about: hormones. Physiologically, hormones control much of what you feel—moody, tired, hungry, hot, or cold. Women who are reading this know exactly what I'm talking about, and for that matter I am sure the men reading this know, too. The endocrine system regulates development, growth, reproduction, and behavior through an intricate system of hormones. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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 Allen Silverstone, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University at Syracuse, has been demonstrating in the lab how endocrine disruptors disturb the regulation of the immune system, given the profound influence the endocrine system has over the workings of our immune cells. When our endocrine system's exquisite communication network goes on the blink, the immune system's network can go haywire as well. |
Victoria Boutenko, M.A.
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 The process of homeostasis in the human body is tightly connected to the endocrine system. Homeostatic balance depends on the performance of the endocrine glands. If the glands do not secrete the proper amount of hormones, the homeostatic balance in the body will shift and disease could start.
The glands of the endocrine system and the hormones they release influence almost every cell, organ, and function of our body. The endocrine system is instrumental in regulating mood, growth and development, tissue function, and metabolism, as well as sexual function, and reproductive processes. |
Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.
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 The neuroendocrine theory of aging proposed that eventual failure of the endocrine system leads to gradual systemic failure of the body. Basically, the theory states that the hypothalamus and pituitary—control centers for much of the endocrine system—begin to fail, leading to disruptions in immunity, metabolism, and other physiological functions. But, while it is true that many people's endocrine systems begin to fail with age, it is more likely that progressive endocrine failure is a product of the aging process itself, rather than its cause. |
David Steinman
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 The body's endocrine system is responsible for sending hormonal mesages to our glands and organs. When everything is operating without interference, fetuses, babies, and children grow to become healthy adults. But when the endocrine system is influenced by outside chemicals such as DDT, confusing messages are sent to our cells, leading to genetic malfunctions that result in gross or subtle cellular changes that can cause many problems. In male babies, this could mean a child born with undescended testicles or who is susceptible to testicular cancer. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
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 Endocrine System and Metabolism
The endocrine system produces hormones, substances secreted by an organ into the blood that travel to other areas in the city to help keep other things young when secreted in the right amounts. Think of hormones as fertilizer. In the right amounts, they keep your hair, skin, and energy system working well. Your hormones can aid repair and help keep you young. As you age, hormone levels may increase, decrease, or remain relatively unchanged. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| Consuming animal meats and/or processed milk means consuming the accompanying hormones which can alter the human endocrine system. The average shoe size of American children has increased in recent years. Women are developing breasts and starting their menstrual cycles at
Endocrine System:
The system of glands regulating bodily processes, including the Hypothalamus, Pineal, Pituitary, Thyroid, Parathyroid, very early ages, primarily due to the combination of growth hormones, testosterone, and estrogen ancj Adrenal glands ingested through meat, milk, and cheese products. |
Mark Schapiro
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 This was pretty strong language from two of America's most eminent specialists on the developing endocrine system. It certainly caught my attention. But in science, of course, nothing is ever clear-cut. Forests get clear-cut, scientific conclusions are rarely so. Decisiveness is rare in science, where one finding is as likely to raise further questions as it is to resolve others.
At the health committee hearing, representatives from the chemical and toy industries challenged Swan and Gray's findings. |
Victoria Boutenko, M.A.
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| To make it really simple, the endocrine system in a human body acts like a factory combined with a supermarket that manufactures and supplies every substance requested by any gland or organ at any time, in any needed quantity. What would such factory need? An abundance of high quality supplies! Similarly, the endocrine system in our body absolutely needs all nutrients, including vitamins, amino acids, carbohydrates, essential fatty acids, minerals and all trace elements. Supplying all of these nutrients to our body is critical for good health. |
Mike Adams
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 These chemicals have a side effect, however: They turn off the appetite control mechanism regulated by your endocrine system, according to Dr. Russell Blaylock, the world's foremost authority on such chemicals and the author of Excitotoxins.
As Dr. Blaylock explains, these taste-enhancing chemicals pass through the blood-brain barrier and impair the functioning of the endocrine system and its appetite regulation capabilities. This is clearly observed in laboratory experiments with mice that are fed MSG. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 These cases are due to the immature endocrine system, particularly the immature function of the hypothalamus. Perimenopausal women account for approximately 50 percent of DUB cases due to waning ovarian function. As the ovary ages, it becomes less efficient in completing the ovulatory process. Initially there is a decrease in progesterone production, which causes shorter cycles. As the aging process progresses, ovulation becomes less frequent, resulting in a variable length of the menstrual cycle and a variation in the duration of the flow. |
| These adapto-gens, believed to help the body adapt to stress by supporting the adrenal glands and endocrine system, as well as the antioxidant and stimulating compounds that were later discovered in rhodiola, are responsible for its medicinal properties.
Animal studies looking at the effect of rhodiola on thyroid function, adrenal function, and ovarian egg maturation have raised interest in rhodiola for endocrine problems in humans. Forty women suffering from amenorrhea (loss of menstrual cycles) were given 100 mg of rhodiola twice daily for two weeks or an injection for 10 days. |
Mark Schapiro
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| But what is clear is that chemicals interact with the body in multifarious ways: Some have similar molecular structures to the body's own hormones and insinuate themselves directly into the endocrine system; they mimic the body's own natural chemical messengers. Others lodge in the hospitable environment of fatty tissue; petrochemicals, that is., those made from a petroleum base, penetrate the oil-based membranes of the cells. However their mode of entry, once in the body they may wreak their destructive powers, often in concert with other synthetic substances, decades from now. |
Ron Garner
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 Immune function is enhanced. The endocrine system works more harmoniously. The lymphatic system becomes more fluid for effective drainage and elimination of cellular debris. We begin to notice the difference because we have more energy and feel better.
Colon Cleansing
As long as the colon remains toxic, the liver and other organs will remain congested. Once we clear out the pollution at the "bottom end," the pressure is relieved, and the rest of the body is able to start dumping its toxins. |
| The basic building blocks, or starter hormones, for the endocrine system are also manufactured in the liver from complete amino acids, which are only supplied from raw protein in the diet.
The liver is truly magnificent and definitely one of the master organs of the body. It is impossible to have a healthy body without a healthy liver. Restoring and maintaining the health of the liver must always be a high priority because a free and healthy flow of bile is central to our health. |
| Interferes with the body's endocrine system. Such interference is linked to low body temperature, cold feet, disturbed emotions and behavior, and suicidal tendencies. þInterferes with enzyme function, digestion, and assimilation. Can increase blood pressure.
Is linked to fertility problems in both males and females.
Each of the metals that compose mercury amalgams is poisonous, but they also react in combination to form more toxic products. Dr. Huggins states that the new high-copper amalgams (about 30% copper) release mercury 50 times faster than the older conventional amalgams. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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| When our endocrine system's exquisite communication network goes on the blink, the immune system's network can go haywire as well.
Silverstone, an unassuming sixty-four-year-old immunologist whose own wife has suffered greatly from rheumatoid arthritis, began to investigate the role of endocrine disruptors on the immune system after developing successful target therapies for childhood leukemia. "I thought cancer was messy," he says. "But autoimmunity is so much messier."
One particular endocrine receptor interests Silverstone in particular. |
Ron Garner
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| These are the building blocks for the liver to make hormones and hormone precursors for the brain and glands of the endocrine system.
Anti-Aging Supplements
Many companies have jumped on the anti-aging bandwagon after it was discovered that the pituitary gland can actually be fed the necessary precursors that allow it to increase its natural production of hgh. If you decide to look into this mode of supplementation, be sure the product you select is made entirely from natural ingredients. Basically, you need to look for a supplement that will feed the body, not stimulate it. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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 Bee pollen is thought to balance the endocrine system and provide specific benefits for menstrual and prostate disorders. Proponents also claim that bee pollen can improve sexual performance, prevent infection and cancer, prolong life, produce weight loss or weight gain, and aid the treatment of renal disease, colitis, and skin blemishes (Mirkin 1989; Mansfield et al 1981).
Chinese Medicine: Bee pollen is used for building blood, reducing cravings for sweets and alcohol, as a radiation protectant, cancer inhibitor, a nutritive, a diuretic, and hemostatic agent. |
Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey
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 Its bioenergetic correlation is not so much to the endocrine system as it is to increasing blood supply, and its focus is less about function than it is about facilitating the integration of mind and body.
Use of either the Male or Female Energetic Star Infoceuticals may stimulate physical and bioenergetic detoxification because the endocrine glands can store toxins and when these glands begin to work more effectively they can more easily excrete those toxins. Peter's matching experiments indicate that tin and lead both are particularly deleterious to sexual function. |
| Through the endocrine system, Energetic Integrator 9 bioenergetically affects the entire thyroid gland, adrenal medulla, and serotonin production in the pituitary gland. It has widely distributed correlations to specific parts of the brain, heart, and the mucosae of the body, as reviewed in the following lists. |
Tom Bohager
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 Enzymes can be used to improve digestion, particularly the digestion of fats and carbohydrates; improve energy levels; and support proper functioning of the endocrine system and organs. |
Jeffrey M. Smith
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 They typically fail to investigate the impacts of GM food on gut function, liver function, kidney function, the immune system, the endocrine system, blood composition, allergic response, effects on the unborn, the potential to cause cancer, or impacts on gut bacteria. In addition, the industry-funded studies have become notorious for using creative ways to avoid finding problems. |
Andreas Moritz
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 The mice had lesions in the hypothalamus of the brain—the part that is prominently involved with the functions of the autonomic nervous system and endocrine system. Hormonal imbalances often lead to obesity.
As of May 13, 2004 more than 150 studies confirmed this earlier piece of research. There are now more studies on the effects of MSG on the hypothalamus leading to obesity than on the effects of aspartic acid. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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| Recently, scientists from the Environmental Protection Agency wondered whether contaminants that harm the endocrine system might produce a more toxic effect when they act in combination. As it turns out, blends of certain synthetic compounds do create a synergistic effect; two weakly estrogenic compounds create a more potent hit than one compound on its own. The harmful effects of endocrine disruptors are increased two- to threefold when these different chemicals act in unison to block endocrine receptors from normal functioning. |
| A growing body of new science on low-dose exposures suggests to investigators that even minute traces of many common chemicals— at levels that have been touted by industry and some scientists to be biologically safe—can affect our cell activity by sending out artificial messages to the body through our endocrine system. |
| Add in the fact that Jan had recently increased her estrogen levels by going on birth-control pills, which may have toyed slightly with her endocrine system. A little more in the barrel. Mix in whatever industrial load of contaminants Jan might have stored up in her bloodstream and tissue over the course of her forty-nine years—which we can only guess at, based on the high amount of contaminants found in other women of her age—and which may already have been slightly, if unobtrusively, tinkering with the messages her cells are sending to one another. |
Stacy Malkan
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 In the 1996 book Our Stolen Future, zoologist Theo Colborn, PhD, documented countless reproductive and developmental disorders in wildlife and traced them back to synthetic chemicals that were interfering with the endocrine system, the body's main communication network that uses hormone messengers to regulate reproductive and developmental processes.14 At low levels, some synthetic chemicals can
• Mixtures of chemicals can have enhanced and unexpected health effects. |
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