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A Single Hormone in Men May Predict Their Future Health
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A Single Hormone in Men May Predict Their Future Health

02 January 2023 By DAVID NIELD (Fizkes/iStock/Getty Images Plus) A variety of age-related illnesses – including bone weakness, sexual dysfunction, diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease – can be predicted by a single hormone that appears at a steady level in men across the course of their lives, new research reveals. That hormone is INSL3, and it first appears during puberty....

A single hormone directs body’s responses to low-protein diet
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A single hormone directs body’s responses to low-protein diet

PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER IMAGE: WHEN THE LIVER DETECTS LOW LEVELS OF PROTEIN, IT ACTIVATES CELLS THAT PRODUCE FGF21 AND RELEASE THE HORMONE INTO THE BLOODSTREAM. FGF21 IS THEN CARRIED TO TARGET CELLS (NEURONS) IN THE BRAIN. THOSE CELLS HIT THE ALARM BUTTON WHEN THEY SEE FGF21, SIGNALING THAT PROTEIN INTAKE IS TOO LOW.THE BRAIN...