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Your Eight Hormones and Weight Loss
By Greg Landry

copyright 2005 by Greg Landry, M.S.

There are many physical, mental, and physiological benefits to regular exercise. One category of benefits is the impact that exercise has on many of your body's hormones. Hormones are chemical messengers within your body that affect almost all aspects of human function:

1. Growth Hormone - Stimulates protein synthesis (muscle tone/development), and strength of bones, tendons, ligaments, and cartilage. - Decreases use of glucose and increases use of fat as a fuel during exercise. This helps to reduce body fat and to keep blood glucose at a normal level which helps you to exercise for a longer period of time.

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