Dopamine Part 2 - How Does Dopamine Affect Us?

Aging Leads to Obesity

Just as lower brain energy affects the rest of the body, the rest of the aging body affects brain energy. Before you start any diet regimen, get a full checkup to see if there are other possible contributing factors to your weight gain. Medications, including some that are prescribed for depression and epilepsy, can increase appetite, so be sure to ask your physician if your weight gain is a side effect from any medication you may be taking.

Cardiopause/vasculopause:

Changes in blood flow affect the brain, which results in a reduced metabolic rate. 

The immune system:

The loss of immunity causes increased infection, which challenges the brain and results in brain trauma. Once the brain is injured, it craves carbohydrates. While you are experiencing these cravings, it is difficult to manage food selections properly. The loss of thyroid hormone can also alter your metabolic rate. 

Male aging sexuality:

The loss of testosterone results first in abdominal obesity and then in total body obesity as muscle turns to fat. 

Female aging sexuality:

The loss of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone results in roughly 10 pounds of weight gain per decade beginning at about age 30. 

Muscular skeletal aging:

The loss of growth hormone results in a decreased ability of the body to convert fat to muscle, the loss of muscle and bone, and the loss of physical strength. The loss of control of the parathyroid hormone bursting results in an increase of parathyroid hormone throughout the body and a loss in calcitonin, which can affect bone density, which can alter food selection. Remember, frail bones, frail brain, frail body, and frail life. When we are in a malnourished state, we crave unhealthy, calorie-dense foods such as french fries, potato chips, sweets, and pasta. Changes in bone density also impact overall health and emotional stress; when we become frail and feeble, we lose motivation for a healthy lifestyle and begin to make bad food choices.

Metabolic Syndrome

A common illness related to obesity is metabolic syndrome, a cluster of symptoms including impaired insulin sensitivity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and a large waist size. It’s amazing how the medical community talks about metabolic syndrome without connecting it to the aging body. Once you unlock the power of the AgePrint, you will understand that metabolic syndrome is a brain chemical disorder of dopamine.

A recent study found that when overweight patients with metabolic syndrome were put on diets similar to the one we recommend, the results were remarkable. These diets were designed to give participants 500 fewer calories than their daily caloric need while increasing consumption of fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy products, and whole grains and reducing consumption of red meat, sweets, and refined grains. During the study, the participants had higher HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol), lower triglycerides, lower blood pressure, greater weight loss, and more improved fasting glucose than those not on the diet.

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