Page 32 - The Miracle of Hormones

Obeying the growth hormone, our cells construct our
faces with perfect balance and symmetry. The cells
meticulously obey the command they receive and
grow in proportion to one another. Otherwise, the sym-
metry in the human face would not be possible; if the
nose grew too large, the cheekbones may not develop.
Or, if the eye grew but the eye sockets did not, the eye
would not be able to perform its function.

the body, without even knowing what they are doing, produce the
growth hormone (and cease producing it) when necessary. A perfect sys-
tem has been created that controls every stage of growth and secretion of
this hormone.
It is another wonder that the growth hormones command some cells
to increase in size and others to multiply by cell division because the hor-
mones that reach each kind of cell are identical to each other. How the cell
that receives the command must react is written in its genetic code. The
growth hormone issues the command to grow; how that growth will
occur is recorded in the cell. This shows the power and magnificence of
creation at every point in the development of the human body.
Yet another very important point is the fact that the growth hormone
affects most body cells. If some cells obeyed the growth hormones and
others did not, the result would be a disaster. For example, if the heart
cells obeyed the commands of the growth hormone but the cells in the rib

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