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THE MIRACLE OF HORMONES

to divide causing our bodies to gain 200 million new cells every minute. 5
These cells replace old and damaged cells. By this means, the total num-
ber of cells remains constant.
The growth hormone has a special design by which it brings several
factors into use to ensure cell division and growth.
For cell division and growth to occur, it is first necessary that the
cells increase in size, which is possible only through an increase in their
amount of protein. So, the growth hormone has a special function in
accelerating the production of protein in the cell.
It is known that protein production occurs as the result of a complex
process. Scientists have been able to understand only some of the super-
ficial elements in this process after long years of research. In order to pro-
duce one molecule to accelerate the operation of this system, it is
necessary to know all aspects of it. The fact that the growth hormone has
a design that enables it to speed up the production of protein is a proof
that the system that produces protein and the growth hormone are creat-
ed by God to act in harmony with each other and perform their functions
according to His command.
The growth hormone not only ensures the acceleration of the syn-
thesis of protein, but also ensures that the requisite amount of raw mate-
rial enters the cells for this purpose. The main material needed for the
synthesis of protein is amino acids, the building blocks of protein. As if
they were aware of this information, the growth hormone stimulates the
cell membrane so that it can receive more amino acids.
In order to speed up the synthesis of protein, the metabolism of the
cell must also be accelerated and, to this end, the growth hormone coop-
erates with other hormones. The thyroid hormone secreted during the
period of growth accelerates the metabolic activities of the cells.
In order for all this to happen, one more very important thing is
needed: energy. Even if all the systems we have mentioned so far were
perfect, they would be of no use without a source of energy. Without
energy, the growth process could not occur. But the human body has
been so perfectly planned that this need too has been provided for. In

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