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THE MIRACLE OF HORMONES

Children especially have a high rate of metabolism. This is because they
obtain a higher energy production from the nutrients in their cells. It is the
thyroxine hormone that determines and supervises the speed at which the
body cells work.

For example, most young people, especially those still in the process
of growth, have a very high rate of metabolism, and the food they con-
sume is quickly turned into energy. In other words, the nutrients they eat
are quickly burned so that they do not gain weight easily. Generally, as
people grow older, there is no difference in their appetite but, if they eat
the same amount of food as when they were younger, they gain weight.
The reason for this is that, when they were younger, the body cells pro-
duce energy from their food at a higher rate. When a person gets older,

the energy produced by the cells from the burning of nutrients is lower
and unburned food is stored in the body as fat.
If you were a factory owner, you would work to ensure that your
employees worked in the most productive manner and, at the same time,
you would make sure that they paid attention to their own health and

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