CRAZY WAYS THAT HORMONES CONTROL YOUR LIFE FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
Added on: 24th Aug 2016
DIABETES IS THE MOST COMMON ENDOCRINE
(HORMONE) DISORDER IN THE UNITED STATES.
IT AFFECTS 8% OF THE POPULATION
BREASTFEEDING RELEASES OXYTOCIN WHICH HELPS
REDUCE UTERINE BLEEDING AND CAUSES THE
UTERUS TO RETURN TO ITS PRE-PREGNANCY SIZE
IN ANCIENT GREECE, HIPPOCRATES USED TO TEST
HIS PATIENTS FOR DIABETES BY TASTING THEIR
URINE (DIABETICS HAVE "SWEET" URINE)
ALCOHOL IMPAIRS THE BODY'S PRODUCTION
OF ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE, WHICH TELLS
THE KIDNEYS TO RETAIN WATER. THIS IS WHY
YOU END UP URINATING MORE AND GETTING
DEHYDRATED WHEN YOU DRINK ALCOHOL
YOUR EIGHT HORMONE SECRETING GLANDS AREN'T
THE ONLY THINGS IN YOUR BODY THAT EMIT
HORMONES. A WOMAN'S PLACENTA, FOR EXAMPLE,
RELEASES OESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE.
AND YOUR STOMACH RELEASES GHRELIN
(WHICH INDUCES HUNGER)
SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND A POSITIVE CORRELATION
BETWEEN VITAMIN D AND TESTOSTERONE. LOOSELY
SPEAKING, THE MORE SUN YOU GET, THE HIGHER
YOUR TESTOSTERONE LEVELS
IT WAS IN THE 1800’S THAT SCIENTISTS REALIZED
ORGANS MUST HAVE SOME SORT OF CHEMICAL
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. THE TERM "HORMONE",
HOWEVER, WASN'T USED UNTIL THE 1900’S
WE VIVIDLY REMEMBER FEARFUL OR TRAUMATIC
MOMENTS BECAUSE OUR AMYGDALA RELEASES
ADRENALINE, CORTISOL, AND TEMPORARILY
INCREASES OUR MEMORY FUNCTION
RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND THAT 1 WEEK OF
CAMPING WITHOUT ELECTRONICS RE-CALIBRATES
OUR BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS AND SYNCHRONIZES OUR
MELATONIN HORMONES (RESPONSIBLE FOR
HELPING US SLEEP) WITH THE SUNRISE/SUNSET
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