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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

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

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)

In Ancient Greece, Hippocrates used to test his patients for diabetes by tasting their urine (diabetics have

 

 

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

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)

Your eight hormone secreting glands aren't the only things in your body that emit hormones. A woman's placenta, for example, releases estrogen 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

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

It was in the 1800s that scientists realized organs must have some sort of chemical communication system. The term

 

 

WE VIVIDLY REMEMBER FEARFUL OR TRAUMATIC

MOMENTS BECAUSE OUR AMYGDALA RELEASES

ADRENALINE, CORTISOL, AND TEMPORARILY

INCREASES OUR MEMORY FUNCTION

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

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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