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INSANE WAYS THAT HORMONES CONTROL YOUR LIFE FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

Added on: 5th Nov 2016

 

CUDDLING HAS BEEN FOUND TO RELEASE

OXYTOCIN, A HORMONE THAT REDUCES

SWELLING AND ACTUALLY HELPS

HEAL PHYSICAL INJURIES

Cuddling has been found to release Oxytocin, a hormone that reduces swelling and actually helps heal physical injuries

 

 

YOU CAN ACTUALLY ACCUMULATE SLEEP DEBT.

THIS MEANS THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU SLEPT

10 HOURS EACH OF THE LAST 3 NIGHTS, YOUR

HORMONES AND OTHER SYSTEMS HAVEN'T

FULLY RECUPERATED FROM THAT WEEK

WHERE YOU ONLY SLEPT 3 HOURS PER

NIGHT. EVENTUALLY THIS CAN LEAD TO

OBESITY, HEART DISEASE, AND OTHER

NEGATIVE EFFECTS

You can actually accumulate sleep debt. This means that just because you slept 10 hours each of the last 3 nights, your hormones and other systems haven't fully required from that week where you only sleep 3 hours per night. Eventually this can lead to obesity, heart disease, and other negative effects

 

 

DURING WORLD WAR II, THE ALLIES CONSIDERED

INJECTING OESTROGEN INTO HITLER'S FOOD TO

MAKE HIM LESS AGGRESSIVE AND CAUSE HIS

MOUSTACHE TO FALL OFF

During World War II, the Allies considered injecting estrogen into Hitler's food to make him less aggressive and cause his mustache to fall off

 

 

WOMEN TEND TO REMAIN IN AN AGITATED STATE

FOR LONGER THAN MEN FOLLOWING ARGUMENTS

BECAUSE THEIR NERVOUS SYSTEM AND

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM REMAIN "CHARGED" FOR LONGER

Women tend to remain in an agitated state for longer than men fallowing arguments because their nervous system and endocrine system remain

 

 

WEARING SUNGLASSES CAN ACTUALLY MAKE YOU

MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO BEING SUNBURNED.

NORMALLY, YOUR EYES SENSE BRIGHT LIGHT

WHICH TELLS THE PITUITARY GLAND TO

RELEASE MSH (MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONE)

WHICH CAUSES MORE MELANIN TO BE RELEASED

Wearing sunglasses can actually make you more susceptible to being sunburned. Normally, your eyes sense bright light which tells the pituitary gland to release MSH (Melanocyte-stimulating hormone) which causes more melanin to be released

 

 

RESEARCHERS AT THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF

SCIENCE IN ISRAEL FOUND THAT THE SMELL OF

WOMEN'S TEARS REDUCED TESTOSTERONE

LEVELS IN MEN

Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel found that the smell of women's tears reduced testosterone levels in men

 

 

WHEN YOU ARE FALLING IN LOVE YOUR BRAIN

RELEASES THE SAME HORMONES THAT WOULD

BE RELEASED IF YOU WERE HIGH ON DRUGS

(DOPAMINE, NOREPINEPHRINE, AND SEROTONIN)

When you are falling in love your brain releases the same hormones that would be released if you were high on drugs (dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin)

 

 

JUST ONE NIGHT OF SLEEPLESSNESS CAN TRIGGER

INSULIN RESISTANCE WHICH IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF

TYPE 2 DIABETES

Just one night of sleeplessness can trigger insulin resistance which is a major cause of Type 2 Diabetes

 


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