Blog Posts - Hormones

My best friend is not one of the most subtle or caring of characters to grace this earth. However I was a pleasantly surprised when he took the time to ask me about how I was finding fatherhood. I reluctantly found myself opening up about how the la...

For me becoming a mum was a wonderful thing - all of my other achievements paled into insignificance. I felt I’d found purpose in my life, my new baby daughter became the reason I wanted to succeed and everything was hunky dorky until… I lost mys...

The echidna is a pretty strange mammal. Most notably, it is the only mammal other than the platypus that lays eggs. I've discussed in an earlier post why that doesn't disqualify it from being a mammal, but it is undeniably unusual. It's not even the...

The thyroid gland affects the function of all organs in the body. In fact, thyroid hormones control how your body metabolizes food for energy, i.e. your metabolism rate, meaning your brain, heart, muscles, liver, and other parts of your body function...

Je chasse des animaux libres et sauvages, dans un boisé très familier. Je chasse à l'arc, parce que j'endosse complètement la responsabilité, de la mort du chevreuil que je tue. Ceux qui croient que la viande pousse, dans les supermarchés font...

Here are some of the functions of estrogen:It stimulates the rebuilding of the uterine lining after menstruation; it helps cells in the Fallopian tubes, uterus and vagina divide and mature, and it helps to maintain the structure of the vagina and pre...

Earlier while cleaning our front yard, I remembered creating this infographics about serotonin several years ago. I'd like to refresh my memory so I opted to post it again.

FSH stands for follicle stimulating hormone, and is one of the more important ways in which the brain talks to the ovaries. Simply, the brain releases FSH when it wants the ovaries to mature an egg; as the ovaries choose and mature the egg, hormone p...

Many women can and do get pregnant over 40. Some women retain their fertility right up into menopause. Some women have no trouble getting pregnant without any help, no matter their age. Some women just need a bit of fine-tuning to enable them to carr...

At 44 I thought I was doing pretty well. I suffered with depression at a very young age, but got over that in 3 months. I then got depression after my dad died. It didn’t seem to lift, until I went on Seroxat years later, but also around 1999/2000...

We all have roles in relationships and in ours, we try and share the burden of all responsibilities in the house and with the baby. Could I personally do more? Yes! Taking over some of the responsibilities that weren’t previously mine would certain...

by Kevin DiDonato, MS, CSCS, CESNext to water and green tea, coffee is the most consumed beverage in the world.In fact, there are over 113 million people who consume at least one cup of coffee per day.It has been shown that coffee drinkers,...

Whoever decided to chop a pregnancy into thirds was slightly short sighted in my opinion. Granted I understand the obvious logic around the three trimesters, but by association I guess it’s easy to fall into the trap of assuming a lot of the proble...

After experiencing depression while training to become a physician, I developed an interest in happiness and have studied, and taught, ways to create positivity and joy. A study published in Psychological Science in 2008 found that certain inherit...

With the advancement of science and technology this hormone was successfully produced and given a clean bill for use by the FDA. The part of the body responsible for producing this hormone is known as the pituitary gland found in the brain. Its absen...

It’s a biological fact that as most people age their arms and legs become visibly smaller. This is due to shrinkage of the muscles. Along with smaller muscles comes less strength and the increased risk of falling and fracturing or breaking a bone.

Southern flying squirrelStress is, it seems, an inevitable part of life. You just can't get away from it altogether, and that applies to animals as much as it does to humans. True, they tend to get stressed out about different things, not being able...

Prohormone supplements are used by people who want to build muscle mass and strength and are therefore popular with athletes like wrestlers and bodybuilders. Their action is very similar to the action of anabolic steroids or testosterone but they wor...

As we know, our emotions and behavior is tightly connected with our biochemistry. When we are stressed, the body produces Cortisol, Adrenaline and other chemicals which help us react to the situations. It prepares our muscles, our cardio-vascular sys...

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