Sentences with phrase «amount of aldosterone»

However, individuals can have too - high or too - low amounts of aldosterone, and both of these can impact aldosterone function.

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So, I would suspect that you drink a normal amount of water, being a healthy guy, but that you probably urinate quite a bit, and you're not actually holding on to that water because your aldosterone's low and you're losing sodium.

Pregnenolone is produced from cholesterol and depending upon the environmental needs it will form into various amounts of progesterone, cortisol, aldosterone and DHEA.

The brain takes its signals from the amount of circulating cortisol — not circulating aldosterone — so high cortisol tends to lower the brain's ACTH production, which in turn decreases aldosterone secretion, leading to lower blood pressure.

Aldosterone is important because it affects the body's ability to regulate blood pressure by sending a message to the kidneys to increase the amount of sodium being released into the bloodstream.

Conversely, when the level of aldosterone lowers, the amount of sodium and water in the body is reduced.

Aldosterone is a chemical that regulates the amount of salt in the body.

This greater water intake can cause an increase in hormones such as aldosterone, which increases the amount of urine and sweat produced by the body.