Sentences with phrase «body produces slightly»

The condition occurs when a woman's body produces slightly higher amounts of testosterone and other androgen hormones than normal.

Among the most common hormone disorders in women of reproductive age, PCOS occurs when a women's body produces slightly higher amounts of testosterone and other androgen hormones — sex hormones typically associated with men, but also found in women — than normal.

Not exact matches

For optimal health, our body's pH should be neutral to slightly alkaline; when it is too acidic the body buffers this acidity by releasing calcium and magnesium from bones and breaking down muscle to produce ammonia (strongly alkaline).

This would suggest that those with darker skin tones should supplement at slightly higher doses because their bodies are even less likely to be able to produce adequate Vitamin D from the sun alone.

Due to the shape of the boosters, each of them actually created three sonic booms — one being produced by the bottom end where the engines are located, another by the landing legs which rest against the body of the booster but jut slightly outwards, and a third by the fins.