Sentences with phrase «certain bodily functions»

I wanted to look into the taboos around certain bodily functions, and how the body's orifices have been organized in a hierarchical structure.

Protein forms enzymes that turn food into energy, and it also helps create hormones that are responsible for certain bodily functions.

Hormones are chemical messengers that travel through the brain and body to stimulate certain bodily functions, like growth.

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Intense exercise takes more out of the body than regular daily bodily functions as such, the athlete is likely to need a higher amount of certain vitamins and minerals than the general recommended daily amount as put forth the by FDA and various medical associations.

And how about mineral water containing inorganic minerals that our body can not process and that disrupt and negatively alter certain bodily organs, functions, and other stuff?

If leptin signalling is weak — ie, if our body fat levels are too low, or if we exercise too often — then the lack of leptin crossing the blood - brain barrier into the hypothalamus signals to the hypothalamus that the body is starving, and certain extraneous bodily functions such as reproduction cease.

It is thought that possessing certain probiotics, especially the Lactobacillus strain, will limit the absorption of the fats in your diet and increase the amount you get rid of through normal bodily functions — so you're essentially storing less unnecessary fat.

However, such a policy will also pay a benefit should you lose a limb or certain necessary bodily functions.