Sentences with phrase «disrupt normal hormone»

When insects eat neem - coated foliage, the liminoids disrupt normal hormone production and processing, causing a loss of appetite in some insects and interfering with normal reproduction, maturation, and molting patterns in others (2).

For many functional pituitary tumors, even the treatment itself (brain surgery or radiation) can disrupt normal hormone production, leading to hypogonadism (low testosterone).

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Endocrine disrupters, which are found in almost 25 percent of our streams, rivers and lakes, can disrupt the normal functions of the endocrine system by mimicking or blocking the activities of hormones in wildlife leading to impaired development.

Hormone disruptors, formally called endocrine - disrupting compounds (EDCs), are agents that disrupt the normal function of the body's own hormones.

Plus it disrupts normal sleep, and snooze time is when your body produces human growth hormone (HGH), which is needed for building and maintaining muscle mass, says Barbara Lewin, R.D., a Florida - based sports nutritionist who counsels Olympic and professional athletes.

Children exposed prenatally and during infancy to common environmental toxins like dioxin and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) can suffer behavioral, learning, and memory problems because these chemicals may be disrupting the normal action of thyroid hormone.21

These types of chemicals disrupt the normal activity of our hormones

There are a couple of reasons why menopausal women might be experiencing more digestive problems than previously: hormonal imbalance disrupts the natural transit of food in the gut, and stress has an adverse effect on the normal functioning of hormones.

At a certain time of life, this supply of eggs ends; this disrupts body's normal hormonal level; especially estrogen and progesterone hormones which are responsible for regulating many physiological balances.

This inadequate hormone production disrupts the normal chemical balance in your body and can lead to the following symptoms:

Because neutering can be expected to disrupt the normal physiological developmental role of gonadal hormones on multiple organ systems, one can envision the occurrence of disease syndromes, including those listed below, to possibly be affected by neutering as a function of gender and the age at which neutering is performed.