Sentences with phrase «main hormones control»

Two main hormones control these processes, estrogen, and progesterone.

Not exact matches

This is because hormones in birth control, the main culprit being estrogen, can affect the taste of breast milk and pass to the baby during feeding, and have been shown to contribute to low milk supply.

• It makes hormones (chemicals made from glands), the most important of which is insulin, which control how the body uses and stores sugar (glucose), its main source of energy.

It's true — products marketed as «reduced calorie,» «sugar - free,» and «diet» can actually sabotage your weight control efforts.19 The two main ingredients of aspartame, phenylalanine and aspartic acid, stimulate the release of insulin and leptin — hormones which instruct your body to store fat.

One of the main mechanisms through which Rhodiola Rosea controls stress is by reducing excessive levels of cortisol, the stress hormone that is notorious for causing acne.

The main mechanisms of action of phytochemicals are: antioxidant activities, modulation of detoxification enzymes, decreasing of platelet aggregation, alterations in cholesterol metabolism, control of concentrations of steroid hormones and endocrine metabolism, reduction of blood pressure, and antibacterial and antiviral activities.

So there you have it, the three main areas of interest for an acne patient are the megadose risk, hormone regulation, and homocysteine control.

The reason is simple: Cortisol, the main stress hormone, controls the levels of the other key hormones in your body, including thyroid, estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone.

The HPA axis is composed of the two regulatory control centers in the brain: the hypothalamus and pituitary gland, which secrete stimulatory neurotransmitters that signal the adrenal glands to produce cortisol, the body's main anti-stress hormone.

This is system is controlled by 2 main hormones: cortisol and insulin (glucagon and epinephrine also play a role) that are in sort of a tug of war to keep you balanced out.

Its main responsibility is for producing hormones which control the various other endocrine glands in the body.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, the main conditions that present questionable or unacceptable health risks for combined hormone contraceptives (those containing both estrogen and a progestin) are if the individual: