Sentences with phrase «of higher levels of the hormone»

During pregnancy, the muscle contractions that normally move food through your intestines slow down because of higher levels of the hormone progesterone.

During pregnancy, the muscle contractions that normally move food through your intestines slow down because of higher levels of the hormone progesterone.

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Levy reported that in a 2004 study of suburban rail commuters taking the train from New Jersey to Manhattan, «Wener and his coauthor Gary Evans found that the longer their test subjects» journey was, the higher the levels of cortisol (the primary stress hormone) in their saliva, and the more difficult they found to focus on the task of proofreading assigned them at the end of their commute.»

While most of us have higher cortisol levels in the morning, different people's hormones rise and fall at different times, and medications like hormonal birth control pills and medical conditions like obesity can influence when an individual's levels are highest.

Higher levels of circulating ghrelin have corresponded with increased release of growth hormone by the pituitary gland.

In arguing for more research in physiology, he cited «a definitive health survey of nearly 4,500 Vietnam war veterans revealing that men with the highest levels of testosterone — a male sex hormone — were violent and impulsive, committed crimes, abused drugs, were promiscuous, beat their wives and had poor work records.

Hormone levels and muscle mass fall steadily if we age poorly by lack of exercise and eating high glycemic diets.

In 2003, University of Texas psychoacoustics specialist Dennis McFadden found that when measuring the way the brain reacts to sound, lesbians fell in between heterosexual men and straight women, meaning they are exposed to higher than normal levels of male hormone in utero.

It also delivers higher levels of a special fat called conjugated linoleic acid, or CLA, which increases blood flow to the brain, extends the life of brain cells, and counteracts the effects of the stress hormone cortisol.

Those who ate the diet higher in fiber had lower levels of both plasma glucose (blood sugar) and insulin (the hormone that helps blood sugar get into cells).

Research has shown that ECGC in high doses may help increase calorie burn and alter levels of «hunger hormones,» helping to reduce appetite.

Interestingly, a high - protein diet can actually increase levels of your fullness hormones to the point that you feel satisfied with less food.

Signs that the body is being exposed to higher levels of the male hormones include acne, loss of head hair, and an increase in body hair.

But now that we're living in a world full of gmo's, unhealthy sugar, and even dairy loaded with hormones, antibiotics, and even pasteurized at such high levels that no nutrients remain, those delightfully delicious orange drinks aren't exactly sharing the same love and affection that we would wish.

It also has high levels of root - stimulating hormones that help protect against root disease and fungus infestation.

Children's stress rates improved, too: Their daily patterns of rising and falling levels of cortisol, a key stress hormone, were no longer abnormal, as is often the case with children in the high - stress situation that is foster care.

High levels of prolactin also suppress the hormones that enable ovulation and egg growth and maturity.

On top of that twin moms have constant morning sickness due to such high levels of the pregnancy hormones.

Leach says that leaving a baby to cry it out can activate such high levels of the stress hormone cortisol and can deplete levels of oxygen that it can be toxic to a baby's brain.

This ensures that the blood levels of the hormone called prolactin are high enough to suppress your ovulation.

Many mamas find that setting up in front of the TV after baby has gone to bed yields great results — especially because prolactin levels, the hormone which tells your body to produce more milk, are at their highest.

Pregnancy: the levels of two important hormones including progesterone and estrogen go super high during pregnancy.

A great time to do this is late at night or early in the morning when levels of prolactin, the milk - producing hormone are at their highest.

When you cuddle with your baby and smell each other's scent, you both experience higher levels of the hormone oxytocin.

If you want to listen to the rhythms of your body, placenta pills * do * give you an unnaturally high level of pregnancy hormones during postpartum.

At the same time, high levels of prolactin keep the hormones estrogen and progesterone low, which consequently also allows a milk supply to flourish.

Babies that are left to go to sleep by themselves for example have high levels of stress hormones that continue to be there.

Evidence shows that fathers have higher levels of this hormone, which is known to stimulate nurturing behaviors.

Some sources say that the double pump promotes higher levels of prolactin, which is the hormone that signals for milk production.

It was also revealed that dads with significantly higher levels of prolactin tended to be more responsive to their babies and more attached to them than men with lower levels of the hormone.

One study showed that after 10 ABC home visits with foster parents, the children in their care had higher rates of secure attachment, and their levels of the stress hormone cortisol mirrored those of typical, well - cared - for non-foster children.

Memory and learning can become impaired from higher sustained levels of stress hormones.

Chronic health problems can result from high levels of stress hormones that are being released throughout the body.

These factors, combined with high levels of pregnancy hormones estrogen and progesterone, can all make you feel super sleepy.

Temperamentally - inhibited children tend to have higher resting heart rates and higher levels of stress hormones.

Studies have shown that even calm infants in daycare have higher levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, than babies who stay with their mothers.

This is because of the higher levels of prolactin, which is a stress reducing hormone found in high levels within the nursing mother.

Some of the formula recalls in the last few years have been triggered by the discovery of high levels of phytoestrogen hormones, high levels of aluminum and lead, bacterial contamination, unsanitary production linked to gastrointestinal illness, salmonella, and glass particles mixed in with the powder Researchers in the Netherlands found dangerous bacteria, which can cause meningitis and sepsis, in 52.5 percent of the formula samples they cultured from 35 countries.

The team found single men in the group with the highest testosterone levels were the most likely to become fathers, suggesting that the male hormone is associated with attractiveness of men in the eyes of women.

Because our bodies experience such high «highs» in hormone level, we can hit bottom very fast after the delivery of our children.

Bisphenol A mimics the estrogen hormone and at high enough levels could increase the risk of cancer, birth defects or reproductive problems.

Carlsen adds, «Pregnant women who have higher levels of androgens breastfeed less... probably, this is a direct effect of hormones that simply limit nursing ability, by reducing milk production in the breast.»

Although milk, and many milk products, have calcium, vitamin B, and protein, they also have high levels of fat, hormones, and antibiotics.

It is theorized that this is due to the higher level of follicle - stimulating hormone that older women sometimes have as their ovaries respond more slowly to FSH stimulation.

The pregnancy hormone levels, responsible for most of the signs, are even higher in a multiple pregnancy while the elevation of blood volume is also greater to provide oxygen and nutrients to multiple fetuses.

Women with PCOS often develop small, fluid - filled cysts on their ovaries (hence the name), which are not dangerous but lead to higher levels of male hormones in the body.

High levels of cortisol in the blood negatively impact not only growth hormone levels, but also immune function.

And, cows have been selectively bred over time to create high levels of these hormones — those being the cows that grow the fastest and produce the greatest amount of milk.

Criticism of crying it out and sleep training: Though CIO critics sometimes point to a 2012 study finding that babies» levels of the stress hormone cortisol remained high even after they stopped crying and went to sleep on their own, that study has since been under fire for being too small (just 25 babies ages 4 to 10 months old) and flawed because there was no control group and no baseline cortisol levels reported to define what study author Dr. Wendy Middlemiss of the University of North Texas meant by «high.»

Levels of the hormones estrogen and progesterone are sky - high during pregnancy — higher than they will ever be at any other time in a woman's life — and after delivery of the baby and the placenta, they plummet.