Sentences with phrase «regulated by hormones»

Furthermore, the common advice «Eat less and exercise more» seldom works for people with thyroid imbalances because weight gain and weight loss are regulated by hormones more than by any other factors.

Many people think that their sex drive is regulated by hormones such as testosterone and estrogen, and that is partly right.

Nearly every physiological function in the body is regulated by hormones — chemical messengers that travel via the bloodstream in the body to target tissues (such as muscles).

Fat storage, and fat loss as well, are both principally regulated by hormones.

Thirst, hunger and body temperature are all features that are also controlled and regulated by hormones.

Sleep is regulated by hormones and hormonal and neurotransmitter imbalance is the hallmark of sleep disturbances.

There is a delicate internal equilibrium regulated by your hormones that keeps you energized and tells your body what to do with the nutrients you take in.

Body weight is mostly regulated by your hormones.

Boldrini says that future research on the ageing brain will continue to explore how neural cell proliferation, maturation, and survival are regulated by hormones, transcription factors, and other inter-cellular pathways.

«It sounds like bragging, but I started a whole field in aging — that aging is regulated by hormones, that it is an evolutionarily conserved process.

Boldrini says that future research on the aging brain will continue to explore how neural cell proliferation, maturation, and survival are regulated by hormones, transcription factors, and other inter-cellular pathways.

Breast milk is created on a supply and demand basis, but it is also regulated by your hormones.

The brain cells that formed when a father interacted with his offspring were also regulated by a hormone called prolactin.

«If aging is regulated by a hormone, it can probably be slowed by a hormone,» says Gary B. Ruvkun of Harvard Medical School.

Blood sugar is partially regulated by the hormone insulin, which is produced by the pancreas, if insulin levels are too low, or the body becomes resistant to its effects, type - 2 diabetes results and high blood sugar levels can cause serious health issues, including heart, kidney and eye damage.

When stress becomes chronic, however, your immune system becomes less sensitive to cortisol, and since inflammation is partly regulated by this hormone, this decreased sensitivity heightens the inflammatory response and allows inflammation to get out of control.

BMR is regulated by the hormone thyroxine; it is increased in hyperthyroidism (by up to 100 %) and decreased in hypothyroidism (by up to 50 %)(74).

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And by lowering the leptin level, the adiponectin will regulate the hormones and release stored fat, also assisting in the weight loss process.

Hunger and satiety signals are regulated by several hormones which are highly adaptive in humans.

Thanks to flavonoids, chocolate actually helps to regulate metabolic activity by lowering stress hormones that can cause you to store more fat.

Maca powder works by nourishing the adrenal glands, which regulate the hormones involved in energy production.

Experts say that breastfeeding prevents ovulation by regulating the hormones that trigger the process.

Omega 3s not only assist in fighting postpartum depression by regulating mood - altering hormones, they help improve the QUALITY of your breastmilk.

As the mother's supply becomes regulated by the baby instead of hormones, and baby isn't doing a great job of milk transfer, supply drops.

Insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas, regulates how much sugar is in the blood.

This fat burner promises to slim down your body post-delivery by pumping up metabolism and regulating cortisol the stress hormone causes weight gain.

The light produced by computer, phone or tablet screens is enough to interfere with the brain's production of melatonin, the hormone that regulates the sleep cycle.

Again, this works by stimulating the hypothalamus and pituitary glands, both of which regulate hormone delivery in the female body.

Other treatments need to be supervised by your doctor, like changing medications (for example, switching to a different antidepressant) or taking additional medications to regulate hormones.

Social behaviors are regulated, in part, by two hormones in the body — oxytocin and vasopressin.

People with diabetes can no longer regulate their blood sugar levels effectively via the hormone insulin, which is produced by beta cells in the pancreas.

Every month, the tissue that lines a woman's womb first thickens, then matures and finally — unless the woman becomes pregnant — degenerates in a cycle that is regulated by changing levels of the female hormones oestrogen and progesterone.

The illness is caused by the loss of so - called pancreatic beta cells, the cells that produce the hormone insulin, which is essential for regulating the use of sugar in the body.

By age 3, four of those children had developed diabetes, in which the body can not regulate blood glucose because it can't make the hormone insulin.

While analyzing molecules excreted by TRPV1 cells in search of anything that might be itch - specific, Hoon and his colleagues came across a small group of the neurons that produce natriuretic polypeptide b (Nppb), a hormone that regulates heart function and can also act as a neurotransmitter.

There are a lot of genes directly regulated by sex hormones, and they are obvious suspects.

GT198, which is also a coactivator of receptors for steroid hormones such as estrogen, is normally regulated by estrogen, Ko said.

Diabetes is characterized by high blood sugar levels poorly regulated by either inadequate insulin production or because cells to not respond properly to the regulating hormone.

Made by bone cells, the FGF23 hormone travels via the bloodstream to cells in all organs, where it regulates many aspects of mineral metabolism.

In addition, the researchers observed that adiponectin regulated the production of glucose by rat liver cells — suggesting that the hormone helps suppress the release of sugar stores.

In a typical brain the balance of sex hormones regulates RORA activity and keeps hormone levels steady, but any imbalance can be exacerbated by this loop.

The lipoprotein transport system holds the key to understanding the mechanisms by which genes, diet, and hormones interact to regulate the plasma cholesterol level in man.

The production of these compounds in the plant is tidily regulated by small hormones, like salicylic and jasmonic acid.

Scientists knew this decrease in ferroportin could be achieved by increasing levels of hepcidin, a hormone which regulates iron levels.

Neurons in the hippocampus regulate the response to stress hormones by making special receptors.

In the paper, «Anti-diabetic action of insulin - degrading enzyme inhibitors mediated by multiple hormones,» the authors reveal results that point to a potential new approach — regulating the degradation of insulin in the blood.

This important hormone, made in the adrenal gland, regulates salt and water balance in the body's circulation and participates in blood pressure stability by acting on the kidneys.

The study found that people with higher BMI levels also had higher levels of leptin, a hormone made by fat tissue that regulates weight, appetite and immune response.

In previous studies, Hu and her group reported that RORA is a novel candidate gene for autism and is regulated in opposite directions by male and female hormones.

These environmental factors in turn regulate two independent physiological mechanisms by controlling the synthesis of two hormones: insulin and ecdysone.