Sentences with phrase «secrete higher levels of hormones»

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Cortisol is one of the most influential hormones in the human body, often referred to as the stress hormone because it's secreted into the bloodstream at higher levels as part of the body's flight - or - fight response.

Stress typically secretes cortisol into the bloodstream, earning the hormone the common label of «the stress hormone,» meaning that it is present in the body at higher levels during the «fight or flight» response to stress.

Rice (white rice especially) is a dense source of high glycaemic index carbohydrates which means that when we consume rice, the blood glucose levels increase along with the hormone insulin secreted by the pancreas.

High levels of androgen hormones causes sebaceous glands to secrete excess sebum as well as skin cells growing quickly.3

In this particular dog's case, the glands were enlarged and were secreting an excessive amount of a hormone that caused the animal's blood calcium level to be elevated dangerously high.

Functional tumors of the adrenal glands (these secrete catecholamines i.e. epinephrine / adrenaline) and high circulating thyroid hormone levels (hyperthyroidism) may also result in high blood pressure.