Health
The secret to a healthy body and mind? Mastering your hormones – Telegraph.co.uk
The way we feel and almost all of our bodily functions are influenced by our hormones, and we have more control over them than we think
It was as recently as 1992, says Dr Lisa Mosconi, that scientists discovered that oestrogen and testosterone, hitherto thought of as sex hormones, had an integral part to play in brain function. Womens brains, says Dr Mosconi, use more oestrogens than male brains, which use more androgens (a category that includes testosterone). Of these oestrogens, says Dr Mosconi, oestradiol is the most potent form. It pushes your neurons to burn glucose to make energy. So if your oestradiol is high, your brai…
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