Wellness Mama Queen

If your   circulatory system is a superhighway, your hormones are some of the most important traffic traveling those critical thoroughfares. Likening hormones to cars shows these complex molecules as simply vehicles. And that’s exactly what they are. Hormones are constantly driving through your internal highways to transport messages and signals between your body systems and organs. For example, when you’ve eaten a meal, the hormone insulin enters the highway from the pancreas. Then it races through the bloodstream to collect glucose and deliver it to your cells for energy. Let’s broaden this driving metaphor. If hormones are various vehicles, then the glands that produce them are like car manufacturers. These manufacturers are all a part of the larger controlling body—your endocrine system. The endocrine system employs vehicle (or hormone) manufacturers throughout the body: the pancreas, thyroid, adrenal, ovaries, and testes to name a few. Let’s take a closer look at the major hor...

Most women undergoing menopause also notice significant weight gains  during this time. This is often attributed to age-related changes in their hormonal balance. However, weight loss and hormones share a tentative link at every phase of life, and this applies to men too. Find out more about this delicate balance here.  The Link Between Weight Loss and Hormones Hormones are part of an intricate regulatory system in our bodies called the endocrine. They’re like tiny messengers delivering updates to hormone receptors located in numerous internal systems. These hormone receptors are like docking bays for these messengers circulating throughout our bodies.  In this way, hormones help regulate the delicate balance between various parts of our bodies and control several body functions. These are: Emotional wellbeing Growth and development Immunity Metabolism  When your hormones and your hormone receptors experience a lapse in communication, or these messages become le...