Nestled at the base of your neck, the thyroid gland—shaped like a butterfly—controls many of your body’s chemical processes. Energy levels, body temperature, and metabolic rate—these all depend on the thyroid hormones thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). Your thyroid gland works hard to produce them. Hormones are body-wide messengers. They affect nearly every cell, altering.. [Read More]
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If you want to keep your hormones in sync, eating healthy is what you should consider. Your body has over 200 hormones, and each hormone carries a message to your body and your mind. Eating healthy food helps those hormones to function well. The name hormone was derived from the Greek word hormao meaning “I excite”. .. [Read More]