April 27, 2017 @ 7:00 AM
HELP WITH HORMONES
Women sometimes use herbs deemed ‘phyto-estrogens’ and wild yam creams to attempt to balance their body’s hormones with minimal drug interference.
The menstrual cycle and female reproductive system is regulated mainly by the hormones progesterone and oestrogen. Hormones consist of proteins or steroids.
Normal human reproductive function requires the complex interplay of endocrine and target organs. Androgen from the testes in men and estrogens from the ovaries in women stimulate organs of the reproductive system and send back information to the central nervous system and hypothalamus and pituitary glands to influence hormone secretion.
Many women take ‘The pill’, usually a ...
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April 11, 2017 @ 1:41 AM
THE SECRETS YOUR HAIR TELLS
So you keep to a good diet but who would know what you have really eaten?
Someone may know more than you think.
The secrets of ancient civilisations are coming to the fore with research by Stephen Macko, professor of environmental science at the University of Virginia.
He says, "You are what you eat, and clues to what people ate thousands of years ago are stored in their hair."
First-time studies of ancient human hair are bringing new insights to old questions about the diet and nutrition of ancient civilisations.
"Ancient hair is chemically little different from the hair that's swept up each day from the barbershop floor," Macko says. "...
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April 7, 2017 @ 1:15 AM
LOOKING AFTER YOUR HEART
Having a healthy, well functioning heart is very important. It is perhaps the most important organ in the body. It is roughly the size of a man’s closed fist.
The heart muscle itself is called the myocardium — from the Greek word for heart — Cardia and myo meaning muscle. Like all muscles, the heart conducts nervous impulses from one cell to the next.
It pumps fresh blood around the body. The myocardium works on an electro-chemical basis. It gets energy from fats and glucose and from the electrical release of calcium ions.
The normal heartbeat is about 72 beats per minute.
Heart disorders include misfunction of the 4 valves; disordered electrical-impulse system and anatomical defects of the ...
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