How can so many symptoms be linked to one tiny biochemical substance? Hormones are very powerful substances found in tiny amounts in the bloodstream. They initiate cell actions as well as help regulate, control, and coordinate body functions. They are not just for reproduction, although they do that, but they work throughout the body in the brain and nervous system. That is why emotions are affected. They are part of the stress handling hormones. That’s why women have difficulty handling stress. They are part of the fuel system hormones. They keep our blood sugar steady. That’s why women have sweet and carb cravings. They are energy hormones, reproductive hormones, stress handling hormones, anti-aging hormones, body repair and rebuilding hormones. They do lots of things so lots can go wrong. Would you imagine that the intelligence within our body would have a very specific and well controlled check and balance system to control such a powerful substance? Substances that can either regenerate or degenerate our body. The HP Axis is the Hypothalamus-Pituitary Axis that is located in the brain and controls and oversees functions of the hormonal system in general. The limbic system, which controls our emotions, is a part of this communication pathway from the brain to the glands. The hypothalamus gathers information from the glands and makes a decision to make more or less hormones, sends a signal to the pituitary gland which then signals to the gonads for more or less …

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