Hormones make your body happy

Your body is full of energy or sexual ability or sleeping well depends on several substances that are responsible for transmitting information. Such substances are called hormones, which are products excreted by the endocrine system.

There are 2 types of hormones that are local hormones and topical hormones. When everything is involved, the hormone acts abnormally, causing instability in the body. In the body, the pituitary gland produces hormones and it also stimulates other glands to release hormones and hormones to target cells to activate these cells.

The regulation of hormone secretion is governed by the negative feed back mechanism: the endocrine gland tends to naturally produce more hormones and hormones that will affect the target organ. These organs will perform its function overly normal, which will affect the endocrine gland to inhibit the reduction of hormone secretion of the gland. When this regulatory mechanism has a problem, it will lead to dysfunction of the target organ causing anomalies to the body.

Thyroid gland hormone - releases energy

The thyroid has a butterfly shape in the neck area, secreting a hormone called thyroxine . Thyroxine acts on many organs in the body, but notably energy production (through metabolic effects), creating appetite, mental excitement, weight problems and body temperature. In addition, it creates the health of skin, hair, and nails. If you have a deficiency, you will gain weight, feel tired, dry your nails, damage your hair and feel cold. When increasing thyroxine will have the opposite effect.

To balance thyroid activity:

- Stop smoking. Many studies show that tobacco affects badly all thyroid activities.

- Replace eating snacks with fruits, vegetables and protein.

- Consider to add vitamins and minerals daily such as vitamins C, E, B to create healthy for thyroid operation.

Gastrointestinal hormone - food regulation

Gastrointestinal hormones include: Gastrin, pepsin, cholecystokinin. Excreted gut hormones work to stimulate food digestion and control appetite. If overeating stimulates a lot of hormones and they stimulate appetite, which leads to weight gain.

What to do to balance activity?

- Chew slowly and drink water in meals to inhibit the secretion of this hormone, thereby losing the feeling of hunger.

- Listen to your body: When you are full, stop, do not try to be full.

- Live peacefully with parasitic bacteria in your intestinal tract by eating biological foods such as yogurt or bio-yeast.

Estrogen helps women be strong and healthy

Estrogen is created by ovaries, helps to create joints, bones, memory, elasticity for blood vessels and fertility of women. If an imbalance (loss of secretion) will cause menstrual disorders, weight gain, infertility, reduced sexual ability, depression, memory loss, fatigue. Menopause will cause estrogen deficiency and may cause osteoporosis.

What to do to keep balance?

- Walk every day for 30-60 minutes as a stimulus for ovarian secretion of hormones.

- Drinking green tea helps regulate ovarian activity, reduces menopausal symptoms.

- In case of deficiency, use estrogen patches.

Growth hormone - helps maintain the body's youthfulness

Growth hormone (hGH) is secreted by the pituitary gland, stimulating growth in children, muscle mass, adult endurance. The effect of hGH is to make people younger, skin thinner, bones stronger, prolific and make the immune system better. hGH also helps maintain memory in adults. hGH peaked in the age of 20 and gradually decreased after 30 years.

To keep growth hormone balance:

- Taking a lot of arginine, having a lot in beans, brown rice and eating lots of carnitine is more common in meat.

- Enhance movement, exercise aerobics is the key to stimulate the release of hGH.

- Exercise muscles to help maintain muscle mass when old age.

- Get enough sleep time because in the sleep the pituitary will secrete hGH.

Insulin - modulates blood sugar levels

Insulin is secreted by the pancreas, which regulates blood sugar. Insulin helps cells consume and the body stores sugar to produce constant blood sugar levels. If the insulin secretion of the pancreas is insufficient, blood sugar increases and causes diabetes. In some cases of insulin resistance (which reduces its effect), blood sugar levels also increase. Increased blood sugar will cause a lot of food, drink a lot, urinate a lot, but be fast. Create a high risk of cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease .

To balance the pancreas:

- Resist excessive weight gain, moderate eating and exercise.

- Eat less sugar and eat more protein. Routine blood sugar testing.

- Eat some food: Onions, turkeys, seeds, broccoli, beans .

Testosteronr - sexual ability

Testoterone is a male sex hormone, it is also secreted in the adrenal and ovary in women. This hormone level will decrease during menopause or in normal women after ovulation. The decrease in testosterone causes a decrease in sexual desire in both men and women.

What to do to maintain balance?

- Sleep disorder will reduce testosterone release in half so it must create a comfortable sleep.

- Sunlight also has the effect of stimulating hormone secretion.

- Always make fun in life. Depression is associated with a decrease in testosterone. Happy family life increases hormone secretion.

Stress hormone - maintains work motivation

Stress hormones are cortisone and adrenaline , produced by the adrenal glands. This is a very important hormone, released in very small amounts, the concentration peaks in the morning and gradually decreases during the day. Without this hormone, blood pressure will be low and make you unable to function. High levels will inhibit the body's immune system and worsen heart function.

For balance:

- Find ways to control stresses by playing sports, breathing or swimming.

- Not too loud. Turn off computers, radios, televisions and phones. Then close the door and practice breathing deeply in silence.

- Change the way of thinking from passive to more positive for life.

Melatonin - helps sleep better

Melatonin is secreted by the pineal gland in the brain, helping to fall asleep and regulating the body's circadian clock. It is triggered by darkness, if the biological clock changes the melatonin secretion. This hormone deficiency can make us tired, lack of energy, memory loss, loss of ability to concentrate on thinking. Melatonin also supports the secretion of the pituitary hormone.

For balance:

- Create stability for the body's biological clock by staying awake on time.

- Sleeping in the room with curtains to filter the light through, it helps melatonin stop creating in the morning.

- Use more melatonin with vitamin B6 found in cereals, chicken, brown rice and bananas.

Doctor BUI MINH TRONG ( Life Health )