Hormones are essential chemicals the body produces to influence different functions. They affect your mood, appetite, physical growth, mental health, and more. Men can also have hormonal imbalances, they don’t only affect women. If you have an imbalance, it can lead to health problems, affecting your everyday life.

In men, the primary sex hormones are follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH) and testosterone, which are all essential for reproduction. Hormones are also important in bone mass, muscle strength, and production of red blood cells.

Men can experience a hormonal imbalance at various stages of their life. It’s important to understand the possible causes of such changes in hormones to know how to deal with them properly. Continue reading →

Women experience a range of changes physically and emotionally that are automatic and not consciously controlled. Most of the time, these actions are triggered or modified by hormones. Although hormone production and release are beyond our conscious control, we can influence our endocrine system and subsequent hormonal activity by our lifestyles. This includes factors such as diet, exercise, environment, stress, and even our thought processes.

The glands of the endocrine system produce more than 50 hormones, which are responsible for pretty much every function in the body. They fluctuate from time to time, causing hormonal imbalances. That means you can have too much or too little of a particular hormone, and that could significantly affect your mind and body. Continue reading →