What Are Sex Hormones?
Most people know that the hormones, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, and DHEA play important roles in human reproduction. What you may not know is that they also help regulate many other functions in the body, from sleep patterns to your moods and memory, bone growth, muscle strength, and much more. To understand the many negative effects […]
Why Is Progesterone So Important for Your Health & Vitality?
What is progesterone? Why is this hormone so important? For too long, estrogen has been considered the star of the show when it comes to female hormones. Estrogen is responsible for the development of your sex characteristics, breasts, curvy hips, and pubic hair, as well as other functions: maintaining the menstrual cycle, and preparing the […]
Women’s Hormone Life Cycles: Menopause
What is Menopause? Menopause, famously known as the change marks the end of the reproductive years. A woman is officially in menopause when: The average age of women entering their Menopause phase in the United States is 51. The pituitary gland and the hypothalamus continue to produce hormones during menopause, but the ovaries are no […]