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"Hormones, Health and Human Potential" with Dr Nicky Keay

We Do Science - The Sports Nutrition Podcast

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The Importance of Integrative Biology

The hypothalamus and pituitary gland are located in the depths of our brain. They monitor not only what's happening inside, but also how we interpret events. So for example, if you have a very busy day, her work, and you've got a whole pile of stuff to do, you to see feeling, oh my goodness, I've got a lot of things to do. But that's just a feeling, that's an interpretation of events. And so they will affect your hormone levels when under stress or being stressed. This is really interesting integration between outside and the inside.

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