Hormones – The Body's Chemical Messengers
The flutter before a big moment, the sleepiness that arrives as the room dims, the steady pull of blood sugar back to normal after a meal — none of it happens by conscious choice, and all of it is chemistry. This episode explores the endocrine system as the body's slow broadcasting network, covering key glands, headline hormones like insulin, adrenaline, thyroid hormone, cortisol and melatonin, and the feedback loops and receptors that keep the whole system finely tuned.
You'll come away understanding how the endocrine system differs from the fast-acting nervous system, what each major gland…
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