BLOG ABOUT LIFE BEFORE MENOPAUSE Hormones before #menopause work on a cycle controlled by the pituitary gland just underneath the very centre of the lower surface of the brain. This little gland is the ‘conductor’ of the orchestra of endocrine glands in the body, including the thyroid, the adrenals, and the ovaries or testes. The pituitary is organised on a bio-rhythm sort of cycle, some say related to the phases of the moon. There is good evidence to show that this may well be true! It also responds to what is going on in the brain, at least to some extent. The brain is the ‘commander in chief’. If there is some sort of huge trauma going on, a big shock or critical performance issues such as chronic long distance running or long term starvation, the hypothalamus part of the brain, which lies geographically above the pituitary, can communicate with the little gland almost instantaneously to affect its output…Read more:
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To Understand Menopause it helps to understand how our hormone’s behave before we reach midlife and menopause Hormones before menopause work on a cycle controlled by the pituitary gland just underneath the very centre of the lower surface of the brain. This little gland is the ‘conductor’ of the orchestra of endocrine glands in the […]