Hormones!

WHAT ARE HORMONES?
     Hormones are chemical that send messages to your blood and goes

through out your organ and tissues causing a change in your body

parts. The two main hormones in female are: Estrogen and

progesterone. 

Estrogens!

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Estrogens are found in the ovaries. This hormone is at its highest after every time a female has her menstrual period until

menopause. Estrogens help develop your  body parts, such as breasts, heart, brain and hips. Estrogens help:

  • Increase bone formation
  • increase good cholesterol
  • improves lung functions
 But once a female starts to get older they go through menopause and it lowers your estrogen hormone. Estrogens plays a big

part in female's mental health, these hormones are very important!

Progesterone!

Basically progesterone help slow down the estrogen activity and grows that activity somewhere else, where its needed. It also

helps strengthen your bones. progesterone plays a big role in how active it is when it comes to breast tissue. Progesterone

helps:

  • stimulates vascular relaxation
  • improved bloods fats
  • Lowers breast cancer risk
  • FOODS THAT ARE GOOD FOR HORMONES:
  • apples
  • beans
  • alfalfa
  • oats
  • plums

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