Oh Yes, it’s your Hormones! The word hormone comes from the Greek and it means “excite or stimulate”, owing to the stimulation of many body systems and organs. They originate in a gland and they travel through the blood system to specific part of the body. This is the main characteristic of hormones, they influence body functions at a distance from the […]
Stress is one of the biggest threats to health and wellbeing, and not checked and managed it impacts every single body system. The body responds in different ways to short-term and long-term stress following a pattern known as the general adaptation syndrome (GAS). • Phase One – Alarm This phase is one we are familiar […]
The skin in adulthood can weigh almost 5 kg and cover an area about the size of a large dining room table. Although is so large, it can be as thin as ½ mm and yet is the only one solid protection we have against the environment. The skin is our ultimate overcoat: is […]