the food you eat should produce a healthy
hormonal response in the body. This is
probably the most science-y section of the
whole book, but as promised, we’ll use a lot
of analogies and examples to make the
science easy to understand. We’re also going
to simplify things quite a bit, because you
don’t need to understand how everything
works to know how to apply it.
Let’s start with some basics.HORMONES
Hormones are chemical messengers that
are usually transported in your bloodstream.
They are secreted by cells in one part of the
body and bind to receptors in another part of
the body. (Think of a courier carrying a
message from one person to another.)
Hormones have many roles, but one essential
function is to keep things in balance.
Essentially all biological processes have