Dr Maggie Ju Acupuncture London Chelsea, North Kensington, Notting Hill, and Richmond

Hormones are the body's messengers, regulating various physiological processes and ensuring the body functions efficiently. These chemical messengers play a vital role in maintaining overall health and well-being. When your hormones are balanced, your body operates harmoniously, allowing you to feel and perform your best. However, imbalances in hormones can lead to a range of health issues. In this article, we will explore why it's essential to maintain balanced hormones and how you can achieve this equilibrium for a healthier life. Understanding Hormones Hormones are chemical substances produced by glands in the endocrine system. These glands include the thyroid, adrenal, pituitary, and ovaries/testes, among others. Hormones travel through the bloodstream to target organs and tissues, where they instruct these areas on how to function properly. Key Hormones and Their Functions: Estrogen and Testosterone: These sex hormones play a significant role in reproductive health and hav...

When we say fat, one might instantly think of obesity. What is fat? Fat is one of the basic components that make up the structure of the body. It is necessary for normal, healthy body functioning. Body fat can be divided into two types: essential fat and storage fat. Essential fat is necessary for normal, healthy functioning. In men, essential fat is approximately 3% of body weight, while in women it is about 12%. This also depends on age. With increased age, the essential body fat increased. Storage fat is the fat increased when you gain weight and this is the fat that you want to lose when you lose weight. Most of people know that too much fat is not healthy. Too much fat increases your risk for developing heart disease, high blood pressure, gallstones, type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, certain cancers and for an early death increases. Do you know too little fat is not healthy either. If a man’s body fat is too low, his health may be compromised and he may become more vulnerable to il...

If you are having difficulty to conceive, what could go wrong? Things could go wrong either in women or in men or both. About one-third of infertility is caused by women’s problem. Another one third is due to men’s problem. The remaining one third is caused by both women and men. Egg and sperm quality High quality of eggs is essential for conceiving. Women are born with millions of follicles. These follicles stay in the cortex of ovaries where they will develop and some of them will be mature and released. This is a long process and it takes about a year for an egg to develop and to be released. The original follicles are preantral type of follicles. These follicles are in deep sleep stage. Some of them will wake up and be recruited to develop. This is preantral development which is a slow process and it takes about 10 months. This process is hormone independent. After 10 months of development, some of them will be selected to develop to dominant follicles. It takes about 2 months fo...