Twenty surprising things your hormones make you do

They are linked to everything from Parkinson’s to weight gain, anxiety and an excessive libido. And yet, so much of how they operate within our body remains mysterious.

I’m talking, of course, about hormones. Produced not only in the brain, but also in our gut and even our body fat, these infinitesimal chemical substances do nothing short of making us who we are. Put simply: we are our hormones.

For while our brain is central to all the decisions we make, the 50-or-so hormones in our body — and more may be discovered — in turn influence how our brain functions.

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