Table Talk

The hormones which charge around in our bloodstream are incredibly influential, but what role can nutrition play in regulating them? We are probably most familiar with oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone, the female and male sex hormones But they are just part of a vast endocrine system, affecting our bodies in countless ways. Things like appetite, metabolism, sleep, reproduction, body temperature, mood, you name it, there is a hormone controlling it.  But this is a delicate system and, if hormonal balance is out of sync, it can affect pretty much everything else.   So how does our nutrition interact with this system?   Is it possible to improve overall hormonal balance by tweaking what we eat?   And can we target specific things like better sleep or a more regulated appetite, without adversely affecting other aspects of the system?   Finally, in this episode of the Food Matters Live podcast, we ask: Is the food industry aware of its effect on our inner hormonal lives? Suzie Sawyer, Clinical Nut