An ordinary day
The hormones of an ordinary day: waking up, meals and the route of fats, coffee, a drink in the evening and the night that follows.
A 24 hour day
What time does the body make its hormones? Cortisol on waking, melatonin in the evening, growth hormone at night, body temperature.
A night of sleep
What happens in the body during sleep? The 90 minute cycles and the hormones at work while we sleep.
A meal, hour by hour
What happens in the body after a meal? Sugar, insulin, hunger and fullness over 5 hours: a sugary meal or a high protein one.
A cup of coffee
How long does caffeine stay in the body? Caffeine from morning to evening, and how much is left at bedtime.
Alcohol and the night
Why do you sleep badly after drinking alcohol? Three drinks in the evening: alcohol in the blood, then a night cut in two.
The route of fats
Where do the fats we eat go? Butter, olive oil, omega 3 or MCT: the lymph route or the portal vein shortcut, animated.
What time does the body make its hormones? Cortisol on waking, melatonin in the evening, growth hormone at night, body temperature.
A night of sleep
What happens in the body during sleep? The 90 minute cycles and the hormones at work while we sleep.
A meal, hour by hour
What happens in the body after a meal? Sugar, insulin, hunger and fullness over 5 hours: a sugary meal or a high protein one.
A cup of coffee
How long does caffeine stay in the body? Caffeine from morning to evening, and how much is left at bedtime.
Alcohol and the night
Why do you sleep badly after drinking alcohol? Three drinks in the evening: alcohol in the blood, then a night cut in two.
The route of fats
Where do the fats we eat go? Butter, olive oil, omega 3 or MCT: the lymph route or the portal vein shortcut, animated.