Dr. Louise Newson

But if we have hormones present, those three hormones present, the macrophages work really well.

If we don't have them, the macrophages don't just not work so well, they can work against us and can become pro-inflammatory, so they can increase inflammation.

They can produce different cytokines, so chemicals that can damage our tissues and increase inflammation.

And the same with our mitochondria.

As you know, mitochondria are the powerhouse of our cells.

They produce the energy that we need for all these lovely chemical reactions that are occurring all the time in our cells to keep us healthy.

And we have receptors for progesterone, estrogen, testosterone on our mitochondria.

So obviously they have really important functions.

And so just those two areas are really important.

But obviously, they work throughout our DNA.

They can change our genetic structure when we have those hormones stimulate and go through into the nucleus.

They can help with oxidative stress.

They can help every system in our body improve when we have those natural hormones.

And

I'm very interested in the role of hormones in our brain.

I'm very interested in neurophysiology, so the way our brain works, because without our brain, it's pretty hard to function.

So I've written a lot in the book about how our brain works, all the different cells in

including the neurons, but each different cell and what it does and the function and then how our hormones work within our nervous system.

So things like building and improving the synaptic junction, which is like you probably know that the nerves don't join.

There's a little gap and you've got like a chemical reaction going between the little gaps to feed from one neuron to another.