What are steroid hormones?
What are hormones, and what are steroid hormones?
Tag: Basics
Sex Hormones: how do they work?
About estrogens, androgens and progestogens: how hormones work, applied to sex hormones.
SHBG: What is it, and why it can matter
This section gives a brief look at the Sex Hormone Binding Globuline, whose amount can matter for you
The different estrogens, androgens and progestogens, and their binding affinity
More detail about the three groups of sex hormones, and why knowing about them is important
The self-regulation mechanism, and how to use it in our benefits
About the negative feedback mechanism, the centerpiece of HRT
Growth hormones
About growth hormones, why it can be important to think about it, and why you should not just “take some”.
DHEA and intracrinology
On the adrenal hormone DHEA, why it matters, and if tranfem people should stop taking blockers after SRS.