Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Australian Women’s Weekly NZ

8 hormones every woman should know about

1 Melatonin

Melatonin plays an important role in your ability to get to sleep and stay asleep, advises ResMed sleep expert Dr Carmel Harrington. If you’re not producing enough melatonin, it can impact your overall energy levels.

Bright lights and watching screens late at night can inhibit the production of melatonin, leaving you feeling flat, foggy-headed and fatigued.

Implement good sleep habits to get your melatonin mojo back. Sleep and wake up at the same time every day, switch off devices an hour before bedtime, dim the lights,

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Australian Women’s Weekly NZ

Australian Women’s Weekly NZ11 min read
The Ultimate Comfort Food
SERVES 6 Meatloaf: Is it the texture that makes it so comforting, the memory of eating it as kids, or the relative ease – mix it all together and bake – with which it’s made? As ever, it’s a little bit of everything. This particular meatloaf is a bi
Australian Women’s Weekly NZ4 min read
The Language Of Loss
When I lost my mum at the age of 21, I knew I was in pain. I knew I felt awfully sad, but I didn’t quite know the extent of what I was going through or how it might continue to affect me in the years to come. The overarching themes of my feelings wer
Australian Women’s Weekly NZ9 min read
Eric Idle ‘I’m Not Dead Yet!’
Most artists spruiking a tour will tell you they love this part of the world, but Eric Idle truly does. This pillar of Monty Python, creator of the crucifixion classic, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, and mastermind of the Tony-Award-winning

Related Books & Audiobooks