{"id":2256,"date":"2003-08-15T12:50:58","date_gmt":"2003-08-15T11:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/?p=2256"},"modified":"2023-09-23T11:09:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T09:09:29","slug":"endocrinology-rampant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/endocrinology-rampant\/","title":{"rendered":"Endocrinology rampant!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sex hormone ‘controls fear and desire’ [BBC<\/a>]:<\/p>\n

“The sex hormone oestrogen plays a crucial role in a wide variety of human emotional responses, say experts.<\/p>\n

It not only has a part in generating feelings of sexual desire, claim scientists, but is also at the root of other types of arousal – producing alertness or even fear.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Those familiar with Crenshaw’s “Achemy of Love and Lust<\/a>” and Pert’s “Molecules of Emotion<\/a>” will know this stuff already but I am pleased to see this information reaching wider audiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sex hormone ‘controls fear and desire’ [BBC]: “The sex hormone oestrogen plays a crucial role in a wide variety of human emotional responses, say experts. It not only has a part in generating feelings of sexual desire, claim scientists, but is also at the root of other types of arousal – producing alertness or even … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[296],"class_list":["post-2256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-published"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prY0k-Ao","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2595,"url":"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/the-inner-ring-by-cs-lewis\/","url_meta":{"origin":2256,"position":0},"title":"The Inner Ring by CS Lewis","author":"Limbic","date":"December 3, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"\"The Inner Ring\" was the Memorial Lecture at King's College, University of London, in 1944. 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