Why Do We Need Hormones?

If you think puberty is all hormones are good for, think again! Hormones are incredibly important in many of our body’s biological processes, and Patrick has broken it all down for you in this episode. » Subscribe to Seeker! » Watch more Human! » Visit our shop at Hormones are involved in how we deal with stress; triggering our immune systems; and steroids. And hormones are so much more than just the two you’re likely most familiar with: testosterone and estrogen. Hormones are any number of chemical messengers that get secreted by glands, travel through the bloodstream, and have an effect on cells with receptors for that particular hormone all around the body. In your body’s endocrine system, a system for communicating messages across long distances within the body, the hormones operate as the long-distance messaging service. And hormones effects are incredibly diverse