Environmental hormones

Environmental hormones, also known as endocrine-disrupting chemicals, are substances found in common household items like plastics, pesticides, and cleaning products that can interfere with the body's natural hormones.

Let's imagine your body is like a zoo, where different animals (hormones) live and help keep everything running smoothly. Each animal has a specific job, like the lion helps protect the other animals, and the giraffe helps reach high branches for food. Similarly, hormones in your body help with things like growth, development, and reproduction.

However, environmental hormones are like unwanted visitors in the zoo. They don't belong there, and they can throw off the balance of the animals. For example, imagine a big elephant comes into the zoo and starts pushing around the others. This can cause chaos, and the animals won't be able to work together properly.

The same thing happens in your body when you're exposed to environmental hormones. They can interfere with the natural hormones and cause confusion in the body. This can lead to problems like early puberty, infertility, and even cancer.

So, just like how we keep unwanted visitors out of the zoo, we need to try to avoid environmental hormones to keep our bodies healthy. We can do this by choosing natural products and avoiding plastics with BPA (a type of environmental hormone). This way, the animals in our body (hormones) can work together and keep us healthy!