Download or read book The Truth About Hormones written by Vivienne Parry and published by Atlantic Books Ltd. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the 2006 Aventis Prize Hormones rule our internal world: they control our growth, our metabolism, weight, water-balance, body clocks, fertility, muscle bulk, mood, speed of ageing, whether we want sex or not (and whether we enjoy it) and even whom we fall in love with. Their effects may occur in seconds and be over in a flash, or emerge over months and last for years. In The Truth About Hormones Vivienne Parry explains how exactly these mysteriously powerful chemicals affect our bodies and our behaviour.