The power of hormones: the new science of how hormones impact every aspect of our health

Foreword

Introduction

First the egg, then the chicken: pregnancy and birth

The big run-up: pubescent toddlers and preschoolers

Growing pains and butterflies: puberty

Homosexuality and transgender people: about the influence of hormones on our gender identity and sexual preference

Old choices ina new paradise: obesity, hunger, and hormones

The residents of your gut: key players in your hormonal balance

Hormones make or break the man and woman: adulthood

The change: for women and men

A new balance: after a hormone-filled life

Old age: the beginning of the end

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Notes

List of hormones

Index.