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THE MIRACLE OF HORMONES

Hormones That Are Able to Regulate Time and Produce
the Differences Between the Sexes

We all have a biological clock within us—this expresses the idea that
there are a number of micro-clocks in various regions of our bodies pro-
grammed to regulate time. One of these micro-clocks is located in the
hypothalamus area of the brain. 9
Human beings go through a period of adolescence between child-
hood and adulthood when the body experiences many definite changes.
Girls enter adolescence between the ages of eight and fourteen, boys be-
tween the ages of ten and sixteen.
This clock that never goes wrong has been placed in the bodies of the
countless human beings that have
been created until today. How can
this clock understand without
error that a person has come into
adolescence?
One hypothalamus area of
the brain has been waiting for
years since the time of birth to
perform its very special func-
tion. At just the right time, that
is, when the time to pass from
childhood to adolescence has
come, an alarm clock goes off in
the hypothalamus. This indi-
cates that the hypothalamus
must begin a new job.
Actually, scientists use the
comparison to a clock to describe
this process in a more under-
standable way. Of course, there is

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