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Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

have each been designed to be compatible with the separate regions of the
anatomy in which these respective changes are brought about. Both hor-
mones also act as if they were well aware what they have to do.
In the female body, FSH ensures the maturation and development of
egg cells in the ovaries. Another of its duties is to ensure that the ovaries
begin to secrete increased quantities of another very important hormone,
estrogen.
The hormone FSH is also secreted in the male body, according to the
same formula. There, however, it has entirely different effects, stimulating
the growth of the testes and initiating sperm production.
In the female body, the task of LH is to ensure the release of the ma-
turing egg. In addition, it ensures the secretion of another female hormone,
progesterone.
In the male body, of course, LH does a different job. It stimulates the
so-called Leydig cells in the testes, which in turn ensures the secretion of
the hormone testosterone.
It is of course a great marvel that these same hormones should be pro-
duced according to the same formula, and yet have entirely different effects
in the bodies of each gender. How do the hormones "know" the difference
between the male and the female body? How is it that a hormone with the
same formula stimulates different organs—and ensures the production of
testosterone in males and of progesterone in females?
How do hormones produced according to the
same formula recognize the masculine
body and develop a deep voice and
heavier musculature appropriate to
that body, while producing charac-

Thanks to the invisible
clock in the hypothala-
mus region of the
brain, the hypothala-
mus realizes when an
individual has reached
adolescence.

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