Hormones, the biochemical messengers which form the signaling system in human body, can affect  your sex drive, metabolism, sleep, fertility, mood and food cravings. They also play a key role in the growth as well as in the development of your body’s muscles.

Since hormones affect the way you feel and control every single function in your body, it is imperative to keep them balanced. Exercising daily is one of the easiest and natural ways to keep your hormones in check.

Below are 4 hormones that are affected by your workout routine and what you can do keep them in check.

Irisin

The role of this hormone is to protect brains cells from ageing and injury. This hormone is also known as the exercise hormone which makes it our biological workout partner. When you exercise, the production of this hormone gets stimulated due to sweating. Also, this hormone combats fat by activating the genes that convert bad white fat into good brown fat and also regulates similar stem cells to become bone building cells instead of storing fat.