Our endocrine system decides when we eat when we will reach puberty and when we need endorphins and other hormonal secretions from various glands.

Endorphins are triggered by the hypothalamus in our bodies when we are in stress, in pain or are doing:

1. Heavy exercise.
2. Meditation or controlled-breathing exercise like Pranayama (Yoga).
3. Childbirth
4. Light drinking.
5. Eating hot chilli.
6. Acupuncture or massage therapy.
7. Ultraviolet Light.

• Research in the 1970s revealed that endorphins are natural narcotics inside our body, neurotransmitters that pass along signals in the nervous system.
• Endorphins are produced during stress, pain or fear and originate from the pituitary gland, the ...