The level of hormones should be well balanced in human beings in order to maintain the normal functioning of the human body. Explain this statement with two examples.
The level of hormones should be balanced in human beings because a deficiency or excess secretion of some hormones can have adverse effects on the human body. For example, A deficiency in the secretion of insulin from the pancreas increases the blood sugar level and causes diabetes. A deficiency in the secretion of growth hormone causes dwarfism whereas it excess secretion causes gigantism.