homeostasis

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The ECS serves many important functions related to immunity and homeostasis, or keeping the body stable.

From Salon

"Upping your water consumption following your holiday indulgence can help flush that extra salt out of your body and normalize your body water homeostasis."

From Fox News

Because total body water balance, or what we exercise scientists call homeostasis, is complicated, mammals survive by making real-time adjustments at the kidney.

From Washington Post

Likewise, healthy sleep habits that foster physical homeostasis and more efficient immune system functioning also significantly reduce our risk for depression, anxiety and bipolar illness.

From Scientific American

“It seems that crying occurs just . . . after the peak of the emotional experience, and crying is associated with this return to homeostasis,” she says.

From Washington Post