19. Stressed About Cortisol?

Join us today as our WTYT? team go into bat for possibly our most misunderstood hormone, cortisol. Hear about cortisol’s invaluable roles in brain care, body clocks, and the cardiovascular system and then make your own mind up whether it’s still fair to blame cortisol for those extra mid-riff pounds!

EPISODE RESOURCES:

The role of cortisol in regulating our sleep and “body clock”.

Want to know more about how cortisol, stress and the immune system interact?

The importance of cortisol and gluconeogenesis – making glucose for our brain for our brains at the expense of our muscles! 

Cushing syndrome, excess cortisol secretion and its potentially devastating consequences.

Yes, a lack of cortisol really could kill you.