Five Cortisol Reducing Foods
Reducing cortisol can be accomplished by reducing stress via exercise and mediation techniques, but what you eat can also impact your cortisol. Here’s five foods to include in your diet to help control this hormone.
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Does the Stress Hormone Cortisol Make You Fat?
A rise in this hormone can trigger numerous pathways that can affect everything from our emotional well being to our ability to build muscle and yes – burn fat! If that weren’t enough, the environment we live in and the food we eat, can further contribute to our body’s inflammatory response, causing greater inflammation and greater cortisol response. So what are we to do? Keep reading to find out everything you need to know about stress, cortisol and how it makes us fat!