If you are like most people you’ve probably gone through difficult periods in your life, if you have, you may have noticed that you put on weight, even if you were actually eating less. The fact is that stress can make you fat.
Women’s Health and Fitness – Reducing Cortisol Levels Can Help You To Lose Weight
It is now known that stress can actually stop you losing weight especially around your middle. Stress can cause your body to secrete high levels of cortisol hormone into your bloodstream, because of your body’s “flight or fight” response to your stress. Stress can be either psychological (mental and emotional) or physical. By reducing stress you can help reduce cortisol levels and so lose weight.
Why My Muscles Won’t Grow? Cortisol Stress Hormone Destroy Muscle Tissues
There are many reasons why your muscles wont grow or why your muscle growth is retarded. One main culprit for your muscle tissue to in a catabolic and not in an anabolic state is the stress hormone called cortisol. This stress hormone, cortisol, is produced by your body when you are under stressful situations.
Yes, any type of stress, whether they are mental stress, physical stress or just emotional stress will trigger off an increased in the production of cortisol hormo…