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Cortisol
Cortisol is a hormone that is needed and used by every single cell
in the body. It's made by the adrenal glands, two little nut-shaped
fellows that sit on top of your kidneys. Among other things, cortisol
is an anti-inflammatory (the widely prescribed "cortizone" is a
derivative). But cortisol's most famous role is that of a stress
hormone.
When your cavemen and cavewomen ancestors saw a wild boar in
the woods, their adrenals would shoot a load of cortisol into their
bodies, telling them in no uncertain terms that the time had come
to pick up a weapon or run like the devil. Cortisol helps the body
release sugar into the bloodstream, sugar that can be used for the
immediate energy needed for either of the above actions --
running or fighting. In fact, during any stressful time -- including
exercise, by the way -- the body releases more cortisol, hence its
nickname as a "fight or flight" hormone.
Cortisol is not a "bad" hormone. As with most things, the problem
is when it's out of balance. According to Dr. Pamela Peeke, a
leading expert in the field, chronic unrelenting stress (of the kind
most of us live with every day) can have a dangerous effect on the
body. It makes you more vulnerable to colds, flu, fatigue, and
infection, and, if that weren't enough, it gives you a raging
appetite in the bargain. Why? Because one of its "purposes" is to
help your body "refuel" for the next emergency. Hence, when your
body's on constant cortizone overload, you eat. She calls this
typical reaction "stress eating," and it has a solid physiological
reason: The foods you crave when stressed out (almost always
carbohydrates and fat) "replenish the calories used up during the
stress response -- which, in simplest terms, is one of the main
ways that activating the stress response on a constant basis can
make you fat."
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