The Cortisol Connection: Why Stress Makes You Fat and Ruins Your Health - And What You Can Do About It
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The Cortisol Connection: Why Stress Makes You Fat and Ruins Your Health - And What You Can Do About It
The hormone cortisol, activated by the fight-or-flight (stress) response, is emerging as a major culprit in a variety of health problems. The Cortisol Connection explores the documented relationship between elevated levels of this hormone, chronic stress, and such health conditions as obesity, depression, suppressed immune system, osteoporosis, and hypertension. This new edition describes the results of the latest research about the connection between cortisol and HSD, and cortisol and testosterone.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Great Book:
Very insightful and informative book! Highly recommend it for anyone that wants to get healthier.
A Good Book to Relax With:
Anxiety and depression run in my family. I also have the added bonus of coping with allergies and asthma, so I'm always on the lookout for books that might help me with any of these issues, which is why I picked up The Cortisol Connection. This book far surpassed my expectations. I was able to apply some of the nutritional advice before I'd even finished reading the book and immediately felt an improvement in my outlook and mood. This was over the holiday season too, which is normally a very tough time... more info
The Cortisol Connection:
Cortisol. Who knew! Too little, or none.. and you have Addison's Disease and cannot handle stress without medication. Too much? Weight gain, IBS, joint pain, hair loss, and more. This book not only outlines the problems caused by stress, which causes too much cortisol to be created by the body, but how to cope with it. Not only will you be informed about what and how much damage can be done to the body by too much stress/cortisol, but there are recommendations on how to change it. Nutrition,... more info
Sensible guide for reducing stress and feeling better:
Reviewed by Olivera Baumgartner-Jackson for Reader Views (9/07) If you are living in the USA, or really anywhere in the so-called "developed" world, chances are you are stressed beyond belief. While stress used to be taken lightly in the past, there was a lot of research performed on how it affects us and in recent years doctors are calling attention to all of the risks associated with it. If you think your life is not really complicated enough for you to qualify as being under stress, consider this... more info
