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EPISODE · Apr 9, 2024 · 44 MIN

19. Stressed About Cortisol?

from Who Told You That · host Doctor P

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.

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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, the cardiovascular system and so much more and then make your own mind up as to whether it’s still fair to blame cortisol for those extra mid-riff pounds!

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