Publisher description for The cortisol connection : why stress makes you fat and ruins your health - and what you can do about it / Shawn Talbott.
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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.
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication:
Stress management.
Stress (Physiology)
Hydrocortisone -- Physiological effect.
Health.
Obesity.