List Books » Cortisol Connection: Why Stress Makes You Fat and Ruins Your Health - and What You Can Do about It
Authors: Shawn Talbott, William J. Kraemer (Foreword by), William Kraemer
ISBN-13: 9780897934923, ISBN-10: 089793492X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Hunter House, Incorporated
Date Published: June 2007
Edition: Second Edition
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.