Here's what you need to know about cortisol production, including ways to keep it in check using food and nutrition. 📝
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"If you're dealing with high cortisol levels for a long time, this may develop into or be a sign of a disease called ," says McMahon. Actual root causes of Cushing's can range from chronic use of corticosteroid medications and familial genetic tendencies, to tumors of the pituitary, adrenal glands, or other areas of the body. Some symptoms of Cushing's syndrome may include:A fatty hump or bump between the shouldersYou don't have to have Cushing's syndrome to have high cortisol levels, however.
and help regulate the release of cortisol. That's because there's a link between high cortisol and intestinal permeability, says Davis. "All of us have some degree of intestinal permeability. Because the GI tract is semi-permeable, things get in and out all the time," he explains."But when cortisol is high, that degree of permeability gets higher. When that happens, bacterial breakdown products enter the bloodstream causing inflammation, insulin resistance, and stimulates the release of more cortisol.""The catechins in green tea bind mucin protein in intestinal mucus," says Davis.
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