The Cortisol Connection Why Stress Makes You Fat and Ruins Your Health - and What You Can Do About It,9780897933919

The Cortisol Connection Why Stress Makes You Fat and Ruins Your Health - and What You Can Do About It

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780897933919
ISBN10: 0897933915
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-08-23
Publisher(s): Hunter House
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Summary

Explores the documented relationship between levels of the stress hormone cortisol and a range of health disorders including obesity, depression, and hypertension, outlining how to control cortisol with supplements. Simultaneous.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xi
Preface xiii
Stress and Your Health: The Type C Personality
1(13)
What Is Stress?
5(1)
Humans Are Not Zebras
6(1)
Stress, Cortisol, and Metabolism
7(1)
Stress and Disease
8(2)
Counteracting the Effects of Chronic Stress
10(2)
Why Supplements?
12(1)
Summary
13(1)
The Science of Stress
14(7)
Stages of Stress
15(1)
Acute Versus Chronic Stress
16
Individual Responses to Stress
8(12)
Summary
20(1)
All About Cortisol, the Master Stress Hormone
21(10)
The Endocrine System
21(1)
The Adrenal Glands
22(2)
What Is Cortisol?
24(1)
What Does Cortisol Do?
25(1)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Cortisol Metabolism
25(4)
The Catabolic Effects of Chronically Elevated Cortisol
29(1)
Summary
30(1)
The Relationship Between Stress, Cortisol, and Disease
31(46)
Metabolic Consequences of Elevated Cortisol Levels
32(3)
How Stress Makes Us Fat: Cortisol, Diabetes, and Obesity
35(10)
Cortisol and Syndrome X
45(3)
Cortisol, Fatigue, and Insomnia
48(1)
So Where Does Cortisol Fit in?
49(3)
Cortisol and Sex Drive
52(3)
Cortisol, Suppressed Immune Function, and Cancer
55(6)
Cortisol and Cardiovascular Disease
61(3)
Your Brain on Cortisol: Anxiety, Depression, and Alzheimer's Disease
64(5)
Cortisol and Your Gut
69(3)
Cortisol, Connective Tissue, Osteoporosis, and Arthritis
72(2)
Cortisol and Aging
74(2)
Summary
76(1)
Counteracting the Effects of Chronic Stress
77(25)
Adrenal Stress Testing Kits
79(1)
Controlling the Stress Response: The SENSE Program
79(2)
Stress Management and Avoidance
81(2)
Get Some Sleep!
83(1)
Exercise
84(2)
Nutrition
86(6)
Supplements
92(3)
Guidelines for Choosing and Using, Dietary Supplements
95(1)
Choosing Supplements
96(4)
Using Supplements
100(2)
Dietary Supplements to Avoid
102(12)
Ma Huang/Ephedra
105(2)
Guarana
107(2)
Synephrine
109(1)
Yohimbe
110(1)
Coleus
111(2)
Summary
113(1)
Vitamins and Minerals for Stress Adaptation
114(14)
``Stress-Formula'' Multivitamins
115(2)
Vitamin C
117(4)
Calcium
121(1)
Magnesium
122(1)
Thiamin
123(1)
Riboflavin
124(1)
Pantothenic Acid
125(1)
Pyridoxine
125(2)
Summary
127(1)
Cortisol-Control Supplements
128(17)
Magnolia Bark
129(1)
Theanine
130(4)
Epimedium
134(2)
Phytosterols
136(2)
Phosphatidylserine
138(2)
Tyrosine
140(2)
Branched-Chain Amino Acids
142(2)
Summary
144(1)
Adaptogens (General Antistress Supplements)
145(10)
Ginseng
146(2)
Ashwagandha
148(1)
Suma
149(1)
Schisandra
150(1)
Rhodiola
151(1)
Astragalus
152(2)
Summary
154(1)
Relaxation and Calming Supplements
155(16)
Kava Kava
157(2)
Melatonin
159(1)
Valerian
160(2)
Gotu Kola
162(2)
St. John's Wort
164(1)
5-HTP
165(2)
D, L-Phenylalanine (DLPA)
167(1)
SAM-e
168(2)
Summary
170(1)
Metabolic-Support Supplements (Blood-Sugar Control, Muscle Maintenance, and Immune Enhancement)
171(18)
Blood-Sugar Control
171(5)
Muscle Maintenance
176(6)
Immune Enhancement
182(6)
Summary
188(1)
Putting It All Together: The SENSE Program
189(21)
Stress Management
190(3)
Exercise
193(5)
Nutrition
198(4)
Supplementation---Level I
202(1)
Supplementation---Level II
203(4)
Evaluation
207(1)
Summary
208(2)
Appendix: Daily Food Plans 210(17)
References 227(30)
Resources 257(2)
Index 259

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