Cortisol Blockers - Fab or Fad?Written by Christine Cooney
Americans are more stressed and more overweight than ever. It seems logical that two are related, so why not jump on latest of diet trends and pop that cortisol-blocking pill? Before you do, read on to navigate your way through this latest weight loss scheme.
The hormone cortisol is released in response to stress. Its secretion causes a series of metabolical processes with eventual result of making us hungrier and prompting us to eat more. Most of time cortisol levels return to normal before causing any real damage to our phsyique. It's only when cortisol levels remain high that its affects can be seen as weight gain.
In some people, chronic stress can cause cortisol to remain at elevated levels. In such cases, people are not only eating more, but also storing more of what they eat. Cortisol appears to cause body to store fat in abdomen, as dangerous "belly fat."
These people should consider cortisol blockers such as Cortislim, right? Guess again. There isn't any scientific evidence that so-called "cortisol reducing ingredients" found in these supplements have any affect on their target.
Even if blockers worked, one should be cautious in taking them. Cortisol does more than cause us to increase our eating. It plays a vital role in other metabolic functions as well - including cardiovascular system, and your brain. Minimize cortisol too much and it can have a negative affect on your body. Too little, and you can die.
| | The Sad Tales of Adult AcneWritten by Charlene J. Nuble
The tales of adult acne has ever been a silent one, only told as whispers and an unfortunate few suffered from it, some may even refuse to show themselves to world. The manifestation of adult acne has been recognized during Eighties, when yuppie generation has standardized of what is to become hip urban lifestyle free of adult acne and any other lesions.Though adult acne is one aesthetic issue that is quite prevalent in real world, nearly 25 percent of men, and about 50 percent of women from their twenties and even in their fifties may still experience having adult acne. The face is usually first place for adult acne to appear, and may also form in parts of body only their significant other knows where. So much like majority of teenagers with their growing pains, what sort of twisted fate that could make adults tremble with fear due to adult acne? Have they suffered enough when they were younger and forced to douse themselves with every medicated formula there is to cure adult acne? As much as today's medical breakthroughs can offer in 21st century, adult acne, so much like teenage acne, still has no cure though doctors and dermatologists believe its roots may be traced to hormonal imbalance. Another addition to cause of adult acne can be found on how we actually live, mostly on diet, stress, vitamin deficiency, and evolutionary biology. No, we are not turning into monsters. All they can prescribe is that products on acne marketed for teens may also be used by adults.
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