For forty years, health specialists have defended the idea that it is necessary to reduce, not to say eliminate, fats, particularly saturated fats.
For many years, fat has had a bad press, and it is only recently that we have started to better distinguish between the different types of fat and the public is beginning to understand that there are “good fats”, and the “bad fats”.
Day: February 12, 2021
The role of cortisol in excess weight and overweight
Cortisol is a steroid hormone that is released in the body in response to physical or psychological stress.
It is part of a set of corticosteroid hormones secreted during stress by the adrenal cortex. The secretion of cortisol triggers various energy-generating processes that aim to provide the brain with sufficient energy supply to prepare the person to deal with stressors.