The Positive Effects of Cortisol

// January 22nd, 2012 // No Comments » // Fat Loss, Hormones

The world of Health and Fitness is known to have always, at some point of time or the other, made something a scapegoat and termed it as the next “root of all our problems”. Think about it, just about everything has been there…..

Today the fear of Carbohydrates strikes all those who want to lose fat. Few years ago…it was the “Dietary Fat is bad for you” craze and even before that (believe it or not) Protein was bad for all of us!

The same scenario is with hormones
Who hasn’t heard about Insulin and its role in fat gain?
I am willing to bet that you have

But while blaming all of the above mentioned, there were always a selective few who knew that these bad guys aren’t really that bad and have positive roles to them

However, today there is one poor fellow that has been bashed and blamed to the point of no return. Every fitness website swears against it and this very fellow has attracted THE MOST horrendous publicity than anything else to date. Yes…..I am talking about the one and only – “CORTISOL”

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