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The stress hormone cortisol is a pesky culprit that is responsible for gaining weight as too much caloric intake.  The high-stress can lead to a serious overweight gains and we must provide some drastic measures before this things get worst.  There are variety of causes that stress brings and some of primary cause are finances, career, kids, relationship and properties. All of these can trigger cortisol to release.  If your personality is in type A, this personality is prone much more to stress.  This article will discus briefly the description of cortisol and how to eliminates too much cortisol in the body.

The cortisol is a hormone that releases from adrenal gland in normal functioning of physiology which plays an important role in maintaining our body to be well-balance and homeostatic internal environment.  As I said earlier, stress is the main cause of excess secretion of cortisol.  The problem which comes along the way in playing is when this stress will cause ways in too much cortisol secretion which can result to damage our internal body environment.  The cause of fatty accumulation in the abdomen is the excess cortisol which can cause severely in continuous increase of blood sugar.  When we have blood sugar excess, as same as people with type 2 in diabetes are overweight, this one can triggered a cascade of phenomenon that can cause fats storage in the body.  Since the most easily stored around the abdominal area is fats, this can result to develop fats around the side, back and front of the abdomen.

There are some ways that we can reduce the increasing of cortisol.  The first step in order to prevent in coming out of stress that can cause obesity is to work properly and fix like career stress, relationship and many more.  The second step is to eat smaller but healthy foods frequently to prevent the cortisol release.  The third steps is too exercise daily but don’t overdo it and the last step is to practice relaxation techniques daily such as meditation.