Specific Hormones | Functions of Cortisol 

Don’t do cardio over 10 minutes. It increases cortisol. That’s why alot of long distance runners are skinny fat. Focus on resistance/ weight training which will build muscle and decrease cortisol

@@jrocks8478 this is horrible advise for general health. Not everyone is trying to be a bodybuilder and even if they are bodybuilders routinely do cardio during their cutting phase.

@@ActaNonVerba14 do hiit cardio like sprints max 8x30 sec

@@jrocks8478 source: bro science

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i’m not sure of everything that was said but basically when you are stressed your body shuts down certain functions so you can survive in that moment or short time. for example, if your danger, you are not going to digest your food, or want to have sex, or have a happy thought, or heal a wound, or tell a joke, or be relaxed, or understand anything....what happens if you are stressed emotionally or physically is you go into an automatic survival mode and your blood pressure will rise so you get more blood into your legs and arms to get out of that situation. even your breathing changes. all those things are shut off until your brain knows you are safe, then you can relax, eat, smile, etc etc. cortisol shits certain things off, and turns other things on, but the things that get turned on should only be on temporary or it causes an overload and we are not designed to endure and overload. that’s my understanding. ciao!

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Take this with a grain of salt, but it seems to me like creatine recycles ATP, thus the brain doesn't need to use as much glucose for energy. I don't know if this means it really *improves* the brain per say, not nearly as much as it improves the metabolism of skeletal muscle (as you're less likely to run into muscle fatigue). If anybody smarter than me would like to correct this, you're more than welcome, as I too would like to know.

Well with Cushing u got chronic elevated cortisol so u end up having high blood sugar and elevated fatty acids but neither the brain nor the skeleton muscles need the energy so it gets stored in glycogen and abdominal fat again. Meanwhile due to the reduced anabolic metabolism in the muscles u lose musclesubstance leading to the classic small extremities and fat torso, neck and face.

@@klossess so to remove the cushings you need to find it right on adrenal or up by Brian. ?

@@dimasavila9158 depends on the cause. If it's an cerebral adenoma you remove it, if it's due to adrenal hyperfunction you either perform an adrenalectomy or use drug therapy to inhibit the adrenal function

@@klossess i was searching for the answer of this question as well, thank u sir

Cortisol direct effect of synthesis of glucose by gluconeogenesis and increase blood glucose level and it also help in conversion of glucose into glycogen...but in case of stressful condition ephinephrine and non ephinephrine also released along with cortisol . Catecholamines binds on beta adrenergic receptor and effect is on glycogen to convert into glucose but cotisol mainly help in increasing the sensitivity of adrenergic receptor and indirectly cause breakdown of glycogen into glucose and increase blood glucose level.

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yes, I've read that too in my first aid. If you haven't got your answer, cortisol is the body’s long term stress response. compare that to adrenaline which is the short term stress response. you’re absolutely correct in saying that breaking down glucose for more energy is the logical approach in times of stress, and that’s what we see happen in the adrenaline response. however, with long term stress, the body prioritizes energy stores, and so cortisol increases gluconeogenesis to build up glucose stores.

Through a blood test using a gold top the blood test is called cortisol