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I Reduced My Cortisol Naturally With These 15 Foods
There’s been a lot of hype on social media, especially TikTok, about how cortisol is the culprit for lots of uncomfortable issues like weight gain, skin breakouts, puffy face, and anxiety issues. But cortisol is nothing new.
By Anna Hugoboom3 min read
We all know what stress is. Cortisol is the stress hormone – technically a steroid hormone, actually – and it’s produced by your adrenal glands. Cortisol helps regulate our stress response and blood pressure, so it spikes when our stress levels increase. Like that feeling of growing anxious in crazy traffic that you drive in every day to get to work, or getting ravenous (and irritable) for a solid 48 hours a couple of days before your period hits.