Sentences with phrase «primarily by our adrenal glands»

You know from the chapter on hormone balance that stress increases your levels of cortisol, a hormone released primarily by the adrenal glands in response to feelings of fear, danger or even a sense of competition.

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This process though is promoted primarily by epinephrine, (adrenaline), which is one of the stress hormones secreted by your adrenal glands in response to stress.