Sentences with phrase «primary stress hormone»

Levy reported that in a 2004 study of suburban rail commuters taking the train from New Jersey to Manhattan, «Wener and his coauthor Gary Evans found that the longer their test subjects» journey was, the higher the levels of cortisol (the primary stress hormone) in their saliva, and the more difficult they found to focus on the task of proofreading assigned them at the end of their commute.»

The CLOCK gene has an important role in regulating many rhythmic patterns of the body, including body temperature or level of cortisol, the primary stress hormone.

The primary stress hormone in your body is cortisol.

Cortisol, the primary stress hormone, can cause you to underproduce thyroid hormones, which keeps them in their inactive state and desensitizes thyroid receptors in your cells.

As the body's primary stress hormone, cortisol can easily get kicked into overdrive — not just from mental stressors like a stressful job or relationship, but also from physical stressors like an undiagnosed food intolerance or lack of sleep.

In response to this lack of cellular fuel, the brain triggers the release of cortisol which is the body's primary stress hormone.

It also increases cortisol, the primary stress hormone, which if chronically elevated suppresses the immune system, causes sleep disturbances, increases blood sugar, contributes to abdominal weight gain, and even increases blood pressure.

Cortisol is the primary stress hormone that suppresses our digestive and immune systems and places our body in fight or flight mode.

It is the primary stress hormone and it is needed in order to maintain normal physiological processes during times of stress.

In addition, Cortisol, the primary stress hormone, can promote the storage of fat — or when low, due to adrenal fatigue, can also cause decline in energy.

Studies show PTSD alters the body's ability to regulate cortisol, our primary stress hormone produced by the adrenal glands.

Cortisol, one of the primary stress hormones, is released by the adrenal glands.

It could be high blood sugar, a precursor to diabetes, is driving your primary stress hormone cortisol and keeping you up.

Your primary stress hormone, cortisol, should be high in the morning and low at night on an adrenal stress test.