Sentences with phrase «releasing high levels of the stress hormone»

This is because the body is releasing high levels of the stress hormone cortisol at night, when levels should be low.

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Chronic health problems can result from high levels of stress hormones that are being released throughout the body.

And when it comes to the common experience of reliving moments from one's life, one culprit might be the locus coeruleus, a midbrain region that releases noradrenaline, a stress hormone one would expect to be released in high levels during trauma.

This energy deficit magnifies the host stress response, releasing high levels of glucocorticoid hormone that suppresses the immune response.

When a person becomes stressed, the body reacts by releasing higher levels of the hormone, cortisol.

Then the blood sugar is too high (because of the unnatural surge) and excessive insulin release then comes along again and the sugar levels go too low; then excessive stress hormones get released; and sugar goes back up and too high; and so on with this vicious cycle of highs and lows in blood sugar.

People who get stressed have higher levels of cortisol, a hormone that's released in response to stress.

The hormone cortisol is released during stress, and it seems that high levels of cortisol in the body tend to encourage central fat to accumulate.

Stress is a major contributor of stored belly fat, because higher levels of the hormone cortisol are released into your bloodstream when you feel stressed.

First of all, high levels of stress results in the release of excessive amounts of cortisol which is known as the stress hormone.

Finally, there is some evidence showing that lower levels of omega 3 fatty acids are correlated with higher levels of corticotrophin - releasing hormone (CRH) which is normally released in response to stress.

Throughout the sessions they completed questionnaires and provided saliva samples so researchers could observe their cortisol levels (a hormone released during stress) before, during, and after the couples had it out over the area of disagreement that the couples deemed most intense (don't worry, couples were able to end on a high note by discussing the positive aspects of their relationships).