Cortisol is a hormone that is released when we undergo stress or fear.  In today’s world, most of us are over-stressed all the time because we don’t take proper care of ourselves.  We work too much, don’t exercise, eat poorly, etc.  These things all increase cortisol, which then increases weight gain, emotional instability, and blood...

By Ana Snyder, M.S., Exercise Physiology; CPT, FNS