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[Cortisol] The Science and Function of the Stress Hormone w/ Anders Varner, Doug Larson, Coach Travis Mash and Dan Garner Barbell Shrugged #640

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How Much Cortisol Does Your Body Have?

Cortisol plays a really important role in one sleep wake cycle so it's uh like I said there's no bad hormone hormones are only bad if they're chronically high or low but in normal homeostatic range. cortisol and a healthy physiologic range is actually anti-inflammatory many people are familiar with its sister cortisone that athletes will inject into their joints to finish a fourth quarterWhatever it's gonna be cortisol also has anti-inflammatory effects  cortisol is a hormone of energy which what it just why it plays such a big role in our sleep wake cycle, as well as immune system function inflammation control energy throughout the day.

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