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TMHS 460: 10 Surprising Secrets To Live Longer & Improve Your Healthspan Today!

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The Stress Component of Autoimmune Disease

The inability to manage stress is a huge component of what we call the etiology of disease. Cortisol tears down muscle tissue, so that amino acids in the muscle can be sent to the liver to be made into glucose. One of the effects of cortisol is that it encourages the deposition of fat. So if you're trying to burn off fat, and yet you've got these stress hormones that are causing you to make more sugar than you already do, those two don't go together.

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