This new study is critically important for understanding how depression, diabetes, and stress are related. For the first time, depresson itself, instead of depression and lifestyle factors, is shown to lead to diabetes.
The author notes that depressives produce more cortisol, the stress hormone. The cortisol urges the body to keep blood sugar high, because the […]
Most people have a problem with undertraining, as in not working out enough. However, when we inevitably decide we have to turn our lives around, we want to be thin and healthy as soon as possible–and this can lead to dangerous overtraining.
This article covers the topic a little, but I think it misses the most […]
I saw this article pop up in The Heartmath Report this morning. It’s just a little more evidence that all systems are connected to each other. Stress and insulin resistance seem especially related. Perhaps it’s because we eat more sugary foods when under stress, perhaps the cortisol has a negative effect on the cells and […]