Tag: stress
Salt restriction promotes stress by elevating cortisol
Yet another “controversial” topic is getting some attention. After medicine reluctantly accepted the existence of the “Obesity…
Higher testosterone (T) levels protect against diabetes in males
Another study that contradicts the pervasive dogma that higher T levels are a nightmare for aging males,…
Childhood stress causes muscle dysfunction in adulthood by damaging oxidative metabolism
Yet another study demonstrating that many mysterious, and sometimes severe/fatal (e.g. ALS) muscle-related conditions may be not…
Stress/cortisol/aldosterone cause kidney disease; pregnenolone/progesterone treat it
The condition known as chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the most common long-term co-morbidity of…
Stress is carcinogenic and promotes metastases; blocking cortisol stops this process
Over the last couple of years I posted several times about studies demonstrating that stress from surgery,…
Adolescent stress causes mental illness, cognitive issues by lowering metabolism
It has long been known that pre-natal stress (e.g. stressed of the mother during pregnancy), as well…
Obesity is estrogen-driven; Chronic fasting burns mostly muscle, not fat
I wanted to do a quick post on this, as this topic is one of the most…
Blocking serotonin (5-HT) stops withdrawal symptoms in addicts
The role of 5-HT and other stress mediators such as cortisol, adrenaline, estrogen, prolactin, histamine, etc has…
Hormonal birth control puts women in chronic stress, by blocking progesterone synthesis
A truly remarkable study as it exposes so many lies that Big Pharma and its medical accomplices…
Height is not genetic – UK’s drastic drop in height due to austerity, poor diet
A few years before the pandemic hit, I did a several posts on studies demonstrating that height…