If you have ever had trouble falling asleep and tuned into late night television to distract yourself from the mind spin that can so often occur, you are probably all too familiar with infomercials about Cortisol. As it is commonly and rightly called the “death hormone” or the “fat hormone”, it is extremely important that you begin to educate yourself about its impact in order to regain control of your overall health.

Cortisol and its maker, the adrenal glands, haven’t always given us so many problems; the adrenal glands were originally designed to manage the flight-or-fight stress response, a reaction that was needed from time to time when fighting for food or protecting our children from predators. But now, in modern times, with our constant “pedal-to-the-metal” lifestyle and wide range of stressors, we have started to overburden the adrenal glands resulting in cortisol levels that are completely out-of-balance and devastating for our health and well being.

High levels of cortisol, called “hypercortisolemia”, cause anxiety, panic, sleep disturbances, sugar cravings, and weight gain. Low levels of cortisol, called “hypocortisolemia” cause “burn-out”, fatigue, depression, fuzzy thinking, and weight gain. So, either too much or too little cortisol causes weight gain, principally around our middle and thighs.

If left unbalanced, cortisol makes it very difficult to lose weight, and regardless of the time and effort that you put into dieting and exercising, the fat will stay put. The good news is that we are now able to detect and correct these imbalances. At The Renewal Point, under medical supervision, we are able to help you bring these very powerful hormones under control and lose the fat for good.

First, we test your cortisol levels with blood or salivary labs. Then, we identify your specific imbalances in order to develop the precise program that your body needs. Finally, bringing hormones back into balance, we monitor your health to make sure that your Cortisol levels remain stable. For you, this means less sleepless nights watching Cortisol infomercials and more quality days doing the things that you want and need to do.

For more information on the effects of cortisol and other hormones… https://www.therenewalpoint.com/education/blog/hormone-balancing-made-simple/