“Cortisol is known as ‘the stress hormone’ because stress activates cortisol secretion.” -by Elizabeth Scott; stress.about.com/od/stresshealth/a/cortisol.htm So most people think it’s the other way around. But in fact it’s our own emotions of stress that cause our body to secrete massive amounts of cortisol which actually tire out and weaken the body. The truth is … Continue reading