DuggaDugga
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"Stress" hormones are simply energy mobilization hormones. There is nothing wrong with elevating these sometimes, and you will never lose bodyfat if you keep them low all the time. In fact keeping them too low will make you feel terrible. Have you ever spoken to someone with cortisol deficiency?
And tou don't need high conversion of thyroid when you aren't burning a lot of carbohydrate. It's a self regulating system.
Cortisol does mobilize energy substrates, while also causing insulin resistance and abdominal fat deposition.
The effects of cortisol on insulin sensitivity in muscle. - PubMed - NCBI
Cortisol-induced insulin resistance in man: impaired suppression of glucose production and stimulation of glucose utilization due to a postreceptor... - PubMed - NCBI
Deconstructing the roles of glucocorticoids in adipose tissue biology and the development of central obesity
What are your thoughts on this?