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What is Cortisol?

Dr. Anne Berkeley | Elevate Your Well Being: The Role of Functional Medicine and Gut Health

What is Cortisol? Cortisol is one of our stress hormones. When we experience stress, the body’s natural response is to signal a number of events throughout the body. These events are activated by hormones like adrenaline and cortisol. With any form of stress, the sympathetic nervous system (aka the “fight or flight” response) is activated…