Dr. Stuart Phillips, perhaps the leading researcher on exercise, hormones, muscle growth, and fat loss, recently addressed six cortisol myths.
- Cortisol is not a bad thing.
- Cortisol doesn’t suppress fat breakdown or limit muscle growth.
- Cortisol is simply a marker of stress.
- If cortisol is chronically high, you probably want to keep it lower.
- Cortisol is likely a marker of an effective workout.
- A person’s “meno-belly” (a gain in fat following menopause) is not due to a rise in cortisol.
Take home message: Cortisol is not the villain or culprit it’s been made out to be.
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