What helps cortisol levels?

[Determinator]

1)exercise, 2)good diet and 3)healthy stress lowering disciplines

will significantly reduce stress and rebuild your glandular system in general. and...no supplements to buy!

now, if you really need supplements by all means take them...I am after all the supplement popping posterchild Honestly I think we can do a lot of good with just those 3 things though. I tend to get over excited about what supplements can do but the basics still reign supreme. back to nature!

[evielou]

Oprah had a DR. on today that I'm caught a few Min's. of and she said sleeping up to hrs. a day reduces stress...I am not sure that I heard it right because I was waiting on a customer at the time but she surely is not a recovery alcoholic...I am lucky to sleep 3or 4 hrs......15hrs. would reduce my stress and cortisol all right...

[livingfree]

Evie did they say 15 hours of sleep??? Thats CRAZY!! Only drugs would knock me out for that long

Det - you are so right - I am a supplement queen, and sometimes I have to remind myself that my diet and exercise will do profoundly more and help the supplements work better as well! The basics are always the best Rx!!

[Doggygirl]

Originally Posted by evielou

Oprah had a DR. on today that I'm caught a few Min's. of and she said sleeping up to hrs. a day reduces stress...I am not sure that I heard it right because I was waiting on a customer at the time but she surely is not a recovery alcoholic...I am lucky to sleep 3or 4 hrs......15hrs. would reduce my stress and cortisol all right...

While I completely understand that Oprah can afford the best medical help in the world, I'm not sure she is getting it right now. She is Hypothyroid (according to her) and yet is supposedly on a diet that includes a lot of soy. Thyroid Problems 101 says No Soy. It really is not easy to find good doctors for hormone system problems and I'm suspecting that Oprah hasn't found one either. An Endo would be the logical thing, however I think they are swamped specializing in Diabetes related problems......

Anyway...just a ramble that isn't even worth 2 cents!

DG

[MyHeartIsDrenchedInWine]

My Yoga instructor informed me that one hour of Yoga lowers cortisol levels.

I am also reading a great book on Yoga by a medical doctor. He says in the book that studies were done on what physical conditions Yoga benefits, at the top of the list was alcoholism! Alcoholism was the only condition on the survey in which 100% of the patients felt improvement.