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Any food that can lower cortisol?
by leptoniscool 8y ago
Any food that can lower cortisol?
- hammock 8y agoWhole 30, and anything that promotes a healthy gut. Also lots of sleep
- dleslie 8y agoSleep is awesome. It's key to so much for our bodies, and yet we so easily neglect it.
- abledon 8y agoI’ve incorporated a grounded carbon leatherette under myself when I sleep — a bit skeptical of it at first but I really feel it in the morning — totally relaxed . After going into the biology , we’re full of conductive fascial planes , acting as compartments for different organ areas , kinda cool Edit: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4378297/#!po=0.454545 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4378297/#!po=0....
- hammock 8y agoSomewhere you recommend I can read more about this?
- abledon 8y agoThe Mat came with a book called ‘earthing’ I cringed at first reading it but there’s some cool science in it. Interesting parts on Native American healing traditions. It’s got pretty good reviews https://www.amazon.com/Earthing-Most-Important-Health-Discovery/dp/1591202833 https://www.amazon.com/Earthing-Most-Important-Health-Discov...
- sb23 8y agoAre you joking? This is about as legitimate as the copper balance bracelets that are only good for parting gullible people with their cash. Maybe placebo is making you feel more relaxed, or maybe your mattress is not firm enough and having a leather mat firms it up just enough for your back to feel better.
- abledon 8y agoWell it’s plugged in to the grounding outlet of the wall. I can test the current in my body using a voltmeter drops to approximately zero when grounded
- Retra 8y agoAnd what is it otherwise? 0.002 mA?
- adrianN 8y agoAnd what does that have to do with your cortisol levels?
- abledon 8y agoSee my link to the publication in parent comment “””The cortisol effects described by Ghaly and Teplitz5 are particularly significant in the light of recent research showing that prolonged chronic stress results in glucocorticoid receptor resistance.”””
- hhjinks 8y agoI do my best to get 8 to 9 hours in bed, and hopefully sleep, every night. I should've started doing that much earlier. It's a bummer to jump in bed at 9PM sometimes, but not feeling tired through the day and easily falling asleep is a great tradeoff.
- nradov 8y agoHealthy gut is a rather vague concept. What does that mean in clinical terms, and are there published studies showing that Whole 30 actually produces those results?
- hammock 8y agoIt means eating anything that feeds the good bacteria (commensal bacteria) in your gut: probiotics -> short chain fatty acids which is the fuel for these bacteria. That means fermentable fibers - vegetables, fruits, whole oats, mushrooms, barley. It also means avoiding foods that feed the bad bacteria in your gut, which could lead to overgrowth of the bad and crowding out of the good bacteria. Refined sugar feeds bad bacteria. In clinical terms, a healthy gut produces mucin, which is the lining or gut barrier, which promotes a healthy immune system (there are more immune cells in your gut than anywhere else in the body) and protects the rest of your body from endotoxin and inflammation. There are lots of published studies and if you want to learn more, find a video online with Rhonda Patrick. She cites a bunch.
- BLKNSLVR 8y agoAnswering the inverse of your question: caffeine increases cortisol production. The quicker solution to reducing cortisol may be to cut down on caffeine than to eat more cortisol inhibiting foods. As much as that may be considered a personally offensive suggestion to a lot of people...
- dreamdu5t 8y agoNote that caffeine does not increase cortisol, it reduces the time your body takes to clear/lower cortisol.
- eksemplar 8y agoReduces? Because then that’s the opposite of what the other guy was saying, and we should all drown our stress with caffeine.
- staticassertion 8y agoReduces the time to remove the cortisol.
- eksemplar 8y agoWell, a reduction in the time it takes to remove the bad thing, is a positive, isn’t it?
- mango7283 8y agoI think what they means is that the amount removed per unit time remains the same, so if the body spends less time removing cortisol there will be a buildup.
- wallace_f 8y agothis is hilarious. two comments from two different users made the same apparent mistakes with their intended meaning.
- nd_rw 8y agoAshwagandha. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573577/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573577/
- morcutt 8y agoRhodiola + Ashwagandha is my go to at the moment. Haven’t used either long term but, I’m really surprised by the combo.
- abledon 8y agoDo you find you are more aggressive after taking them? I find it increases for me , maybe the reduction in stress makes me feel more at ease to be able to assert and be disagreeable lol
- leksak 8y agoRhodiola is meant to be cycled, divide the duration you stay "on" by three, and that's how long you should be off it. Don't be "on" for more than 12 weeks. On/Off 3/1 6/2 3/9 12/4 > As with other adaptogens, administration of Rhodiola rosea should coincide with stressful situations only – athletic or otherwise – and periodic intervals of non-use should be observed. > Put it this way: once Rhodiola has enabled you to adapt to physical or environmental stress (training, dieting, work, etc.), you can't adapt any further. That's when you cycle off Rhodiola. Source: https://biotest.t-nation.com/products/rhodiola https://biotest.t-nation.com/products/rhodiola
- verda 8y agoashwaganda, l-theanine https://besynchro.com/blogs/blog/14997941-four-natural-supplements-that-reduce-the-damage-of-stress-and-heal-the-adrenals https://besynchro.com/blogs/blog/14997941-four-natural-suppl...
- amelius 8y agoSalt and lime water in the morning can help optimize cortisol profile throughout the day.
- Vekz 8y agoAdaptogen family herbs ginseng ashwagandha https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-23289/7-adaptogen-herbs-to-lower-your-cortisol.html https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-23289/7-adaptogen-herbs-to-l...