Weight Loss - Four Steps To Help Control Your Cortisol Levels to Ensure Fat Loss

If you want to maximize the amount of fat loss you see with your program, one hormone you will want to ensure you have good control over is your cortisol level. Cortisol is a catabolic hormone, meaning it breaks tissue down. Now at first this might seem like a good thing. You need to break body fat down so you can become leaner. But not so fast. Cortisol also causes the breakdown of lean muscle mass, which then reduces your metabolic rate to a crawl. Also, too much cortisol in your system can also increase the risk of body fat accumulation around your waist. Not sounding so super anymore, is it? More...