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Meaning of cortisol



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

cortisol
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Name of a hormone that is produced by the adrenal gland. It is released in response to stress. One of its functions is to increase the level of sugar in the blood and help the metabolism of fats.

  



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CORTISOL Stress hormone produced by the supreme glands and that prepare the organism for flight, instantly increasing the amount of glucose in the blood to increase the available energy, discharge blood from the spleen and put the nervous and muscular system on high alert, focusing brain activity on dangers and safer escape alternatives. If there is a fire advertisement while watching a play the cortisol shoots up and will focus the person on the run. If a false alarm is then notified and returned to the seat, it will no longer be able to be attended to as before because cortisol takes 6 to 8 hours to gradually disappear from the blood and thus return to calm. The negative part of this survival remedy is that it is carcinogenic in nature.

  

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Marcelo Barrera, Pastor.

Cortisol is a hormone produced by the adrenal gland, which is released in response to stress. The forgiveness project Dr. Michael Barry Kregel, publication, January 2011.

  










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