| View Larger Image | Mastering Cortisol: Stop Your Body's Stress Hormone from Making You Fat Around the Middle | Paperbackby Marilyn Glenville (Author)
| List Price: | $15.95 | |
| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Ulysses Press | | Page Count: | 192 Pages | | Publication Date: | July 24, 2006 | | Sales Rank: | 457,256th |
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Product Description
Mastering Cortisol explains why the fat that collects around the middle of the body can't simply be blamed on eating too much or not exercising enough. The real cause is stress, which triggers an imbalance of the hormone cortisol that in turn tricks the body into creating unnecessary belly fat. It's all part of the fight-or-flight response dating back to the caveman that tells the body to store up fat in times of peril.But the cycle can be stopped: Mastering Cortisol details specific ways to counter the cortisol with a tailor-made exercise plan that will slim the belly. Based on breakthrough genetic tests, the program also recommends specific vitamins and minerals and explains which foods will work best for the reader. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 2 reviews)
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Great Book! by HunnyBear  5 Stars
May 22, 2009
I disagree with thee other review. I borrowed this book from my local library & this is a pretty good book packed with good information. If anyone out there suffers from adrenal fatigue like me, I reccommend this book "Adrenal Fatigue" by James Wilson. This is another great book about adrenal fatigue. I also suggest that if you have adrenal fatigue, you should see a holistic medicine/naturopath doctor because they run blood test that checks hormones thats imbalanced, and they look for the root cause for your medical issue. If you go and see a western medicine doctor (M.D.), their test is different. They set a standard on their test, and it won't pick up disease if you are in the EARLY stages. It will pick it up only if you are in the LATE stage of disease. They do this because the pharmaceutical companies fund them and sometimes their education so that you use chemical drugs to mask only your symptoms, and not fix the real root problem of disease. Don't forget the M.D.'s get paid by the pharmaceutical company every time they write you that prescription. You can be skeptical and not believe this and learn the hard way, or you can go and see a natural medicine doctor/holistic doctor to truly heal & learn how to eat better OR continue to take chemical drugs by these pharmaceutical companies with severe side effects that you WILL discover down the road. IT'S UP TO YOU, IT'S YOUR CHOICE! YOU CHOOSE.
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It Left Me Questioning My Medical Condition(s) by Sally Atman (Redondo Beach, CA United States)  2 Stars
September 19, 2007
There is plenty of well-displayed information about cortisol in this book. The author knows the subject and is extremely readable. But if you're suffering from a raft of vague symptoms and have read about copper overdose, chronic fatigue, vitamin B12 deficieny, adrenal fatigue, clinical depression, hypothyroidism, hormone issues, and a number of other syndromes/diseases, this book will further confuse you.
Since I started "feeling like this," I've read at least two dozen books on as many subjects. Now I know about cortisol. My doctors don't know why I feel like this and the symptoms related to cortisol are nearly identical to too many other problems.
I do have "a bit" too much copper in my system. Suggested solution? Zinc and B vitamins. I am in adrenal fatigue. Suggested solution? Less stress and B vitamins. I'm post-menopausal. Suggested solution? Contradictory. Being a vegan I have a B12 deficieny. Suggested solution? B12. I had the tests and didn't feel any better. In fact, I got depressed to the point of needing therapy. Suggested solution? Either anti-depressants (no thanks) or B12 injections. The list goes on.
My husband watched me go from a happy, active, productive human being to a depressed, sedentary, disinterested wreck. My self-help medical books are now in a box in the garage. I added a few nutritional supplements to my diet, got off my butt and started moving around again, and now look and feel one hundred percent better.
If you're wrapped up in the "could THIS be what's wrong with me" mess, try adding B12 and (for a cortisol problem) zinc citrate to your diet, read Larry Winget's "Shut Up, Stop Whining, and Get A Life," and I guarantee you'll change your health (and point of view).
I don't want to put down this book, but it really is vague and sounds like too many other "syndrome" books.
I hope this review helps someone out there . . . .
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