Metabolic and Mental Health
Three Tips to Optimize Cortisol to Melt Belly Fat and Keep Lean Muscles.
Lower elevated cortisol levels to lose visceral fat, maintain lean muscle mass, and improve mental health.
Purpose of the Article
In this article, my focus is on elevated cortisol as we can reduce it with simple lifestyle habits, even though some cases might require the attention of qualified medical professionals. However, too little cortisol is hard to fix via lifestyle changes. Thus it may require medical intervention.
Burning belly fat can become more manageable once we defeat the elevated cortisol monster.
Cortisol is a highly tricky hormone. As it is a stress management hormone, people usually do not pay attention to it like metabolic hormones (insulin and leptin).
However, it has as much effect as metabolic hormones in fat loss and lean muscles.
Many fitness enthusiasts with elevated cortisol struggle to lose belly fat even if they run ten miles or spend their day at the gym and cut calories to the extreme. As a result, they lose weight but not belly fat.
