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What Cortisol Does to Your Body, and What It Does Not
A practical explanation of cortisol, daily stress rhythms, sleep and recovery without turning ordinary stress into a hormone diagnosis.
Stress
What is stress? Stress is how your brain and body respond to a challenge or demand. When you are stressed, your body releases certain hormones. Hormones are chemicals that travel in your bloodstream and control how different parts of your body work. The hormones that are released when you are stressed make you alert and ready to act. You can start with our article What Cortisol Does to Your Body, and What It Does Not.
Overview source: Stress, MedlinePlus (NIH)
