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Dr. Eric Berg.

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In this short video, we're going to talk about this subject called cortisol and how to turn off cortisol.

The first thing you need to know is that cortisol is made from the outside of the adrenal gland.

This is adrenal gland. You have two of them on top of the kidney. They look like this.

So the outside of this is all gland tissue and cortisol is made by the outer part of that gland.

The inside of the gland is all nerve tissue.

It makes neurotransmitters or hormone-like substances that are hormone-like because they travel,

communication-wise through the nervous system where hormones travel through the blood.

That's the differentiation. So cortisol is made by the outside and the inside would be all the adrenaline.

Okay, so adrenaline is a stress hormone too, right? Cortisol is a stress hormone.

So the thing is, a lot of people are stressed out and they seem to not be able to get rid of stress.

They can't seem to turn off cortisol. And that's primarily because the adrenal gland only has an unswitch.

See, cortisol is a hormone that reacts to stress and adapts the body to stress states.

Okay, and the same thing with the adrenaline. It reacts to stress and adapts the body to stress states.

So if you've been chased by a tiger for example, you're going to have the heart rate go up.

You're going to have the blood flow to your muscles. You're going to have a very awake brain and excessively aware.

And then you're going to have higher blood pressure. You're going to have more adrenaline.

You're going to have all these different things. But you're not going to have as much digestion or reproduction.

So it's going to turn those things off. But what happens over time, and a lot of people don't notice,

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