The Claim
In postmenopausal women with overweight or obesity, higher fasting blood glucose levels are significantly associated with elevated basal plasma cortisol concentrations (r=0.44, p<0.001), independent of body fat mass.
What the research says
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In postmenopausal women with overweight or obesity, higher fasting blood glucose levels are consistently linked to higher baseline cortisol levels in the blood, even when accounting for body fat amount.
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In postmenopausal women with overweight or obesity, higher fasting blood glucose levels are significantly associated with elevated basal plasma cortisol concentrations (r=0.44, p<0.001), suggesting a link between glucose metabolism and cortisol regulation independent of body fat mass.
High blood sugar damages the body's ability to shut off cortisol production, so cortisol stays elevated even when it should stop, and this happens whether or not a person has extra body fat.
What the research says
1 studyIn overweight postmenopausal women, higher blood sugar levels were tied to higher stress hormone levels, even after losing weight — meaning the link isn’t just because of extra fat. This suggests blood sugar and stress hormones are connected in some way.
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