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Analysis v1
Men with a lot of belly fat tend to have higher stress hormone levels during the day, but their nighttime levels stay normal—like their body’s stress clock is out of sync.
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The study found that men with more belly fat have higher overall cortisol levels, but it didn’t check whether cortisol spikes during the day and drops at night — which is what the claim is about. So it doesn’t prove the claim.
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