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When healthy young men get stressed, the more their stress hormone (cortisol) spikes, the more their blood sugar tends to go up too.

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Glucose but not protein or fat load amplifies the cortisol response to psychosocial stress.

Randomized Controlled Trial
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2002 May

When these men drank a sugary drink before a stressful test, their blood sugar went up and so did their stress hormone (cortisol), and the higher the blood sugar spike, the higher the cortisol spike — so yes, they’re linked.

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Glucose but not protein or fat load amplifies the cortisol response to psychosocial stress.

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DOI: 10.1006/HBEH.2002.1766

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