When healthy young men get stressed out, 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

Human

2002 May

The study gave men sugar before stressing them and found that the more their blood sugar went up, the more stress hormone (cortisol) they produced — exactly what the claim says.

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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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