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When your body is under long-term stress, it releases a hormone called cortisol that breaks down muscle and ramps up blood sugar in a way that together makes your metabolism worse over time.
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When you're stressed for a long time, your body makes too much cortisol, which breaks down muscle and messes up blood sugar — and these two problems feed off each other, making your metabolism worse over time. This study says that’s exactly what happens.
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