SR - Cortisol

[Gail P. Taylor]

Embolism.  Something we all want to avoid because they are bad.  They can lodge
in a lung...or the brain.  Embolisms can result from big nasty bruises...rather
like the ones that are sometimes associated with fighter practice.  When we see
one of these bruises oozing down our leg under the effect of gravity, and think
of emboli (plural??) our cortisol levels start to rise....

;)

Isobel


Dennis Grace wrote:

> Salut Cozyns,
>
> Lyonel aisai.
>
> Cortisol is a hormone produced in the adrenal cortex.  We all need a
> certain amount of this hormone.  Cortisol plays an
> essential role in the replacement and regeneration of damaged joint and
> tendon tissue.  Unfortunately, cortisol also has nasty catabolic
> effects--it destroys muscle tissue.
>
> So what has this do do with anything?  Well, cortisol is produced in
> excess in response to stress.  Every time your boss, spouse, kids,
> subordinates, neighbors, trash collectors, IRS agents, student loan
> counselors, professors, friends, compatriots, cats, dogs, or Congress
> p*ss you off, your body begins to produce cortisol.
>
> Result:  most of us end the work day with our bodies overflowing with
> excess cortisol.
>
> Solution:  release some energy.  Anabolic, explosive movements tend to
> decrease cortisol (aerobics, for some reason, produce *more* cortisol).
>
> Hey, I've got an idea!  Fighter practice. (Bet you didn't see *that*
> coming. ;] )
>
> I'll be out at the usual BG site, this evening at around 7:30/8:00.
> Come out.  Bring armor and weapons.  Let's burn off some cortisol.
>
> lo vostre por vos servir
> Sir Lyonel Oliver Grace, Capitan
> Bryn Gwlad, Ansteorra
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