SR - Cortisol

[Kerridwen]

Then there are those of us who have no adrenal glands and have to take synthetic
cortisol.

For the morbidly curious, your body produces on average of 30 mg of cortisol
daily.  However, in cases of extreme crisis, your body can produce as much as
100 times that amount.

Kerridwen

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.



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