Stress Causes Obesity
If we see someone look thinner, we would assume that maybe the person is stressed. Or, maybe he was hit by the problem so that he becomes no appetite. However, it turns out this view is mistaken. Stress is not going to make a person lose weight but instead trigger obesity.
This was revealed by health experts David Zinczenko was quoted by the magazine Men’s Health. According to him, stress will trigger a person becomes obese. Cause, in a state of stress, the body will produce two hormones are adrenaline and cortisol.
The two hormones that will activate the genes in the fat cells in the body to multiply. Cortisol is a type of hormone corticosteroids can increase blood pressure and blood sugar levels as well as a hormone or suppressing the immune system.
In addition, when one of stress, one would not sleep well. Difficulty sleeping is a production of cortisol increased. This was confirmed by the results of research the University of Chicago, the United States that suggests if we only slept for four hours a night, will raise levels of cortisol 37% higher than that sleep eight hours a night.