Cortisol and it’s negative

impact in your body

Valeria Alieieva
 INTRODUCTION
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WHAT IS CORTISOL
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Table of contents FUNCTIONS

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SYMPTOPMS
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SUMMARY
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Cortisol
HYPOTHALAMUS

STARTLE BODY

ACTIVATES OTHER
AREAS OF THE BRAIN

SUPRARENAL GLANDS CORTISOL

 Over the past years, reports of increased
stress levels in millennials have been on
the rise; Stress in America, a study, from
the American Psychological Association
found “half of all millennials are so
stressed out that they can’t sleep at night,
and 39 percent of millennials have stress
levels that have increased in the past year”
(Yandoli, 2013) and “On a 10-point scale,
Americans ages 18-33 reported an
average stress level of 5.4 compared to
the national average of 4.9” (Kingkade,
2013).

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 Facts
• Females are more prone to stress
as a result of a specific variation
in their genomes (Kandbalu, 2013)
• The shot of cortisol we received
will take several hours to
disappear. (Estapé, 2018 )

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 Cortisol’s functions

Stress Regulating
response metabolism
What happen if you
live with constant
Inflammator Immune anxiety?
y response function

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 Symptoms
PHYSICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL BEHAVIORAL
o Alopecia o Changes can occur o High levels of
o Uncontrollable in sleep patterns cortisol encourage us
blinking o Irritability to isolate ourselves
o Excessive o Sadness o Initiating a
perspiration of the o Inability to enjoy conversation is
hands and feet things difficult
o Dry skin o Aimlessness and o Begin to avoid our
o Tightness in the Apathy habitual activities
chest o Not engage at social
o Tachycardia events
WHEN CORTISOL LEVELS ARE CHRONICALLY ELEVATED, IT
BEGINS TO ACT AS A TOXIN
(Estapé, 2018 )
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How to regulate cortisol
• Omega 3
• Turmeric
• Citrus
• Vitamin D
• Onions, leeks, parsley, bay leaves, and rosemary.

Activities such as
• Yoga
• Exercise ( Serotonin and dopamine)
• Positive thoughts ( how to take pleasure in the little things)
• Meditation/ mindfulness

If you hear a voice within you saying, “ you cannot

paint”, then by all means paint, and that voice will be
silenced - Vang Goh

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 REFERENCES

• Estapé, M. R. (2018 ). How to make good things happen. Barcelona: Espasa libros.
• Kandbalu, P. (2013). Effects of cortisol on physical and psychological aspects of the
body and effective ways by which one can reduce stress. Berkely scientific journal.

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Thank you