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Sugar in [a] muffin increases cortisol and adrenaline, the stress hormones.
Yes, sugar literally jacks up your stress hormones, even if you are not stressed.
Feeling betrayed by your granola right now?
Heres what to know about how a sugary breakfast can affect your stress levels.
Basically, sugar increases your stress hormones, but also stress hormones make you crave more sugar.
(Fun, right?)
This then signals an alarm in the body when you need more.
Carbs help buffer the stress response by replacing molecules that the body is burning up, she says.
Eating carbs actually creates neurotransmitters in the brain, sending the signal to calm down.
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(BTW this is why carb-loaded meals like mac-and-cheese and lasagna are classiccomfort foods.)
Its a vicious cycle and it goes both ways, she says.
Veggies with eggs orsavory oatmealcan help prevent keep cortisol (and blood sugar levels) even and stable.
Hey, theres a reason why breakfast earned a rep as the most important meal of the day.
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