Cortisol is a steroid hormone, known as a glucocorticoid, made in the cortex of the adrenal glands and then released into the blood which transports it all around the body. Almost every cell contains receptors for cortisol, so it can have a lot of different actions depending on which sort of cells it is acting upon. These effects include: raising blood sugar making you hungry and crave sugar reducing your ability to burn fat suppressing the HPA-axis, which exists between you

Research is now showing that sugar is as addictive as illegal drugs like cocaine and heroin. We have all heard of "food addiction." After consuming sugar the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract) releases opiods and dopamine, some of the happy chemicals that trigger the "reward system" in the brain. Essentially when you consume sugar it makes you want more, and more, and more. Doing so wreaks havoc on your hormones because of what it does to the brain, as well as the way it s