Wed, Jan-14-04, 19:05
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Plan: PP
Stats: 160/149/125
BF:
Progress: 31%
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Actually, I would like to know more about this:
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carbohydrate-restrictive diets may markedly increase levels of the so-called "stress hormone" cortisol in pregnant women, thereby exposing the fetus to excess cortisol and programming lifelong hypersecretion of cortisol. Hypersecretion of cortisol, termed "hypercortisolemia," has been linked to numerous deleterious health conditions, including cognitive impairments, clinical depression, hypertension, diabetes and obesity.
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I think Schwarzbein also mentioned high cortisol as being unhealthy, unfortunately I loaned out that book. Most other authors never mention it. But I suspect that if it happens that it doesn't just happen to pregnant women. Does anyone know more about this, and strategies to avoid this? |