What to Take to Lower Cortisol?

Cortisol is a hormone that is released into the body. Your body produces it naturally. It produces excess cortisol in stressful situations. The more stressed out you get over all the things that happen to you in life, the more cortisol your body will produce. Prolonged periods of having high cortisol levels can affect your sleep, irritability, cause your body to break down proteins in your muscles, and it makes your body store more fat. Which over time can add to your overall weight gain.

There are several solutions to this problem. You can’t get rid of cortisol completely but you can lower your levels significantly.

• Vitamin C — Increasing your intake of Vitamin C is probably the easiest thing you can do.   This works but may not have enough horse power to significantly lower your cortisol levels.
• Fish Oil — Fish oil lowers cortisol levels, assists neuron function and inhibits carcinogens.
• Phosphatide — Reduces cortisol by up to 30%, protects the nervous system, protects the brain, helps prevent neurodegenerative diseases and can increase intellectual abilities.
• 5-Hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) — Stabilizes cortisol, regulates appetite, improves mood, can alleviate hyperactivity.
• DHEA and Ashwagandha can also help in lowering cortisol and improve mood.

There are a lot of things that you could take to lower your cortisol level and also staying away from stressful situations does help. These are some of the supplements you might want to try out and see if it can help you.