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Posted by Wildflower on June 25, 2004, at 13:44:01
My T gave me a speech about cortisol this week that she got from a nutritionist that she works with. She told me that if I was concerned with losing a few pounds that I should eat my biggest meal in the morning, taper a bit for lunch and then have a very small dinner. She said it had to do with cortisol being the highest in the morning. How does this affect weight?
Isn't it true that cortisol levels are out of whack anyway for those who are depressed? How do I know that mine isn't the highest at night? (I'm an insomniac lately so having my peak at night might make sense.)
Posted by Larry Hoover on June 30, 2004, at 7:42:22
In reply to Cortisol, posted by Wildflower on June 25, 2004, at 13:44:01
> My T gave me a speech about cortisol this week that she got from a nutritionist that she works with. She told me that if I was concerned with losing a few pounds that I should eat my biggest meal in the morning, taper a bit for lunch and then have a very small dinner. She said it had to do with cortisol being the highest in the morning. How does this affect weight?
That I would want to consider some more.
> Isn't it true that cortisol levels are out of whack anyway for those who are depressed?
Yes, but....
Here's a decent explanation of the cortisol-depression link, but it only considers one part of the puzzle....hypercortisolemia (high blood cortisol).
http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/p040592.htmlThis article is very technical, but if you stick to looking at the diagrams, you can more easily get the picture; there is more than one sort of cortisol dysregulation associated with depression. (Sorry about the long URL)
http://psyphz.psych.wisc.edu/front/740%20Class%20Spring%202003/Gold%20%20Organization%20of%20the%20stress%20system.pdf> How do I know that mine isn't the highest at night? (I'm an insomniac lately so having my peak at night might make sense.)
Insomnia most likely involves histamine disturbance. Your nightly histamine levels stay too high, preventing sleep. They're still working at figuring out how that links up with depressed mood, but it explains why drugs with high histamine-binding affinity (e.g. doxepin, mirtazapine) induce sleep.
Lar
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