Cortisol and Weight Gain: What’s Real—and What Social Media Gets Wrong
If social media has told you that a rounder middle, stubborn scale, poor sleep, afternoon fatigue, and food cravings all prove you have “high cortisol,” you are not alone. Cortisol is involved in stress and metabolism, but the viral story is far too tidy. Cortisol weight gain is not a diagnosis, a body type, or…