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The stress hormone cortisol is so powerful that slight excess or deficiency will - over a period of years-have terrible effects on our health. While a cortisol deficiency can have grave consequences of its own, The Potbelly Syndrome focuses on the effects of excess cortisol, called hypercortisolism. While many factors influence cortisol levels, chronic infection with common germs is a main cause of hypercortisolism. Unfortunately, this cause is all-too-often overlooked or ignored by the medical community.
In The Potbelly Syndrome, the authors introduce readers to some common germs that are very likely residing in their bodies. They explain how these infections cause a chronically elevated cortisol level with all of its negative effects, eventually leading to the potbelly syndrome, and what steps readers can take to protect themselves. The authors also address other causes of high cortisol levels, since these contribute even further to ill health.
Hypercortisolism, like old age, creeps up on us. At first, we don't notice the effects or maybe we pretend they don't exist, but before long, they can no longer be ignored. We take steps to rectify the problems, like trying a new-and-improved diet and getting daily exercise, but we don't get to the heart of the problem. This book clarifies the cause of hypercortisolism so that readers can do something about it.
The potbelly syndrom is linked to the first four stages of hypercortisolism: 1.) syndrome X, 2.)subclinical Cushing's syndrome, 3.) dysmetabolic syndrome, 4.) type-2 diabetes. The authors explain these disorders and how readers can recognize them in themselves. This arms them with the information they need to put a stop to their progression and reverse the long-term effects of chronically high cortisol levels. People with pot bellies are more likely to develop type2 diabetes.
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About the Authors: Russell Farris is a retired artificial-intelligence researcher who spent most of his life solving problems for the U.S. Navy. After suffering a heart attack in 1998, he began to apply his problem-solving skills to the study of heart disease and related illnesses.
Per Marin, M.D., Ph.D., is a distinguished scientist, physician, and clinical teacher from Sweden. He has been writing about obesity since 1985, and many of his eighty-two publications deal with the effects of cortison on weight and health.
