Cortisol 1

Chest painsBackachesUrinary frequencyMuscle spasmMemory lossPanic attacksConstipationDiarrheaInsomnia

胸口痛背痛小便頻密肌肉抽根失憶驚慌病便秘肚瀉失眠

受壓徵兆

頭痛吞嚥問題作嘔胃灼熱胃打結頸痛慢性疲勞頭暈

HeadachesSwallowing problemsNauseaCold sweatsStomach knots NeckachesChronic fatiqueDizziness

受壓徵兆

Ulcerative colitisPeptic ulcerIrritable bowel syndromeHyperventilationAsthmaRheumotoid arthritisAllergiesSkin disorders

潰瘍性結腸炎消化性潰瘍應激性腸綜合徵換氣過度哮喘類風濕性關炎敏感皮膚問題

長期受壓

SHAWN TALBOTT, Ph.D.SHAWN TALBOTT, Ph.D.

Why stress makes you fat Why stress makes you fat and ruins your health –and ruins your health –

And what you can do about it!And what you can do about it!

1. 警告期

2. 適應期徵狀消失

病癌症

有徵狀

3. 消耗期

1. 警告期有徵狀

adrenal glands腎上腺

2. 適應期徵狀消失 Hypothalamic-

Pituitary-Adrenal

3. 消耗期

超重免疫系統 受壓抑鬱焦慮無精力不能專心

腦袋受壓力時未必有病徵但在行為上 , 情緒上 , 學習上，思想上，就會出現問題 .

Triune Brain

Reptilian Brain爬蟲類 : 求存、 fight or flight

Mammalian Brain哺乳類動物：情感

人類：理智

遇到壓力時爬蟲類的部份就開工！

後果： Fight or flig

ht or fright

腎上腺激素可的素

DHEA

DHEAMuscle lossFat gainBone repairTissue repair

Hypercatabolic – accelerated tissue destruction

(later stage)

Hypocatabolic – ability to rebuild vital tissues impaired

5 days of extreme starvation, exercise

and sleep deprivation

Cortisol levels up and performance down

After 5 days of rest and refueling, the cortisol did not returned to normal

• Male and Female

• Male stress levels drop after work

• Female stress continues as they have to deal with housework and family

腎上腺素 (adrenaline, epinephrine)

Fight or flight (硬鬥或逃避 )

muscle (肌肉 )

metabolism新陳代謝

heart beat心跳

breathing呼吸

muscular fatiquedelay

拖延肌肉疲勞

blood supply tobladder & intestine

decrease減少血液到膀肛及腸胃 circulation

血液巡環

CORTISOL

http://www.pituitary.org.uk/newsletter/drugs/4-medmatters.shtml

ACTH促腎上腺皮層

激素

adrenal cortex腎上腺皮層

adrenaline(ephinephrine)腎上腺素

fight

flight

fright

noradrenaline(norepinephrine)

Pituitary glands垂體

noradrenaline(norepinephrine)

adrenaline (ephinephrine)腎上腺素

Pituitary glands垂體 去甲腎上腺素

胃、肛門、十二子腸

新陳代謝

edgy

肌肉鬆

Cortisol in the Media

More Than 1,000 News Articles Over the Past Year!• Time, Washington Post, Men’s Health, Prevention,

Glamour, Shape, Woman’s World, Reader’s Digest, Reuters, ABC, MSNBC…

1st International Symposium on Cortisol, Stress and Health

• May 2002 - Experts from United States, Canada, and Europe gathered in Park City, Utah presented emerging research related to cortisol

New Book: The Cortisol Connection• Published September 2002