Little changes can go a long way.

They’re not all related to stress.

Warnings about "cortisol face" and "cortisol belly", caused by stress, are starting to give a vital hormone a bad reputation on social media. A "cortisol cocktail" is being touted online but can it ...

Almost everything in the body is both amazingly and annoyingly connected , including the pathways that regulate water balance and cortisol release. A recent study (Daniel S. Kashi et al., 2025) ...

Proponents claim the drink – which is made with ingredients including orange juice, coconut water and salt – can lower high ...

Researchers discovered that people who don’t drink enough water react with sharper cortisol spikes during stressful events, explaining why poor hydration is tied to long-term health risks. Study: ...

Many moons ago, on a scorching hot summer day, I was working out in Central Park alongside lots of other sweaty New Yorkers when the words "sweat and the biology of bliss" popped into my head; despite ...