Peter Attia· MD
And chronic elevation of cortisol in the body is actually anabolic to fat, right? You accumulate fat. It's catabolic to muscle. Muscle decays, uh, fat accumulates.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
And chronic elevation of cortisol in the body is actually anabolic to fat, right? You accumulate fat. It's catabolic to muscle. Muscle decays, uh, fat accumulates.
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above the neck, chronic elevation of cortisol might have the opposite effect. It might actually be catabolic to fat and therefore it accentuates the fat loss.