Cortisol: High
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Vitamin C and E may reduce the cortisol response to a single 2.5 hour bout of prolonged exercise.

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A combination of Magnolia, Epimedium, Theanine, Beta Sitosterol, Phosphatidylcholine reduces serum cortisol responses to physical stress.

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Inula racemosa, Boerhaavia diffusa and Ocimum sanctum (Holy Basil) exhibited antiperoxidative, hypoglycaemic and cortisol lowering activities.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Diseases : Hyperglycemia
Pharmacological Actions : Hypoglycemic Agents
Additional Keywords : Plant Extracts

Daily consumption of 40 g of dark chocolate during a period of 2 weeks reduces the urinary excretion of the stress hormone cortisol and catecholamines, while reducing other metabolic indicators of stress.

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Substances : Cacao, Chocolate

Caffeine increases the secretion of cortisol.

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Substances : Caffeine

Extract of chicken has the potential to metabolize stress-related substance in blood (e.g. cortisol) and to promote recovery from mental fatigue.

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Substances : Chicken extract

Schisandra and Scutellaria baicalensis (Chinese skullcap) counter stress behavior in mice.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Diseases : Stress

Coffee's antidiabetic activity may be due in part to its ability to inhibit the reactivation of hyperglycemic glucorticoids, e.g. cortisol.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Substances : Coffee
Additional Keywords : Plant Extracts

Coffee intake has no effect on blood flow and reduces maternal stress (as measured by cortisol levels) during the third trimester of pregnancy.

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Substances : Coffee

Curcumin inhibits ACTH- and angiotensin II-stimulated cortisol secretion.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Substances : Curcumin
Pharmacological Actions : Calcium Channel Blockers

The soy compounds genistein and daidzein inhibit the production of cortisol, while increasing the androgen pathway, e.g. DHEA.

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Substances : Genistein, Soy Products
Pharmacological Actions : Secretagogue

Lavender and rosemary enhance free radical scavenging activity and decrease the stress hormone, cortisol, which protects the body from oxidative stress.

Study Type : Human Study
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Substances : Lavender, Rosemary
Therapeutic Actions : Aromatherapy
Pharmacological Actions : Antioxidants

Lavender aromatherapy has cortisol-lowering and relaxation effects and may have beneficial acute effects on coronary circulation.

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Substances : Lavender
Therapeutic Actions : Aromatherapy

A combination of Magnolia and Phellodendron improves the condition of obese subjects who eat in response to stress.

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Substances : Magnolia, Phellodendron
Additional Keywords : Plant Extracts

Elevated melatonin during mania and elevated cortisol during depression may characterize bipolar disorder.

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Substances : Melatonin
Diseases : Bipolar Disorder

Silymarin, a compound found within milk thistle, has a cortisol-lowering effect in rats.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Substances : Milk Thistle

Phosphatidylserine reduces cortisol and ACTH levels and may be therapeutic in stress related disorders.

Study Type : Human Study
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Substances : Phosphatidylserine
Diseases : High Cortisol, Stress

Phosphatidylserine supplementation promotes a desired hormonal status for athletes by blunting increases in cortisol levels and increasing the testosterone to cortisol ratio.

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Substances : Phosphatidylserine

Phytogestrogens suppress cortisol output and increase androstenedione secretion in porcine adrenocortical cells.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Substances : phytoestrogens

Rhodiola rosea extract exerts anti-fatigue effect that increases mental performance, ability to concentrate, and decreases cortisol response to stress in patients with fatigue syndrome.

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St. John's Wort's cortisol reducing effect in brain may contribute to antidepressive effect

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Substances : St. Johns Wort

Dietary tryptophan reduces plasma cortisol and noradrenaline concentrations in pigs.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Substances : Tryptophan

High dose ascorbic acid reduces blood pressure, cortisol and subjective responses to acute psychological stress.

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Substances : Vitamin C
Diseases : Stress

Vitamin C supplementation attenuates adrenal stress hormone and anti-inflammatory polypeptide response to prolonged exercise in marathon runners.

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Substances : Vitamin C

Vitamin C supplementation attenuates exercise-induced increases in serum cortisol while enhancing acute-phase protein response in ultramarathon runners.

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Substances : Vitamin C
Diseases : High Cortisol
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Relevant Therapeutic Actions

Restricting calories increases total output of cortisol.

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Daytime napping after a night of sleep loss decreases sleepiness, improves performance, and causes beneficial changes in cortisol and interleukin-6 secretion.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Diseases : Insomnia
Therapeutic Actions : Napping

External Qi-therapy produces favorable changes in brain wave activity and cortisol levels.

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Therapeutic Actions : Qigong

Transcendental Meditation lowers cortisol and reverses effects of chronic stress.

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Diseases : Stress
Therapeutic Actions : Meditation

Transcendental Meditation lowers cortisol and cardiovascular risk in postmenopausal women.

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Therapeutic Actions : Meditation

Spiritual and/or religious individuals may experience a protective effect against the neuroendocrine consequences of stress, though cardiovascular benefits may vary by gender.

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Therapeutic Actions : Spiritual/Religious Practice
Additional Keywords : gender differences

A muscle relaxation technique reduces heart rate, state anxiety, perceived stress, and salivary cortisol.

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Therapeutic Actions : Relaxation Therapy

A muscle relaxation technique reduces salivary levels of cortisol.

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Therapeutic Actions : Relaxation Therapy

Spa bathing has a moderate affect on the stress relief as evidenced by reduced salivary cortisol and chromogranin A.

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Therapeutic Actions : Spa Bathing

Chewing gum alleviates negative mood and reduces cortisol during acute laboratory psychological stress.

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Therapeutic Actions : Gum Chewing

Anorexia nervosa symptoms are reduced by massage therapy.

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Diseases : Anorexia
Therapeutic Actions : Massage/Therapeutic Touch

Perioperative music therapy changed the neurohormonal and immune stress response to day surgery, especially when the type of music was selected by the patient.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Therapeutic Actions : Music

The Mediterranean diet is associated with lower levels of HPA axis disturbance and cortisol.

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hinrin-yoku (taking in the forest atmosphere or forest bathing) promote lower concentrations of cortisol, lower pulse rate, lower blood pressure, greater parasympathetic nerve activity, and lower sympathetic nerve activity.

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Diseases : Stress

Shinrin-yoku (taking in the atmosphere of the forest) reduces salivary cortisol and cerebral activity.

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Shinrin-yoku (taking in the atmosphere of the forest) has stress-relieving effects, e.g. reducing cortisol.

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Decrease in serum cortisol during yoga exercise is correlated with alpha wave activation.

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Therapeutic Actions : Yoga

Long term meditation practice significantly decreases cortisol levels.

Study Type : Human Study
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Therapeutic Actions : Meditation

Women suffering from mental distress show significant improvements on measures of stress and psychological outcomes following a 3-month intensive yoga program.

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Therapeutic Actions : Yoga

Yoga reduces anxiety, depression, percevied stress, cortisol levels in breast cancer outpatients undergoing adjuvant radiotherapy.

Study Type : Human Study
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Diseases : Breast Cancer
Therapeutic Actions : Yoga

Therapeutic touch educes agitated behavior and cortisol in persons with Alzheimer's disease.

Study Type : Human Study
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Therapeutic Actions : Massage/Therapeutic Touch

Diaghragmatic breathing reduces exercise-induced oxidative stress and cortisol levels.

Study Type : Human Study
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Therapeutic Actions : Therapeutic Breathing

Hatha yoga and African dance reduce perceived stress and negative affect, whereas Hatha yoga reduced salivary cortisol and African dance raised it.

Study Type : Human Study
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Diseases : High Cortisol, Stress
Therapeutic Actions : Dancing, Yoga

Drumming induces complex neuroendocrine and neuroimmune changes, including down-regulation of cortisol and up-regulation of immunity.

Study Type : Human Study
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Therapeutic Actions : Drumming
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Among women with fibromyalgia, pain symptoms early in the day are associated with variations in function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (e.g. high cortisol).

Study Type : Human Study
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Additional Keywords : diseases that are linked

Persons with fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis may have a hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis disturbance (e.g. high cortisol).

Study Type : Human Study
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Additional Keywords : diseases that are linked

Women exhibiting psychological distress during pregnancy exhibit elevated cortisol levels during midgestation that are in turn related to lower fetal weight.

Study Type : Human Study
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Additional Keywords : diseases that are linked
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