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          After searching for more info I found an article from NOHA NEWS to be a lifesaver! Written by a Dr. Benton and an MD named P. Harding, it linked breakfast skipping to making you age faster. In their article they discussed a factor contributing to the aging process called cortisol, which is a hormone that controls dozens of vital functions in the body. It also goes to say that when cortisol levels are higher or lower than normal, the rapid-aging process accelerates. The article describes 7 activities/factors that lead to excess cortisol levels:

1. Skipping breakfast

2. Skipping any meal

3. Eating more carbohydrate than protein in any five-hour period

4. Assuming a slouched or a flexed posture (e.g. sitting posture) with the chin jutted forward

5. Staying up past 10 p.m.

6. Being emotionally stressed

7. Being in pain

Yes skipping breakfast was actually first on the list! I have to admit that I fit under a few of these categories. I needed some more clarification on how the cortisol levels work and when I came across this video from youtube.com, I felt a little more in tuned with what the article was saying and it made me think twice about how my family and I live and do things on a daily basis.

(Video:Can't Sleep Eat Your Breakfast! - Benjamin Glasman.MP4)


After learning all of this stuff about cortisol, I wondered if the effects of a low cortisol level lingers for a long period of time or if it will return back to normal the next day? Also I wanted to find an answer to how these levels contribute to the gastrointestinal tract?


To be continued...

Works Cited:

          Benton & Harding. "Anti-Aging & The Adrenal Gland". Winter 2002. NOHA News. Web. 16 July, 2012.