So I’m listening to the radio on my way to the training studio this morning. Don’t you hate when you hit it just right so that no matter how many stations you have preset on your dial, not one of them is playing music? I was in the middle of one of those airwave dead zones where you can choose between ridiculously bad commercials for local businesses, or ridiculously bad banter between the morning DJs.
I chose the latter and stumbled upon a conversation of how the female DJ in the group had been gaining weight. But, as she told the other talking heads, she had determined that since she was gaining her weight in her stomach area, and she wasn’t pregnant, that the only cause could be cortisol. She had seen a commercial that told her how cortisol is the “stress hormone” and causes one to accumulate belly fat.
Apparently brains are not a criteria for a morning drive time DJ job. A job, one can only assume, that causes this woman so much stress that she is in cortisol-production overload, and gaining belly fat because of it. Of course it has nothing to do with the doughnuts and coffee they were swilling in the studio. Unfortunately, there are some people who think if someone is on the radio or tv, they must know what they are talking about. That couldn’t be farther from the truth. Some of the dumbest people alive are on radio and tv.
Anyway, if you would actually like a true understanding of what cortisol is and how it affects your body, I’ve found probably the best article I’ve ever read on the subject. It is by Tom Venuto, author of the best-selling book Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle. You can check out the article here:
Cortisol, Stress And Body Fat: Straight Answers To The Top 20 Questions About The Stress Hormone.
Just scroll down a bit after you get to the page and you’ll find the article. Unlike the commercial this DJ saw, this article comes complete with references.
~Dave
Dave Soucy is an entrepreneur, coach, trainer, motivator, husband, dad, and former fat guy. Learn more about him here.
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