What\u2019s the cortisol cocktail theory?<\/p>\n
Picture it: your shoulders are brushing your earlobes, that jaw is gripping for all it\u2019s worth and you have the heart rate of someone on the wrong side of their optimum caffeine dose.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re stressed.<\/p>\n
While the strain makes itself known in your tensed muscles, it\u2019s also having a less obvious impact on your body. It causes our adrenal glands to pump out cortisol \u2013 also known as the \u2018stress hormone\u2019.<\/p>\n
Just like stress itself, cortisol isn\u2019t all bad \u2013 it\u2019s actually essential for our wellbeing. But having too much (or too little, for that matter) isn\u2019t great for our health.<\/p>\n
So how could a drink help keep your cortisol levels healthy?<\/p>\n
The cortisol cocktail is made primarily from orange juice, coconut water and a little sea salt \u2013 although over time people have added other ingredients, like magnesium.<\/p>\n
Some people think the vitamin c in the orange juice, potassium in the coconut water and sodium in the sea salt, help to \u2018revive\u2019 the adrenal glands \u2013 which are responsible for making cortisol. Their theory is that, when we\u2019re stressed, the glands become fatigued from producing so much of this hormone.<\/p>\n
People claim this cocktail will help control your blood pressure, make you less likely to gain weight and help improve your metabolism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the cortisol cocktail theory? Picture it: your shoulders are brushing your earlobes, that jaw is gripping for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[163,85,46,522,523],"class_list":{"0":"post-113792","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}