Ketogenic Diets, Cortisol, and Stress: Part I — Gluconeogenesis
One recent myth, prevalent in the Paleo Diet community, is that the keto diet is stressful to the body1. This idea arises from misunderstandings about cortisol — “the stress hormone”. There are two different arguments we know of, and this post will address the first one, the “gluconeogenesis requires cortisol” myth. This myth comes from […]