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How can you really lower your stress levels, lose weight, keep it off and protect your health? This book has the answers. In The Cortisol Connection, well-known nutritionist Dr. Shawn M. Talbott explains why lowering cortisol—the body’s major stress hormone—is as important to health and longevity as lowering cholesterol. Using his carefully designed and easy-to-follow SENSE (Stress management, Exercise, Nutrition, Supplementation and Evaluation) cortisol-control plan, he shows you how to reduce stress, improve stress, improve your-term health, lower your cortisol and avoid weight gain. This book: Explains how cortisol contributes to weight gain, depression, osteoporosis and hypertension; Includes a SENSE program that is based on controlled studies with patients who have used it for over five years; Includes new research on the connections between cortisol and HSD (the body’s fat storage enzyme), and cortisol and testosterone; Contains a stress self-test and a weight-reduction plan. About the Author Shawn M.Talbott, PhD, FACSM, is trained in sports medicine, health management and nutritional biochemistry. He oversees educational efforts related to exercise, nutrition and dietary supplements in his capacity as President of Supplement Watch, Inc. He is a fellow of both the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the American Institute of Stress. He maintains an active nutrition counseling and lifestyle research centre, the Future You Institute (FYI), near Salt Lake City. He lives in Draper, Utah.