How and why would strain and anxiety trigger some of us to pile on extra weight Stress activates the flight-or-fight response (应激反应), a physiological reaction designed to get your body moving quickly in a physical emergency. When your brain perceives a threat, it sounds the alarm to your adrenal glands (肾上腺) to pump out the stress hormone cortisol (皮质醇). The hormone then signals fat cells to quickly release energy, which your muscles can use for a surge of power to "flee" or "fight". When the danger passes, cortisol briefly stays elevated to encourage your body to replenish (补充) its fat stores, then returns to normal.
"The system works beautifully if you’re running for the last bus home after work. It gives you a burst of energy, which you recover from quickly once you take your seat," says Pamela Peeke, MD, clinical assistant professor of medicine and author of Body for Life for Women. But when you turn on the stress response for month
A. The flight-or-fight response makes our body move slowly when in a physical emergency.
B. When we feel a threat, our brain sends the alarm to our adrenal glands to pump out cortisol.
C. Our muscles can use the energy released slowly by the fat cells to flight or fight.
D. Cortisol stays elevated persistently to encourage our body to replenish its fat stores after the danger passes.
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