Which ingredients provide the cortisol modulating effects in TRA Complex?
TRA Complex provides a number of ingredients to that have been shown to directly and/or indirectly modulate cortisol levels, including magnolia bark, epimedium, L-theanine, and phytosterol esters (beta-sitosterol). Cortisol is known as a stress hormone, and can exert good or bad effects in the body. Cortisol has various effects on the body including the release of glucose and amino acids for cellular energy, and is closely associated with the “fight or flight” response. Whenever we’re under stress, whenever we’re sleep-deprived, or whenever we’re actually dieting and restricting our calories for weight loss, our body senses that it is under stress, and it releases the primary stress hormone, cortisol. Cortisol becomes a hormonal signal to your brain to make you eat more. It increases your appetite. But it is also a hormonal signal to your fat cells, telling the fat cells in your abdomen to store as much fat as possible, and not release it under any circumstances. By bringing cortisol b
