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75g of table sugar was given to 15 women, cortisol levels were measured, the results?

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PubMed: Sugar alters the level of serum insulin and plasma glucose and the serum cortisol:DHEAS ratio in female migraine sufferers

75g of table sugar was given to 15 women, cortisol levels were measured, the results?

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the women with regular migraines had dramatic drop in cortisol, the others had smaller drop.

MORE SUGAR = LESS CORTISOL

The study

  1. Sugar alters the level of serum insulin and plasma glucose and the serum cortisol:DHEAS ratio in female migraine sufferersAppetite · 2010 · PMID 20851729
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