More Ways to Lower Your Stress Hormone Cortisol Cortisol is natural, but too much is not a good thing!Whenever you are under stress, your body releases the main stress hormone, called “cortisol.” When your body is functioning optimally, cortisol is naturally high in the morning to get you going, and slowly fades during the day so you can sleep. Did you know that too-high levels of cortisol are associated with belly fat, poor sleep, brain fog, high [...]