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Foods that raise cortisol: what the viral lists get right and wrong
Coffee, carbs and alcohol each have a study behind them. What the numbers say, and what a cortisol food list leaves out.
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What you eat and drink, and what it does to the day
Coffee, kiwi, cherry juice and the rest, read against the studies that tested them, with the small samples flagged.
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Does coffee raise cortisol? The 90-minute rule, checked
What caffeine does to cortisol in regular drinkers, the morning cup versus the afternoon one, and the 90-minute rule.
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Kiwi before bed: two small studies, read closely
The kiwi sleep study that started it, its missing control group, and the newer trial in young men.
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- the limits stay inTwelve people, one dose, four weeks: when a study is small or narrow, the text says so.
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