How did Pharmanex come up with the product idea for Cortitrol?
A. Dr. Shawn Talbott said, “One of my colleagues at the University of California San Francisco (Elisa Epel) published a study in 2000 showing that stress caused appetite to increase and body fat to go up. This led me to look into controlling cortisol as a way to target weight loss, but my research led me to realise that elevated cortisol levels are detrimental to health in many ways other than simply our body weight. Some of my own research in the mid-1990’s at Rutgers University showed that calorie restriction (weight loss diets) increased cortisol levels and accelerated bone loss, increasing the risk of osteoporosis later in life.
A. Dr. Shawn Talbott said, “One of my colleagues at the University of California San Francisco (Elisa Epel) published a study in 2000 showing that stress caused appetite to increase and body fat to go up. This led me to look into controlling cortisol as a way to target weight loss, but my research led me to realise that elevated cortisol levels are detrimental to health in many ways other than simply our body weight.
