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[CIMN]

I am curious, if any one knows of substances known to raise cortisol or act as glucocorticoid agonist?

[protoject]

Pregnenolone may raise cortisol levels, I think citicoline should as well since it raises ACTH...   not sure how significant the effect is

[CIMN]

thank you for the reply, i remember reading organic acids in coffee may be a possible cortisol increaser.

stimulants might be another.. i think. caffeine/ adderal

i'm sure there must be more though...

Edited by CIMN, 05 August 2012 - 02:32 AM.

[lourdaud]

CIMN, on 03 August 2012 - 11:52 PM, said:

I am curious, if any one knows of substances known to raise cortisol or act as glucocorticoid agonist?

Aside from hydrocortisone, I think nicotine might be your best bet.

protoject, on 04 August 2012 - 05:13 PM, said:

Pregnenolone may raise cortisol levels, I think citicoline should as well since it raises ACTH...   not sure how significant the effect is

I think pregnenolone raises cortisol and DHEA levels equivantly, and as these two counteracts each other you probably won't notice much from the cortisol raise..

CIMN, on 05 August 2012 - 02:29 AM, said:

thank you for the reply, i remember reading organic acids in coffee may be a possible cortisol increaser.

stimulants might be another.. i think. caffeine/ adderal

i'm sure there must be more though...

Neither caffeine nor regular stims raises cortisol chronically.

[CIMN]

http://en.wikipedia....cortisol_levels

some more info