There was THE woman, this is THE hormone!

Of all our hormones (messenger molecules), cortisol is the most powerful, even more so than testosterone and estrogen. It is our strength and can be our nemesis, has healing power but can be deadly. It is the basic and ultimate STEROID, characterized as are all steroids by that unique set of rings that are built upon cholesterol, another molecule that we need but that can be harmful in excess or the wrong combination.

The features essential to the endocrine system's power are its exquisite balance and the mechanisms that monitor and control that balance, primarily embedded within the nervous system.
It is another example of our being fearfully and wonderfully made.
Be good to your cortisol factory today--avoid stress, eat right, get some sleep. You won't regret it!