Top US Doctor Warns: 6 Daily Habits Secretly Spike Your Stress Hormone

• Dr Kunal Sood, a US doctor, warns 6 common habits elevate cortisol, impacting sleep, mood, metabolism.
• Sleep deprivation disrupts cortisol rhythm, raising evening cortisol and exaggerating stress responses.
• Overtraining without adequate recovery leads to abnormal cortisol rhythms and HPA axis dysregulation.
• Excess caffeine stimulates ACTH and cortisol release, keeping levels elevated for hours.
• Emotional stress, skipped meals, and excessive screen time are also major contributors to high cortisol.

Why It Matters: Beware of daily habits like poor sleep, overtraining, and screen time; they silently raise stress hormones.