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Today's Nutrition
Deb Ford DCN, RDN, CCN
Cortisol and Belly Fat
OCT 18, 2026
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Description
Today, we're talking about something I hear all the time:
“I'm eating better. I'm exercising. I'm trying to lose weight. But this belly fat just will not go away.”
And maybe you've been told, “It's your cortisol.”
Well, today I want to unpack that because there's truth there—but there's also a lot of misinformation.
Cortisol and Weight

