Variety is key â whether it is different fruits, vegetables, grains, pulses or types of meat and fish. Children love to hear the stories behind their food. Use fresh, sustainable and locally-sourced ingredients (best of all, from the school vegetable garden), and talk to them about what they are eating.
Stress Factors Ingredients. Stress Factors includes the following ingredients: Vitamin B6 (pyridoxal 5â²-phosphate), L-theanine, Hops cone (Humulus lupulus), Passion flower (Passiflora incarnata), Inositol, GABA (gamma amino butyric acid), 5HTP (5-hydroxytryptophan), Lithium aspartate, Rice flour and silica.
Cortisol: Stress Hormone. Cortisol is a glucocorticoid hormone synthesized from cholesterol by enzymes of the cytochrome P450 family in the zona fasciculata, the middle area of the adrenal cortex (9). Regulated via the HPA axis, cortisol is the primary hormone responsible for the stress response. Expressed at the highest levels in the early morning, cortisolâs main function is to restore homeostasis following exposure to stress (10).