Contents. 1  Similarities in the Midst of Diversity. 2  Athabascan Songs and Dances. 3  Inupiaq and St. Lawrence Island Yupik Songs and Dances.  Unangax and Sugpiaq Songs and 1  Dances. Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian Songs and Dances.  Central Yup'ik and Cup'ik Songs and 1  Dances. National and Alaska Standards.
Cortisol causes other problems too. If you produce too much of it over a long period of time, it can lead to redistribution of fat stores so you store more fat in your waist and abdominal region. To add to the problem, cortisol opposes the action of insulin, thereby increasing insulin resistance.
Cortisol & Adrenal Function. Cortisol is a life sustaining adrenal hormone essential to the maintenance of homeostasis. Called âthe stress hormone,â cortisol influences, regulates or modulates many of the changes that occur in the body in response to stress including, but not limited to: 1  Blood sugar (glucose) levels. 2  Fat, protein and carbohydrate metabolism to maintain blood glucose (gluconeogenesis). 3  Immune responses.