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Getting a little confused about cortisol, cortisone and all of the interrelations. Is there a chart or a book or an article that has these all on one page?

Dr. Amy Nett:  Yeah, there is. So a couple places—one, Precision Analytical has this amazing chart which I think we’ve uploaded or any time you order a hormone profile, it comes. And it’s probably also on the Precision Analytical website. But it basically shows the entire cascade, it shows the enzymes that convert hormones. For example, it shows that 11β-HSD cortisol-cortisone conversion and the 5α, 5β-reductase that increases cortisol-cortisone clearance, and it shows you the different factors that affect those. So I would check out Precision Analytical. They have a ton of resources, they have educational videos. And then the other thing is also the book that Chris mentioned for the course. And I’m forgetting the name, it was really a very kind of boring title, but a great book. Something like the Role of Chronic Stress and HPA Axis, I’m getting. But that book also has a lot of information. So if you wanted to look more into this or really just sit down and work through it, I think both Precision Analytical has some great resources and also the recommended textbook that we’ve mentioned here before.

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