Treatments and supplements · Cortisol tracking

Is my cortisol linked to my hot flashes?

What we can tell you today: how thoroughly this has been studied.

Well studied

3 studies, including one that brings together the results of several trials in people.

5 Repeated evidence 1 study

4 Large controlled trial 2 studies

This says how thoroughly something has been studied — not whether it works for you. What each study actually found is in the study itself, and in the plain-language write-ups we are adding.

Appears under: Sleep, energy and the brain · Menopause and hormones

The studies

5 Repeated evidence The effects of physical activity on cortisol and sleep: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
2022 · Psychoneuroendocrinology
4 Large controlled trial An investigation into an evening intake of a saffron extract (affron®) on sleep quality, cortisol, and melatonin concentrations in adults with poor sleep: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-dose study.
2021 · Sleep medicine · 120 participants
4 Large controlled trial Daily salivary cortisol patterns in midlife women with hot flashes.
2016 · Clinical endocrinology · 306 participants