Continual use effects, High levels

<p>Increased production of cortisol during stress results in an increased availability of glucose in order to facilitate&nbsp;<a title="Fight-or-flight response" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight-or-flight_response">fighting or fleeing</a>. As well as directly increasing glucose availability, cortisol also suppresses the highly demanding metabolic processes of the immune system, resulting in further availability of glucose.</p>