>> In fact, there are some people who have enormous problems trying to add
any
>> weight...

i am one of them!
>
>Yes, many type I diabetics have this problem.  They produce
>little or no insulin and so their bodies have only the injected
>insulin to work with for building muscle or, for that matter,
>storing fat.  And of course there are non-diabetics as well who
>have trouble going into any sort of anabolic state.  I'm not sure
>what role LPL might play in such a problem.

The peoples like me who don't secrete cortisol report weight loss before
diagnosis and supplementation with cortisol. and womens especialy , on
cortisone therapy start to gain weight
>if taking to much.

interestingly enough i started to gain weight when i started to take Dhea
hormone who have a buffering and kind of antogonistic effect with cortisol.
It is true that it coincided too with higher animal fats and meats intake
than before..
Now i weight more than i ever did 70 kilos for 183 cm. I went as low as 58
kilos i think in time of very level of cortisol.
So it seems to me that stressfull life creating a need for more cortisol
have a factor to play in obesity.
I will be gratefull if somebody could explain the physiology of why and how
it is so .
>
jean-claude