And these are hormones that fall into a category known as glucocorticoids so the glucose portion simply means that these hormones are responsible for increasing the rate of production of glucose. And the process that they use is basically gluconeogenesis. So gluconeogenesis is the production of our glucose from non carbohydrate sources such as lactic acid, amino acids and glycerol. So they increase the rate of glucomogenesis in the liver cells and gluconeogenesis is the formation of glucose from non sugar sources such as amino acids, glycerol and lactic acid. Now, Cortisol and Cortisol also basically increase the rate at which our liver cells actually break down adipose tissue and release our fatty acids and glycerol into our bloodstream. So remember, our adipose tissue basically stores our triglycerides and these triglycerides can be broken down into fatty acid and glycerol released into our bloodstream.