Listen in as Dr. Mike provides the answers to a wealth of health and wellness questions. Here you'll find the answers to a wealth of health and wellness questions posed by Healthy Talk fans. Listen in because what you know helps ensure healthy choices you can live with. Today on Healthy Talk, you wanted to know:My anxiety level is very high, and I feel stressed out all the time. My NP checked a morning and evening cortisol level and both were low. Any thoughts before I go see her?Cortisol is a stress hormone produced in the adrenal glands that sit atop your kidneys. Cortisol levels usually peak in the morning to prepare you to get moving. Once cortisol levels drop, serotonin and melatonin levels increase.However, you can still have low levels of cortisol and still have anxiety. In fact, anxiety has multifactorial causes.You might want to ask your doctor about testing your urine throughout the day. This allows your doctor to take an in-depth look at your cortisol levels, to see how they fluctuate throughout your day. You may also want to consider liquorice extract, DHEA, CoQ10, and American ginseng to help ease your anxiety symptoms.I understand there's a better test for sugar problems than hemoglobin A1C. Do you know what it's called?There is a new sugar test, which tests 15EG. This is a glucose-like sugar, and the test gives doctors a better understanding of sugar spikes.If you have a health question or concern, Dr. Mike encourages you to write him at askdrmikesmith@radiomd.com or call in, toll-free, to the LIVE radio show (1.844.305.7800) so he can provide you with support and helpful advice.