Cortisol Is Considered a "Stress Hormone

Cortisol is considered a "stress hormone." One of its direct actions that help an individual survive a physiological stress (e.g.,surgery) is:

A) To increase hepatic gluconeogenesis.
B) To increase skeletal muscle protein synthesis.
C) To increase hepatic lipogenesis.
D) To decrease adipose tissue lipolysis.
E) To increase hepatic glycolysis.