The Metabolism and Menopause Podcast

Cortisol, Hormones, and Menopause Fat Loss | MMP Ep. 76

03.25.2024 - By Stephanie CrasswellerPlay

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Last episode I went over all the reasons you could experience sudden weight gain in perimenopause (and onwards) including various hormonal imbalances.

I then touched on how to improve/combat all those issues so you can lose weight and there was one thing that ALL of them had in common - improving cortisol levels!

So today I did a deep dive on cortisol, how it affects ALL areas of your body (including hormonal issues) and what you can do to start improving levels today.

I touched on how DUTCH testing gave me much different results than those of blood work which you can learn more about here:

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TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00) - Intro

(01:24) - Overview of cortisol and hormones

(03:20) - Why do we need cortisol? What does it do?

(07:50) - The "cortisol curve"

(12:15) - Why hormonal imbalances lead to weight gain

(19:42) - What you need to understand about cortisol

(28:30) - Thyroid function and cortisol

(34:10) - The phases/stages of cortisol + cortisol testing

(42:23) - Improving your cortisol levels

(56:30) - What will happen if you take this seriously

(58:10) - How to get an assessment

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