It’s not just your diet — stress might be the most toxic thing on your plate

If you have been eating well, exercising, and doing everything you are told to do for your health, yet still feel exhausted, wired at night, and crashing mid afternoon, this episode is for you.

In this conversation, I explain the hidden hormone quietly hijacking women in midlife: cortisol.

It behaves a lot like sugar. It gives you a quick burst of energy and then leaves you bloated, anxious, inflamed, craving more, and completely drained.

Ambitious, high performing women like us often have the most disrupted cortisol rhythms.

Listen to the end for three simple, science backed resets you can start today to feel more balanced, calmer, clearer, and more like yourself again....And if you know another woman who is running on empty, share this episode with her. She needs this reminder too.

Here are the Highlights:

• 00:00:00 Introduction to Cortisol
• 00:03:00 Cortisol's Role in Stress Response
• 00:06:00 Impact of Chronic Stress
• 00:09:00 Stress and Women's Health
• 00:12:00 Managing Your Cortisol Levels

Clinical Studies mentioned:

Lupien SJ, McEwen BS, Gunnar MR, Heim C. Effects of stress throughout the lifespan on the brain, behaviour and cognition. Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 2009.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19401723/

Konturek PC, Koziel J, et al. Stress, microbiota and gut barrier dysfunction. Frontiers in Immunology. 2020.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32435268/

Li J, et al. Impact of stress hormones on gut microbiota composition. Heliyon. 2022.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35605630/

Walker BR. Cortisol and metabolic disease: mechanisms and implications. Clinical Science. 2007

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17635148/

Czeisler CA, et al. Circadian misalignment and its impact on hormonal rhythms. Sleep Health. 2016.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27998436/

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