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Metabolic Freedom With Ben Azadi

#1123 Why You Keep Waking Up at 3 A.M.—And the 1 Tablespoon Sleep Trick That Lowers Cortisol Instantly | With Ben Azadi

Metabolic Freedom With Ben Azadi

Ben Azadi

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Fitness, Alternative Health

4.8946 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

If you keep waking up at 3 a.m. with your heart racing and your mind wired — it’s not a sleep problem. It’s a cortisol problem. In this episode, Ben Azadi explains the real reason behind nighttime cortisol spikes and how one simple tablespoon of raw honey and sea salt can calm your nervous system and help you fall back asleep fast. You’ll learn: Why waking between 1–3 a.m. signals liver stress and unstable blood sugar How cortisol blocks melatonin, disrupts fat burning, and triggers inflammation The exact honey + sea salt protocol to balance blood sugar and reduce cortisol The power of adding magnesium and gratitude (Vitamin G) for deeper sleep 5 root-cause fixes to heal your liver, balance hormones, and stop waking up at night Ben also shares a free guide revealing the “healthy” vegetables silently inflaming your body and slowing fat loss. 🔥 Download Ben’s Free Guide: “5 Vegetables You Must Avoid to Burn Fat and Heal Your Gut” 👉 Click here: https://bit.ly/3KLVhC8  🧂 Sea Salt:www.ketokampsalt.com  🍯Unfiltered Honey: https://amzn.to/4q5Hzdm  💊Magnesium: https://bioptimizers.com/ketokamp  🔎 Find all of the Metabolic Freedom Sponsorship deals and coupon codes here: https://www.ketokamp.com/sponsorship-deals

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0:00.0

The Greek definition for metabolism is to transform. Your metabolism is designed to take food and to transform it into energy so you feel good and burn fat. We are determined to deliver the science and art of metabolism to you.

0:23.3

We bring on the thought leaders in this space to have life-changing conversations so you could apply

0:28.4

and upgrade your metabolism. The topics covered here include biohacking, ketosis, carnivore, fasting

0:35.6

strategies, mindset, and metabolic health.

0:39.0

Your body was built to be self-healing.

0:41.3

Our goal is to identify the interference and remove it.

0:44.7

You are a masterpiece because you are a piece of the master.

0:48.8

Welcome to the Metabolic Freedom Podcast.

0:51.4

My name is Benazotti.

0:52.8

I'm the best-selling author of KetoFlex, and I want to thank you

0:56.0

for spending part of your day with me. If you're wide awake at 3 a.m., heart racing, brain

1:05.8

wired, and staring at the ceiling, you're not broken, your cortisol is. This one tablespoon can shut it

1:13.1

down fast, and I'll show you how it works within minutes. Most people have never heard of this

1:18.5

solution, but it's been a game changer for sleep and fat loss. Pay attention to the entire lesson,

1:23.8

so you don't miss the exact dose and timing. That's what's going to make this really work for you.

1:28.3

Let's start first with why this happens. You see, between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m. in traditional

1:34.4

Chinese medicine, this is called liver time. It's when your body's supposed to detoxify,

1:40.1

balance blood sugar, and regulate hormones. If you wake up between 1 and 3 a.m., it's usually because

1:46.3

your liver is struggling. It's overloaded. It's inflamed. And dealing with unstable blood sugar. So

1:52.0

here's what happens. Around midnight, your blood sugar begins to dip. If it dips too low,

1:57.0

your brain panics and tells your adrenal glands to release cortisol and adrenaline. That spike

2:03.5

pulls sugar from your liver into your bloodstream to raise your blood sugar back up. But it also

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