3534: The HPA–Lung Axis: How Stress & Hormones Impact Your Respiratory Health (TT)

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Dr. Stephen Cabral

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🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Your stress response doesn't just affect your mind...

It can directly impact your lungs as well.

Whether it's asthma, allergies, chronic congestion, or lingering post-viral symptoms, stress may be playing a bigger role than you think.

On today's show, I want to explore the HPA Lung Axis: the powerful connection between your brain, adrenals, and lungs, and how stress hormones like cortisol can trigger inflammation, weaken your immune system, and make it harder to fight off infections.

So join me on today's Cabral Concept 3534 as we break down how this brain-adrenal-lung connection works, why it keeps so many people stuck in cycles of inflammation, and what you can do to rebalance your body and breathe easier.

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0:51.7	where board certified doctor of naturopathy, Dr. Stephen Cabral,
0:55.5	shares with you exactly how you can reverse aging, take back your health, and live a life
1:00.6	full of energy and passion with new 20-minute episodes every single day to keep you healthy and
1:06.4	engaged. Now, here's your host, Dr. Stephen Cabral.
1:11.6	Hey, everybody. Welcome back. Great to have you here on your host, Dr. Stephen Cabral. Hey, everybody.
1:12.5	Welcome back.
1:13.1	Great to have you here on the Cabral Concept.
1:15.2	We've got a deep show for you here today.
1:17.8	It's about the HPA lung axis.
1:20.6	You probably heard about the HPA axis before.
1:22.5	You might have heard about the HPT axis, which is for the thyroid, the HPG axis, which
1:27.1	is for the ovaries or the testes
1:30.1	and men, and how that affects perimenopause and endropause and men. Today, though, I want to
1:35.1	talk about if you are someone that has been dealing with maybe allergies, asthma, long COVID,
1:42.6	or whatever we want to call post-viral inflammatory syndrome, which is what
1:45.7	it really is. It's been around for a long time. You're someone that gets post-nasal drip or
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