Hello, beautiful people and welcome.

So this episode, I've finally bringing you the episode of

today.

So this episode, I've finally bringing you the episode of caffeine and cortisol. So I have done,

like I've covered caffeine before a lot on the podcast. Well, I don't know about a lot,

but I've definitely covered it on the podcast. I think I even have an episode on caffeine,

but specifically we're talking about caffeine and cortisol. Last Monday I released or Tuesday,

I released an episode on cortisol in general.

And I put the call out for people to send me questions about anything cortisol related.

Please go listen to that episode if you're interested in the effects of caffeine on cortisol because in the cortisol episode, I go in depth about exactly what cortisol does within the body,

the role it plays in the body.

I'm not going to be

covering that again on this episode. So this is like a part two. So I think that even if you're just

interested in the caffeine side of things, it will benefit you to understand the role that cortisol

plays in the body as well. Because really, I mean, if you listened to last week, you'd know,

and if you haven't yet listened to it, go check it out.

You'd know that cortisol is not something to be demonized, that unless you are actually

suffering from chronic stress where your cortisol levels are abnormally elevated and

they're elevated all the time.

So separate from that, cortisol is something that

should be harnessed in order to increase your energy, increase your performance and focus.

It's just so beneficial in so many aspects of our life. And I talk about the importance of like

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