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The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

All Your Cortisol Questions Answered - Part 2 | Ep 113

The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

Erin Holt

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.9759 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Why it’s time to take care of you Why you shouldn’t idolize people In this sequel to our last podcast, we continue the discussion and answer even more of your cortisol questions - like What is the Cortisol Awakening Response? What can you do for high or low cortisol? How can cortisol be activated and deactivated? We also cover some topics on why you should take the time to care for yourself, whether recovery from adrenal fatigue is possible, supplementation, and more. Tune in to have all of your cortisol questions answered! In this episode: -What to do for high cortisol -What the dials on the DUTCH test mean -Talking about cortisol clearance issues -Cortisol Awakening Response: what it is and why you should care -Cortisol + weight -How cortisol can be activated and de-activated and what that means & how to know -Menopause & grief -What to do for low cortisol -Is recovery from adrenal fatigue possible? -Questions about supplementation Your Hormone Revival https://www.erinholthealth.com/hormones Join Erin’s Instagram fam! https://www.instagram.com/the.funktional.nutritionist/ Related episodes: Episode 112: All Your Cortisol Questions Answered, Part 1 https://www.erinholthealth.com/funktional-nutrition-podcast/2020/8/5/episode-112-all-your-cortisol-questions-answered-part-1 Episode 82: Cortisol, DHEA + Adrenal Testing, Part 1 https://www.erinholthealth.com/funktional-nutrition-podcast/2020/1/16/w96fndlyzhz5f71t2xpqbffjvp4nav Episode 83: Cortisol, DHEA + Adrenal Testing, Part 2 https://www.erinholthealth.com/funktional-nutrition-podcast/2020/1/22/episode-83-cortisol-dhea-adrenal-testing-part-2 Episode 72: Exercising with Adrenal Fatigue & Cortisol Dysregulation https://www.erinholthealth.com/funktional-nutrition-podcast/2019/10/16/episode-72-exercising-with-adrenal-fatigue-amp-cortisol-dysregulation Episode 59: Fasted workouts, Cortisol + Weight Loss, BCAAs, Caloric Needs https://www.erinholthealth.com/funktional-nutrition-podcast/2019/5/8/episode-59 Episode 65: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Weight Loss https://www.erinholthealth.com/funktional-nutrition-podcast/2019/6/20/episode-65-everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-weight-loss

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Functional Nutrition Podcast. I'm your host, Aaron Holt, and I'm a board-certified, integrative, and functional nutritionist. I live on the sea coast of New Hampshire and work with clients in my virtual practice all over the world through private consultations and online nutrition and

0:22.3

functional medicine programs.

0:24.4

Functional medicine nutrition is all about diving deep with people to get to the root cause

0:29.3

of their health issues.

0:31.0

And that's exactly what I tackle in this podcast, all things health, food, and nutrition,

0:37.1

unpacking current research and almost a decade of clinical experience.

0:41.9

I love to bring experts and thought leaders to the table so we can all learn together.

0:46.8

Please keep in mind this podcast is created for educational purposes only

0:51.0

and should never be used as a replacement for medical diagnosis or treatment.

0:56.1

Thanks for joining me.

0:57.6

Now let's dive in.

1:01.8

Hey friends, back with part two to answer all of your cortisol questions.

1:08.4

There was a lot of them.

1:09.8

I had to do two episodes. If you didn't listen

1:12.2

to episode one or the last episode I recorded, go ahead and listen to that. We've talked a lot

1:18.2

about cortisol there as well. Today we're going to talk specifically about what to do for

1:23.1

high cortisol and what to do for low cortisol. We had some listener questions come in with specific

1:30.4

examples. So we're going to get into that a little bit. This is why ordering a Dutch test,

1:36.2

I said in the last episode, it's so important to have a skilled clinician or practitioner

1:41.2

that's able to help you analyze it versus just ordering a Dutch test

1:45.2

off of their website that is available to anybody. You can go right to precision analytical.

1:49.9

I believe it's Dutch.com, dutchtest.com maybe, and order your own test. And that's great. I think

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