Cortisol, DHEA + Adrenal Testing - Part 2 | Ep 83

The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

Erin Holt

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.9 • 759 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In the second half of this two-part episode I continue the conversation on Cortisol, DHEA + Adrenal Testing. If you have questions about cortisol, this episode is for you. I cover topics like the positive effects of cortisol, DHEA as the resiliency hormone, how to test for your cortisol and adrenal health, why your body might deactivate cortisol, and causes of adrenal fatigure. In this episode: -Positive effects of cortisol -Cortisol and fat burn -Disease states and conditions associated with dysregulated cortisol -Catabolic + Anabolic activity of hormones -DHEA as the resiliency hormone -Functions of DHEA -DHEA + female health -How to test for adrenal health + cortisol -Functional labs for hormones -Salivary testing vs. urine testing -Why you should test for free AND metabolized cortisol -What to look for in your daily cortisol pattern -Why your body might de-activate cortisol -How chronically HIGH cortisol can become a LOW cortisol problem -Causes of adrenal fatigue/HPA axis dysregulation DUTCH test results on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/B7QpYTonggP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Your Hormone Revival https://www.erinholthealth.com/hormones Discount code for pod listeners: FUNKY Join Erin’s Instagram fam! https://www.instagram.com/the.funktional.nutritionist/

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Functional Nutrition Podcast.
0:07.1	I'm your host, Erin Holt, and I'm a board-certified, integrative, and functional nutritionist.
0:12.7	I live on the sea coast of New Hampshire and work with clients in my virtual practice all over the world,
0:19.1	through private consultations and online nutrition and functional
0:22.4	medicine programs.
0:24.1	Functional medicine nutrition is all about diving deep with people to get to the root cause
0:29.1	of their health issues.
0:30.7	And that's exactly what I tackle in this podcast, all things health, food, and nutrition,
0:36.9	unpacking current research and almost a decade of clinical
0:40.3	experience. I love to bring experts and thought leaders to the table so we can all learn
0:45.4	together. Please keep in mind this podcast is created for educational purposes only and should never
0:51.9	be used as a replacement for medical diagnosis or treatment.
0:55.8	Thanks for joining me.
0:57.3	Now let's dive in.
1:01.7	Okay, we're back with cortisol DHA in Adrenal Testing, Part 2.
1:08.8	I'm going to dive right in because we got a lot to cover today. So if you're the person
1:13.9	that fast forwards through the beginning stuff because you don't want to hear me talk, sorry,
1:18.4	you're going to miss a lot of stuff today. If you haven't already listened to Part 1 last week's
1:24.3	episode, go back there because this episode isn't probably not going to make
1:29.7	a ton of sense without the context of that part one and I got so much feedback on part one so
1:37.7	many people reached out and was like oh my god this is exactly me you are describing me to a T. And I'm like, yes, totally, exactly.
1:50.4	Because I was seeing this over and over and over again in practice. I have extensive health
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