Cortisol Face, Adrenal Cocktails & Cortisol Testing – Debunking Cortisol Myths & Facts | Ep 343

The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

Erin Holt

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.9 • 759 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Advice can be amazing—or a total miss—depending on who it is for and who it’s coming from. That’s especially true when it comes to hormones, where one-size-fits-all solutions from TikTok and Instagram don’t work. In this episode, Erin clears up the confusion about cortisol’s role in the body, addresses popular trends like adrenal cocktails and cortisol face, and discusses what high and low cortisol levels really mean for your health. Learn why lowering cortisol doesn’t always lead to weight loss and how to navigate testing options to get the most accurate results.

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Timestamps:

(7:41) Is cortisol always bad for you?

(15:53) Adrenal cocktails: Are they legit and do you need to be drinking them?

(20:49) Most common reasons for high cortisol and low cortisol

(31:07) Cortisol face – is it real?

(33:49) Does lowering cortisol lead to weight loss?

(35:41) Different methods to test cortisol

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I'm Erin Holt, and this is the Functional Nutrition Podcast, where we lean into intuitive
0:07.2	functional medicine. We look at how diet, our environment, our emotions, and our beliefs
0:12.5	all affect our physical health. This podcast is your full-bodied, well-rounded resource.
0:18.7	I've got over a decade of clinical experience, and because of that,
0:22.2	I've got a major bone to pick with diet culture and the conventional health care model.
0:26.4	They're both failing so many of us. But functional medicine isn't the panacea that it's made
0:31.3	out to be either. We've got some work to do, and that's why creating a new model is my life's
0:37.0	work. I believe in the ripple
0:38.7	effect. So I founded the Functional Nutrition Academy, a school and mentorship for practitioners
0:43.5	who want to do the same. This show is for you if you're looking for new ways of thinking about
0:48.6	your health and you're ready to be an active participant in your own healing. Please keep in mind
0:53.6	this podcast is created for educational purposes only and should never
0:57.2	be used as a replacement for medical diagnosis or treatment.
1:00.7	I would love for you to follow the show, rate, review, and share because you never know
1:05.5	whose life you might change.
1:06.7	And of course, keep coming back for more.
1:12.6	Hello, my loves.
1:13.8	Today we're going to talk about cortisol.
1:16.1	Specifically, we're going to get into some myths, some trends, some hacks that are floating
1:22.0	around on the internet out there.
1:23.9	And we're going to debunk some of those myths and lay down the facts about cortisol.
1:29.4	I've been talking about this hormone for a long-ass time on this show.
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