Is Perfectionism Driving Your Hormone Imbalance? Cortisol, DHEA + Adrenal Testing | Ep 137

The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

Erin Holt

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.9 • 759 Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Hormone imbalance has cascading effects all throughout our body, so understanding the root cause is essential for addressing this issue. Oftentimes the perpetual quest for the (unattainable) perfection leaves us in a state of chronic stress and eventual burnout.⁣ In this episode, Erin breaks down the symptoms of adrenal fatigue and answers questions relating to how your stress response works, how it can get wonky and how to determine whether this is a problem for you. This is PART 1 of a deeper dive into adrenals, HPA axis, cortisol, DHEA, and adrenal function testing and what different results may mean for you. Originally aired January 2020. In this episode: -12 Days of Funk’mas giveaway details, featuring Roots Apothecary and Garden of the Moon [3:22] -How Erin uses intuition to guide her business [9:07] -Neuroendocrine + gut health [12:06] -Root cause resolution - where do you start? [14:28] -The relationship between perfectionism & adrenal fatigue, + signs of adrenal dysfunction [20:34] -How the HPA Axis works [28:22] -Effects of cortisol on thyroid & your immune system [36:37] -The Cortisol Awakening Response [42:43] -Cortisol + inflammation [44:00] -Effect on hormonal imbalance, fertility, reproduction & sex hormones [45:21] -Issues with low progesterone, and symptoms of estrogen dominance [46:50] -Stress + Leaky gut [49:45] -Nutrient deficiencies during stress [51:33] -Postpartum + stress [52:42] -PTSD, autoimmunity + stress [56:02] Resources mentioned: Roots Apothecary https://www.rootsapothecary.com/ Garden of the Moon https://gardenofthemoon.co/ BioKult Boosted probiotic supplement (save 20% off one box with FUNK20) https://www.bio-kult.com/bio-kult-boosted/p9 FREE Guided Meditations https://mailchi.mp/erinholthealth.com/meditations Your Hormone Revival™ (registration opens Jan 11th) https://www.erinholthealth.com/hormones Carb Compatibility Project™ (next round starts Jan 4th) https://www.erinholthealth.com/carb-compatibility-project If you found this episode helpful, BE SURE to listen to PART 2, where Erin continues the conversation and unpacks the benefits of cortisol, everything you ever wanted to know about DHEA, causes of adrenal fatigue, all about adrenal testing and how to get tested. https://www.erinholthealth.com/funktional-nutrition-podcast/2020/1/22/episode-83-cortisol-dhea-adrenal-testing-part-2 Has this resource helped you in any way over the past 3 years? Spread the love and share this free resource! Let’s show people why the Funk’tional Nutrition Podcast is 1 million downloads strong - and counting. **FOR MORE DETAILS & TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY, HEAD TO OUR INSTAGRAM PAGE** https://www.instagram.com/the.funktional.nutritionist/

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Functional Nutrition Podcast. I'm your host, Erin Holt. I'm a functional
0:07.4	medicine nutritionist with a feisty attitude in over a decade of clinical experience. I work with
0:13.3	women all over the world through my online programs, and I'm also the founder of the Functional
0:18.9	Nutrition Academy, a 12-month practitioner mentorship where I help other nutrition pros level up
0:25.3	with functional medicine methodologies.
0:27.9	I've got a bone to pick with diet culture and the conventional healthcare model
0:31.6	that are both systematically failing so many of us.
0:35.3	Creating a new model is my life's work, and this is what the show's all about.
0:40.4	Please keep in mind this podcast is created for educational purposes only and should never be
0:45.7	used as a replacement for medical diagnosis or treatment. If you like what you hear today,
0:50.9	I'd love for you to subscribe, leave a review in iTunes, share with a friend,
0:55.4	and keep coming back for more. Thanks for joining me. Now let's dive deep.
1:02.3	Welcome back to the 12 Days of Funkmas. This is the final episode of this little mini
1:08.3	celebration celebrating over a million downloads of the functional nutrition
1:12.5	podcast. It's also going to be the final episode of 2020, and we're talking about cortisol,
1:19.5	your stress hormone. Now, I've talked a lot about this particular hormone on the show.
1:25.8	So we have episode 72, we have episode 83,
1:31.2	episode 112, and episode 113. If you listen to the show and you want more information about
1:39.9	cortisol, it is there for you, my friends. We will link all of this up in the show notes so you can
1:45.6	just click on through and have easy access to it. But cortisol's really, really big deal.
1:50.9	If your cortisol is imbalanced, your sex hormones are going to be imbalanced, your thyroid can
1:55.7	be imbalanced, your gut can be imbalanced. So it's a really important thing to get some clarity around, which is why I talk about it so much.
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