KNP565 - The Connection Between Stress and Weight Gain and Loss
The Brad Jensen Show
Brad Jensen
4.9 • 792 Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
In this solo episode of The Key Nutrition Podcast, I explore the intricate relationship between cortisol, commonly known as the stress hormone, and its impact on weight management. I discuss how cortisol levels can influence both weight gain and weight loss, uncovering the physiological mechanisms behind stress-induced changes in appetite, metabolism, and fat storage. From understanding the role of cortisol in promoting abdominal fat deposition to discussing strategies for managing stress to support healthy weight management, this episode offers valuable insights into harnessing the power of stress management for achieving wellness goals.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Brad Jensen and you listen to the Key Nutrition Podcast. |
| 0:20.4 | Welcome back to another episode of the Key Nutrition Podcast. Welcome back to another episode of the Key Nutrition podcast. |
| 0:24.7 | Just me again today. |
| 0:26.2 | But we got some bangers of guests coming up. |
| 0:28.5 | We've got Mr. |
| 0:29.0 | Alan Aragon. |
| 0:30.4 | We've got Ben Yains, who is probably one of the smartest up-and-coming minds when |
| 0:35.7 | it comes to exercise programming, exercise physiology. |
| 0:41.0 | You know, if you're not following him on social media, is a great, great find for all |
| 0:45.6 | things, very scientific information when it comes to strength training. |
| 0:52.6 | And we've got one more that I can't officially announce yet because we haven't |
| 0:56.3 | confirmed the official date but uh that one's going to knock your guys socks off and uh mr |
| 1:03.2 | austin current who's been on the show before but he has been uh been working with him in a |
| 1:07.9 | mentorship capacity uh he's been mentoring me on really advanced training programs. |
| 1:16.2 | And, you know, I really, really wanted to make sure, you know, it's been a long time since my last certification. |
| 1:21.5 | I want to make sure my knowledge was really up to par as we were building out workouts for the collective to the masses. And so he's been a huge |
| 1:31.5 | instrumental help and very grateful for him. And, you know, I was talking to him about, you know, |
| 1:37.7 | one of these days in the podcast coming up, I'm going to, I'm going to, you know, really break down |
| 1:41.6 | for the listeners on how to build out their own workout program, |
| 1:44.7 | you know, just to give you a good value add of how to structure it when you get there yourself. |
| 1:50.7 | Because listen, I do think it's 10 times better because we tend to have what's called exercise bias. |
| 1:55.6 | We put in the exercise like, I probably won't program certain exercises for myself even though I should even though |
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