Ep. #148 | Stress Hormones – the highs and lows
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Welcome back for another bite of Simplicity. My name is Jenn Pike, your host, registered holistic nutritionist, medical exercise specialist, the best-selling author of the Simplicity Project and the creator of the women’s revolutionary health program, The Hormone Project.
In this simplicity bite, we will be discussing stress hormones, the associated symptoms and how they can make us feel. We will look to understand how stress presents itself in our own bodies and through this understanding, start to take back control and take care of ourselves – physically, mentally and emotionally.
Here are the main topics of this simplicity bite:
- What is cortisol?
- The associated eb and flow of this hormone
- How stress can affect you – physically, mentally and emotionally
- Your adrenals are your bodies SWAT team
- Low cortisol levels vs High cortisol
- How to test and assess your adrenal levels
- Advice you can start using today
- Vagal nerve exercises and parasympathetic work for your body
- The importance of sleep, hydration and balanced nutrition
- Sensory stimulants – positive and negative
- Adaptogens
Hoping this episode supports you on the path of knowing, accepting, and loving who you truly are. Wishing more simplicity and ease in all that you do!
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Quotes:
“We need cortisol. It plays massive essential functions in our body, and it’s only when things start to go sideways that that’s when the chaos actually starts to happen.”
“Your cortisol is made by your adrenal glands, which sit on top of the kidneys. You have two adrenal glands and they are supporting your blood sugar regulation. They’re supporting your metabolic function. They’re helping to reduce inflammation, helping to control your blood pressure. Forming memories, helping with your brain function.”
“If you’ve read my book The Simplicity Project, I talk about this and I always give the same example that your adrenals are your body SWAT team, meaning they don’t work 24 seven. They’re not on call all the time. They get called in when s*** hits the fan. When it is go time. We need the best of the best.”
“When you have really low cortisol or you have symptoms of low cortisol, you might be the person that is feeling like you are tired all the time. Right? This is chronic fatigue.”
“Women with high cortisol…They tend to have higher blood sugar, which also contributes to that weight gain around the belly, the insulin resistance. The body has become less sensitive to utilizing and producing an uptaking insulin in the body.”
“When we’re talking about the adrenals, running a Dutch test would be really beneficial. This can be a useful place to start to properly assess what might be going on. That’s something that we do inside The Hormone Project. You can also just book and get on the phone with one of our team members and do a hormone project discovery call.”
“The first thing I want you to remember is that cortisol is high or low for a reason. Okay. And so we’re trying to identify what is the trigger?”
“Sleep has a massive impact on our adrenals and on our nervous system as a whole.”
“The other thing, ladies, you need to eat food. You need to stop dieting and stop abusing fasting. Your cortisol levels need balanced blood sugar and adequate micro nutrients.”
“ Unregulated blood sugar equates to unregulated adrenals.”
“Using blue light blockers at night is a really big one so that you can decrease your exposure to blue light. There is a free app you can download onto your devices called FLUX.”
“I’ve been using an Aura ring for years now. It tracks things like your sleep and your steps, but more importantly, your heart rate variability and can give you indications about your readiness and how rested you are. And how your body is really doing.”
“If you are struggling and you feel more confused than you did before, please do not hesitate to book in a call with one of our team via https://jennpike.com/thehormoneproject”
Additional Information About Jenn:
Jenn studied and graduated with honors in Human Anatomy and Physiology with such a passion that it propelled her to continue her education over many years. Jenn is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Medical Exercise Specialist, Registered Yoga Instructor and Faculty of the Toronto Yoga Conference, Pre & Post Natal Yoga Expert, STOTT Pilates trained instructor, Twist Sport Conditioning Coach, Spin Instructor Crossfit Level 1 Coaching, among other certifications she got along the way. She is also a guest Holistic Expert for Breakfast Television, Global, CHCH, Rogers Tv and writes columns for STRONG Fitness Magazine, iRun magazine, Savvy Mom and contributes to Inside Fitness Magazine, The Toronto Star and Sun. She is also a proud educator and ambassador to Genuine Health, Nature’s Emporium, and Juice Plus.
Jenn is a proud mama to two beautiful souls and her best teachers of life. She resides on Lake Simcoe in Keswick with her husband and two children.