Summary
What is the cell danger response and how is it connected to being stuck in chronic fight or flight mode? What time should people with chronically high cortisol take their cortisol lowering supplements? Why is vitamin D necessary for proper sleep? What test can show you exactly which stage of HPA axis dysfunction you're in? Lulwa Alarmali, functional medicine pracitioner, talks about all of this and more including her favorite lab tests, how she interprets them, her thoughts on probiotic supplementation, and answers a few listener questions including: How to end long term severe insomnia? How to balance high testosterone with low free testosterone? If you've been chronically stressed and feel burned out this episode is for you. Her instagram: https://www.instagram.
Key Points
- Impact of light exposure on health and circadian rhythm
- Stress reduction methods and their physiological effects
- Recovery strategies for burnout and adrenal fatigue
Key Moments
It's called a cortisol awakening response
When you wake up in the morning, you're supposed to have higher levels of cortisol because that's what's supposed to get you out of bed. It's called a cortisol awakening response.
"When you wake up in the morning, you're supposed to have higher levels of cortisol because that's what's supposed to get you out of bed. It's called a cortisol awakening response. And so your cortisol elevates and then it starts dropping down and then it should be quite low in the evening. And melatonin is supposed to have the complete opposite effect. So when you wake up in the morning, melatonin is very low. And then as the day goes by or as you enter the evening, your melatonin goes up. So you have this kind of"
