01/05/2026
The Cortisol-Thyroid-Stress Connection...
Healing Your Adrenals Before Your Thyroid.
If you don't have healthy cortisol levels, you won't have optimal thyroid function. High cortisol levels suppress TSH. TSH is the signaling hormone in your brain that tells the body to make more thyroid hormone, but if cortisol is high, it will make less.
When cortisol is high, the body tries to protect itself by blocking the conversion of T4 to T3 and instead makes reverse T3. If you don't produce enough T3, you become hypothyroid. A high reverse T3 also makes you more hypothyroid. Under periods of high stress when cortisol rises, it also has a negative effect on gut health and digestion, leading to poor absorption of nutrients from food and supplements, including iodine, magnesium, zinc, selenium and others. These minerals, in particular, are needed for thyroid hormone production and conversion. High cortisol also causes immune dysfunction which can drive conditions like autoimmune diseases, especially Hashimoto's which can destroy the thyroid gland and create low thyroid symptoms.
Real Vitamin C can drop high cortisol levels by up to 40% in women who are under constant stress. The research states that supplementation with Vitamin C alleviates hypercortisolemia caused by chronic stress.
According to a recent study, Vitamin C helped to reset the stress response in high-stress women with chronically elevated cortisol. Hormone levels shifted back to a healthier range with only Vitamin C, not meds at all!
Our adrenal glands rely on Vitamin C to regulate cortisol. When vitamin C drops, cortisol ramps up and the body stays in fight or flight mode, and that is how women end up with persistent fatigue, weight gain and burn out when trying to do everything right. So, if you are a high stress women running on empty, this really does matter. Support your adrenals with Real Vitamin C and get your energy and your life back.
Ascorbic Acid is not real Vitamin C, it is a synthetic shell of C which your body only absorbs 10% of and that's the reason you need to take so much of it.
Life's Healthiest Real Vitamin C and Purple Wing Therapy's Enhanced Thyroid C are derived from organic, non-gmo whole foods which means your body recognizes, absorbs and utilizes 100% of what you ingest.
If you are in adrenal fatigue, consider Purple Wing Therapy Adrenal Catalyst which also contains Real Vitamin C.
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