01/22/2026
Cortisol:
villain…
or an innocent hormone wrongfully sentenced?
Cortisol isn’t the enemy.
It’s a signal to heal.
It rises when the system detects a threat to survival—
low energy, poor redox status, inflammation, circadian mismatch.
Cortisol regulation doesn’t come from suppressing it.
It comes from restoring the terrain:
• Vitamins
• Minerals
• Essential fatty acids
• Light (timing matters)
You don’t “fix” cortisol with turmeric.
You don’t override it with herbs.
You don’t hack it with peptides.
When mitochondria regain efficiency,
cortisol resolves itself.
Blame the hormone if you want—
or fix the physics that made it necessary.