10/29/2025
Cortisol 🌟
This powerful hormone, integral for stress management and day-to-day functioning, finds its balance disrupted when we encounter adrenal resistance.
While many think this resistance starts in the adrenal glands, it actually begins in the paraventricular nucleus of the brain—a key player in the body's stress response system. When leptin and insulin resistance go unchecked, they can pave the way for adrenal resistance, potentially wreaking havoc on your health.
Initially, adrenal resistance can cause a surge in cortisol, giving us the alertness and energy to face the day. However, if left unresolved and you let it become chronic, cortisol levels might plummet or become erratically timed, throwing your bodily systems out of sync.
Here's the thing: Cortisol does more than keeping stress in check. It’s a waking hormone, it helps wake us up. But when we wake to blaring alarms and the first thing we grab is our blue lit phone and the next is a pot of coffee this sets the day up for a Cortisol party inside of us.
The time change we'll see it get light out later, but natural sunlight isn’t just nice to have; it’s essential. Morning sun particularly helps synchronize your body's internal clock, balancing cortisol levels and paving the way for night-time melatonin production, key for restful sleep.
Our tech devices and artificial lighting can interfere with our circadian rhythms, making it harder to wind down at night. Reducing exposure to blue light in the evenings can significantly improve how your body manages cortisol and melatonin. Before sleep spiking cortisol is no good, as melatonin will drop and your sleep will suck.
Wake up before sun rises, grab those blueblockers...and when it does rise head out for a sun break.
Make sure you have the Circadian App for the exact times: http://www.improvementwarriorfitness.com/circadianapp
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