09/24/2025
⚡️CORTISOL⚡️ - a super common buzzword...
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Your body releases CORTISOL when you’re stressed. It’s like your internal alarm system.⏰ But when you’re under constant stress, your body keeps sounding the alarm—even when it’s not needed—which can lead to problems like fatigue, anxiety, or weight gain.
That’s where NRF2 comes in.
🌿 What is NRF2?
NRF2 is like the switch that turns on your body’s clean-up crew—the natural way your body defends itself against stress, toxins, and inflammation.
🛡️ How NRF2 Helps Lower Cortisol:
Cleans Up Stress Messes:
-When you’re stressed, your body creates junk (called oxidative stress).
—>NRF2 activates your body’s antioxidants, which clean up that junk.
-When the mess is gone, your body doesn’t need to stay in “fight or flight” mode, so it calms down and stops making as much cortisol.
-Soothes Inflammation
-Inflammation is like a slow-burning fire in the body. It keeps cortisol levels high.
—>NRF2 puts out that fire🔥, so your body doesn’t need to keep using cortisol to cool things off.
-Boosts Energy Systems
—>NRF2 helps your cells make clean energy, so your body feels less “burned out.”
When your body has better energy, it doesn’t feel as stressed—which means less cortisol.
-Resets Your Stress System
-Your body has a stress thermostat (called the HPA axis). NRF2 helps reset that thermostat, so your body responds to stress more appropriately, instead of staying stuck in overdrive.🏎💨
🧘 In Short:
Activating NRF2 helps your body feel safer and more balanced. That means it doesn’t have to pump out stress hormones like cortisol all the time. It’s like telling your body, “Hey, everything’s okay now—you can relax.”
And NRF2 has been doing this WAAAAAAYY longer than cortisol has been a buzzword!😉
