Dr. Tabatha Barber says people with high cortisol often wake up without appetite because the body conserves energy. Eat protein first thing anyway to jump-start metabolism, and take an electrolyte drink before bed and when you wake up to replace minerals lost during sleep.
I think one of the biggest things people who have high cortisol levels or imbalanced hormone levels, you're gonna wake up in the morning not hungry. Like that's just a typical symptom that something's going on because your body's trying to conserve energy. So what I would encourage you to do is eat protein first thing in the morning. A lot of us are completely running with nothing on fumes, and so the very first thing you do is you go. Drive through, you know your coffee shop drive through, or you go grab an energy drink, or you go make yourself a cup of coffee in the kitchen. And I'm not telling you I would never tell anybody to not drink coffee because I love coffee. But eat protein first. Make sure even if you're not hungry, eat protein first so your body has something to begin your metabolism, so that your body has something to fuel itself for the day. I would encourage you to find an electrolyte that you love. To replace the minerals that your body loses while you're sleeping. I have multiple genetic mutations, um, and so it's really important for me to drink the electrolytes before I go to bed, and then I drink them as soon as I get up again.
