Dr. Austin Lake explains how cortisol suppresses progesterone, disrupting fertility, mood, and overall health. Sleep is the foundation: without solid sleep hygiene, supplements won't fix your hormones. Gary Brecka agrees that basic sleep restoration matters more than any pill.
For women to understand how cortisol will directly affect their progesterone and how it'll affect their sex hormones is critical. There is a certain number of hormones you can make from your cholesterol depending on what your body needs. Cortisol is a surviving hormone. If you're like, hey, I'm stressed out, I'm watching something that's stimulating, those basic things, just making sure people understand it gets back to this whole idea of honoring your body and understanding what am I trying to do with this? You have to do all those foundational sleep hygiene principles first. Like those are absolute necessities.
I totally agree. You can't supplement your way around poor sleep. You start with the basics, you fix the sleep, you start them on basic supplementation. These are the simple building blocks. These are the easy building blocks that get really overlooked.
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