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Managing stress, and therefore managing your cortisol, ranks as one of the most important things you can do to improve long-term health and well-being. Stress affects your immunity, sleep quality, mood, and energy levels. It can also increase your risk for chronic disease and accelerate aging. Acute (short-term) stress is adaptive and helpful for keeping you safe or motivating you. Chronic stress (regular and ongoing) is the problem. Chronic stress impacts everything from hormones to brain function. A key stress biomarker is cortisol. This hormone is crucial for the body, but persistent elevations can signal an overactive stress response, pituitary gland dysfunction, or other issues. Learn more about cortisol, how to manage stress levels naturally, and more.

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📍What is discussed:
*00:00 – The Impact of Stress on Health*

Why managing stress may be the single most important thing you can do to improve long-term health and well-being.

*00:14 – How Stress Accelerates Aging*

Stress affects immunity, sleep, mood, and energy — increasing risk for chronic disease and speeding up aging.

*00:34 – Acute vs Chronic Stress: Why It Matters*

Acute stress is adaptive and helpful; chronic stress is the problem — impacting everything from hormones to brain function.

*01:05 – Signs You’re Chronically Stressed (Even If You Don’t Know It)*

Symptoms like insomnia, anxiety, low immunity, and how people often normalize chronic stress without realizing it.

*01:40 – Cortisol: The Body’s Main Stress Hormone*

What cortisol does during acute vs chronic stress, how it’s made, and why persistent elevation can harm your body.

*02:23 – Testing Cortisol and What It Can Reveal*

How a blood cortisol test can help determine if your stress response system is overactive or dysregulated.

*02:51 – Lifestyle Tips to Support the Cortisol System*

How to stabilize cortisol with regular meals, a nutrient-dense diet, deep breathing, and better sleep hygiene.

*03:45 – The Cortisol–Glucose Connection*

Why stress raises blood sugar (even without food) — and how modern stressors can lead to metabolic dysfunction.

*04:38 – Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, and Aging*

How chronic stress creates inflammation and cell breakdown, leading to accelerated aging and increased disease risk.

*05:26 – Proven Practices to Reduce Stress Naturally*

Breathwork, nature, community, walking, yoga, and mindful exercise as powerful tools to reset your nervous system.

*06:16 – Why High-Intensity Workouts Aren’t Always Best*

When you're already stressed, intense exercise might backfire — and why gentle movement is often more supportive.

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