What impact is stress actually having on our muscle tissue and our ability to lose body fat? Can a workout be too stressful, or does it actually act as stress relief? And how do our stress hormones interact with hormones like estrogen and insulin? Today I’m diving into the body’s stress response for women in different life stages, key data points to let you know if your stress levels are elevated too much, and 12 ways that you can build more stress resilience into your daily life to help you mitigate the damaging impact too much stress can have on your body.
In this episode, I’m exploring….
⭐️ How the stress response system works
⭐️ How we can mitigate muscle loss and fat storage
⭐️ How insulin resistance and insulin sensitivity play a role in weight gain
⭐️ The connection between your estrogen and the insulin response
⭐️ Eating tips for keeping blood sugar stable with your cycle, in perimenopause and post-menopause
⭐️ How to monitor your body's response to stress: data points like hormone levels, blood pressure, RHR and HRV
⭐️ 12 tools to help your body deal with stress and improve your stress resilience
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