Balancing hormones is essential for achieving and maintaining healthy weight. Hormonal imbalances can be caused by a variety of factors, including stress, poor diet, and lack of exercise. In order to maximize weight loss efforts, it is important to understand how hormones affect metabolism and appetite. By recognizing the role of hormones in weight loss,…
Tag: Cortisol
Cortisol – Effects on Women’s Health
Balance is the key element when it comes to cortisol, a hormone produced in your adrenal glands. Cortisol performs many vital functions, including: Reducing inflammationRegulating blood pressureMetabolizing glucoseAssisting with circadian rhythm regulationFormulating memories Many of these tasks contribute to cortisol’s role in controlling the “flight or fight response.” When your body senses danger, cortisol kicks…
Factors That Contribute to Weight Gain
With a new year beginning, many people make resolutions, with one of the most common ones being to lose a certain amount of weight or become more physically active. However, many people give up before January even ends, as losing weight can be difficult and frustrating, especially when you think you are doing everything right,…
Burning Up Those Stubborn Calories
Losing weight is one of the most common resolutions people make at the beginning of each year, but this is often easier said than done. We often get questions about why some people struggle to lose weight when they are eating healthy and exercising. There are actually many things that can contribute to slow weight…
How Stress Ages Us
Chronic stress affects many people and can be caused by financial struggles, marital issues, health issues, demanding careers, or a number of other different things. We may think chronic stress just makes us tired and more agitated, but we often don’t consider the effects it can have on our body. Stress can age us and…
Help I’m So Exhausted!
Janet Lewis: Hello and welcome to this week’s show. I’m Janet Lewis. Dr. Lewis: And I’m Dr. Lewis. Janet Lewis: We are Green Wisdom Health, home of your low-cost lab work here to educate you again about another very exciting or tiring topic. I’m not sure which one. It’s so dreary now outside, it is…
Immune System Compromise and Adrenal Fatigue
Janet Lewis: Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of our show. I am Janet Lewis. Doctor Lewis: And I’m Doctor Lewis. Janet Lewis: We are Green Wisdom Health, home of your low-cost lab work, available across the United States. We are here to educate you a little bit today about a adrenal fatigue and…