220. Cortisol, Leptin, and Ghrelin: Why Your Hormones Are Sabotaging Your Health

20/11/2025 11 min Temporada 1 Episodio 220
220. Cortisol, Leptin, and Ghrelin: Why Your Hormones Are Sabotaging Your Health

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Your body is sending you signals every moment of every day, but are you listening? In this episode, I’ll walk you through how these three hormones (cortisol, leptin, and ghrelin) dictate whether you wake up energised or exhausted, maintain focus or feel scattered, and recover quickly or stay stuck in chronic stress mode. Your hormones respond to your daily choices; make them work for you instead of against you. 



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Timestamps

00:00 Intro of Show

01:07 Cortisol Definition and Reduction

05:00 What are Leptin and Ghrelin?

06:20 Effects of Consistent Calorie Restriction

07:30 Link to Study on Leptin Receptors: https://bit.ly/49nHUlX

08:30 How to Balance These 3 Hormones



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