Hormones & Your Brain Chemistry | Ep 242

The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

Erin Holt

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.9 • 759 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we're discussing how the brain directly affects your hormones, the distinction between consuming and integrating information, and ways to train your brain to be more resilient to life's stressors.

Welcome to the Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast. I'm your host, Erin Holt. I've got a bone to pick with diet culture and the conventional healthcare model that are both systematically failing so many of us. Creating a new model is my life's work, and this is what this show's all about.

(Disclaimer: Please keep in mind this podcast is created for educational purposes only and should never be used as a replacement for medical diagnosis or treatment.)

Join Your Hormone Revival™ for our final live round!

Timestamps:

(4:26) - There is no reset button for hormones

(8:53) - “The IIT factor”, and the difference between consuming and integrating information

(12:08) - Understanding the HPA axis and our brain’s feedback loop

(19:38) - What is the “functional root cause approach” for hormones?

(26:28) - Examining thoughts and fears to change our biochemistry

(37:19) - 3 tips to improve brain resiliency

Related Episode -

Episode 161: How Fear Affects the Body & Brain

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Functional Nutrition Podcast. I'm your host, Erin Holt. I'm an integrative and
0:07.2	functional medicine nutritionist with a feisty attitude in well over a decade of clinical experience.
0:13.0	I work with women all over the world through my online programs. And I'm also the founder of the
0:18.0	Functional Nutrition Academy, a school in practitioner mentorship
0:21.7	where we help other clinicians level up with functional medicine methodologies. I've got a bone
0:27.6	to pick with diet culture and the conventional health care model that are both systematically
0:32.4	failing so many of us. Creating a new model is my life's work, and this is what this show's all about.
0:39.3	Please keep in mind, this podcast is created for educational purposes only and should never
0:44.0	be used as a replacement for medical diagnosis or treatment. If you like what you hear
0:48.4	today, I would love for you to subscribe to the show, leave a review in iTunes, share with
0:52.9	a friend, and keep coming back for more.
0:55.3	Now give me the mic so I can take it away.
1:00.8	Hello, my friends.
1:02.3	Two weeks ago, we released episode 240, Neurobiology of Chronic Conditions, where I talked
1:07.8	about what's happening at a brain-based level with chronic ongoing conditions.
1:13.4	And I got a really interesting question.
1:15.1	How, if at all, does this information apply to hormones and hormonal health and hormonal balance?
1:22.1	And that's exactly what I'm going to answer in today's episode.
1:26.5	This is a piece, a segment of an older podcast
1:29.2	episode that I am pulling out and re-releasing here because it answers the exact question.
1:35.7	How does what's happening on the brain level impact our hormones? I was just interviewed
1:41.4	on Caitlin Murray's podcast, a big time adulting.
	...

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