We hear a lot about cortisol, the “stress hormone,” on social media as of late. Cortisol has grow to be a buzz phrase within the well being and health business—a part of a cautionary story used to warn girls away from intense bouts of train they age.From fear-mongering posts about the way it’s ruining your well being to questionable recommendation from “hormone coaches” promoting expensive dietary supplements and restrictive diets—it may be arduous to separate reality from fiction.That’s why we introduced within the professional, Dr. Carla DiGirolamo—a Board Licensed Obstetrician/Gynecologist, Reproductive Endocrinologist, Menopause Society Licensed Practitioner, and health fanatic (to not point out a CrossFit coach and authorized vitamin coach). She’s spent her profession serving to lively girls—from puberty to menopause—optimize their psychological and bodily efficiency. Yep, she’s mainly a rockstar in terms of understanding hormones and training high-performing girls.This week’s episode of The Match Bottomed Women Podcast is all about cortisol—the misunderstood “stress hormone” everybody likes to hate. We’re slicing via the noise, debunking myths, and exploring how cortisol performs a important function in your well being, health, and general resilience. Collectively, Dr. Carla and I deal with the dialog all of us want to listen to about cortisol, girls’s well being, and the reality behind these viral hormone claims.Significantly, this week’s episode is one for the books. Right here’s why we’re obsessive about this episode:Dr. Carla’s analogy of cortisol because the trombone in a a lot bigger orchestra will fully change the best way you concentrate on hormones, stress, and well being. (Spoiler alert: it’s not all about cortisol!) She additionally dives into sensible methods to dial down stress, get better higher, and keep robust as you age.Actual Discuss: Restoration MattersRecovery isn’t only a checkbox after a exercise—it’s the place enchancment truly occurs. Whether or not it’s dialing in your vitamin, prioritizing sleep, or lastly studying to like your cool-down routine, restoration helps you keep resilient and prepared on your subsequent problem.Don’t skip this one if…✅ You’ve been freaked out by cortisol content material on social media.✅ You wish to know the best way to be stronger (and more healthy) as you age.✅ You’re inquisitive about how hormones impression your stress and efficiency.Tune in now to listen to Dr. Carla’s unbelievable insights and sensible recommendation!👉 Hearken to the Full Episode Right here👉 Watch the episode on YouTubeWhat You’ll Study in This Episode:Cortisol isn’t the villain—it’s important for all times and health. It’s the hormone that helps you deal with challenges, whether or not that’s a tricky exercise or life stress. Nevertheless, it’s all about returning your stress response system to baseline after activation.Cease worrying about “spiking your cortisol.” You want cortisol to be attentive to exterior stressors with the intention to survive. As a substitute, begin specializing in returning your stress response system to baseline often via confirmed down-regulation methods like meditation, leisure walks, mild or stress-free yoga.Burnout isn’t brought on by cortisol—it’s brought on by continual stress. Dr. Carla shares the best way to deal with what’s triggering your elevated stress fairly than blaming cortisol itself.Why growing older modifications the sport. Restoration will get trickier as girls age because of modifications in resilience and hormonal shifts, however correct restoration methods can preserve you thriving. Power coaching, vitamin, and aware restoration are extra vital than ever.The boundaries of hormone testing. Single snapshots from blood checks will be deceptive! Dr. Carla explains why it is advisable to concentrate on the larger image of your well being.Underneath-fueling = underperforming. Underneath-eating can truly be a giant reason for persistent inner stress and elevated cortisol ranges. Diet fuels your physique for exercises and restoration.About Dr. Carla DiGirolamoDr. Carla DiGirolamo is a double Board-Licensed Obstetrician/Gynecologist and Reproductive Endocrinologist specializing in caring for lively and high-performing girls from puberty via menopause. Dr. Carla accomplished her residency coaching in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Brown College Medical College/Ladies and Infants’ Hospital and Reproductive Endocrinology fellowship coaching on the Massachusetts Common Hospital at Harvard Medical College.Dr. Carla has 20 years of expertise as a fertility specialist and extra not too long ago as a Menopause Society Licensed Practitioner. She can be an endocrine marketing consultant for Wild Well being and Everlasting Life. She has been featured in Boston Journal’s Prime Docs within the Boston space for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.Dr. Carla has been featured in a number of podcasts and speakerships at varied occasions discussing the physiology of the hormonal modifications of menopause, hormone remedy, and optimizing bodily efficiency in elite and avid leisure feminine athletes. Dr Carla can be the writer of a number of programs together with the “Menopause Health Specialist” course with MedFit Classroom, and the “Robust” and” Navigate Menopause” programs with Feisty Media. Dr. Carla has been within the health business her complete life as a leisure athlete and for greater than a decade as a health skilled with credentials as a CrossFit Degree 1 Coach and Licensed Diet Coach. As a pioneer in Ladies’s Efficiency Endocrinology, she focuses on optimizing psychological and bodily efficiency in girls in high-performance professions and feminine athletes of all ages. Dr. Carla has a weblog via Substack referred to as “Athletic Growing older”. https://www.athleticaging.weblog/ and her second publication “Efficiency Edge” https://www.performanceedge.weblog/ launched in February 2023Follow Dr. CarlaWebsite: https://www.drcarlad.com/Fb: https://www.fb.com/carla.digirolamo.14Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_carla_d/Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carla-digirolamo-0109b8103/Sponsor ShoutoutThis episode was delivered to you by Miles to Go Athletics. Take our app-based coaching group for a two-week no obligation take a look at drive right here.Preferred This Episode? Don’t Neglect to Subscribe!Having fun with the podcast? Be sure that to hit that Subscribe button so that you by no means miss an episode crammed with insightful conversations. And don’t neglect to go away us a evaluate—it helps extra folks uncover the present!Do you suppose cortisol is your enemy? Suppose once more. –Alison
