Ep. 93: How Cortisol Affects Your Mitochondria&Acute vs. Chronic Stress (Stress&Mitochondria Part 1) - a podcast by Jay Feldman Wellness

from 2023-06-27T10:05:56

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In this episode we discuss:


  • Why stress is not your friend




  • The effects of cortisol on your mitochondria




  • Hans Selye’s general adaptation syndrome




  • How cortisol causes mitochondrial dysfunction, heart disease, insulin resistance, autoimmunity, allergies & hypersensitivity, mineral imbalances, and cancer metabolism




  • Why acute stress does not lead to improved health via hormesis




 


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Timestamps:


3:00 – an introduction to the paper: mitochondria as key components of the stress response   


4:03 – Hans Selye’s general adaptation syndrome and the process of stress in relation to energy balance  


23:30 – the 3 main effects of the stress hormones in the acute stress response and the cost to this response 


31:48 – long-term glucocorticoid exposure causes insulin resistance and the protective effects of high blood sugar in certain contexts 


34:04 – how long-term stress causes degeneration 


34:55 – functions of the mitochondria 


38:54 – mitochondria upregulate energy production in response to stress 


41:06 – the short-term vs. long-term effects of the glucocorticoids (cortisol)


44:03 – how stress causes hormetic adaptations and how the hormetic pathways cause degeneration over time


50:30 – how mitochondria respond to excess stress and how this relates to fat gain


59:04 – how chronic stress and exposure to cortisol causes impaired energy production, degeneration, immunosuppression & autoimmunity, mineral imbalance, swelling, allergies & hypersensitivity, and cancer metabolism

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