Dr. Amy Shah
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2,173 appearances
3 recordings
3 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 30 Jun
Dr. Amy Shah’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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between two and five, like a couple of times.
And so that is your cortisol dysregulated.
And I think a lot of women, especially women in perimenopause will notice that they're having a harder time getting that cortisol down, both lifestyle and their own hormones.
So as you know, estrogen is really great at dampening cortisol.
And so as you start to get erratic estrogen levels, you're going to have an issue with cortisol.
And then on top of that, your progesterone is going down, which also helps with relaxing and anxiety.
So you have like a double whammy.
And then you have some dysbiosis in your gut, and we'll talk about what that is.
And that's kind of inflammation that's raising cortisol.
And so your mind is just full because we have a lot on our plate all the time.
And often people are taking care of both their children and their parents.
Right.
And they're trying to get rest.
And we're just not biologically wired to be handling that much cortisol in the evening.
So even when I talk to women, I always say your evening time, if you think about it, really has to be coordinated with circadian rhythms.
That's why cortisol becomes a big issue.
Because then people are like, oh, just take a cortisol-lowering supplement.
But it's like way more deep than that, right?
Yes.
At the end of your evening...
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