Gary Brecka
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So you see that even though she doesn't have a lot of cortisol, the stress is actually causing it to rise when it should be falling.
So this is why it can wreck your metabolism.
This is why women feel so off and they feel like a crazy person.
And they have brain fog, like they literally can't complete a coherent thought.
This is not them breaking down.
This is their hormones going in the tank.
And we don't have to suffer like this.
Women, you do not have to suffer with the consequences of menopause.
We know how to treat this now.
And this is the gold standard test.
So DHEA production, thankfully, is still in the normal range.
It's post-menopausal, but it hasn't completely flattened itself out.
Look at this.
Waking in the morning.
So what do we want more of?
Cortisol.
What do we want less of?
Melatonin.
So melatonin upon waking, we want melatonin in the cycle from here to here.
The lower the melatonin, the easier it is to wake up.