17/02/2026
Low appetite isn’t a flex honey. Your stressed body running on cortisol & adrenaline is suppressing your appetite.
🧠 When your body is under stress, your brain tells your adrenals to produce more cortisol to keep you functioning. The release of cortisol and adrenaline mobilises glucose mainly from your liver (glycogenolysis) which overrides hunger cues. This is the sympathetic nervous system (fight and flight) inhibiting the parasympathetic digestion cues (rest and digest).
This process is an evolutionary survival pattern that can be LIFESAVING in the short term.
However in the long term, this pattern can lead to adrenal fatigue, or more specifically - HPA dysregulation (brain -> adrenal dysfunction).
🏃🏼♀️➡️Adrenal Fatigue Stage 1: Your system is burning hot. You’re wired, productive, have low appetite, running on stress fumes, probably not sleeping much. Cortisol is high here.
☕️Stage 2: Tired but wired. You’re experiencing AM fatigue, Afternoon crashes, anxiety and panic attacks, holding weight around the midsection, maybe seeing some PMS or period issues as progesterone starts to dive. Cortisol can still be high but also will be starting to dip.
😴Stage 3: Burnout. You’re exhausted, chronic bone crushing fatigue, dizzy, vertigo (maybe a POTS diagnosis), low stress tolerance. This is where we see COOKED AM cortisol levels at this point. You’ve got nothing left in the tank.
Burnout doesn’t just happen overnight. Stress sends cortisol through the roof first.
🔬This is why I use HTMA (tissue mineral testing) in my practise.
Your mineral patterns show us how your body is handling stress, and can indicate what level of adrenal dysfunction you’re in - so we can rebuild your systems properly; with mineral support, blood sugar stability, nervous system regulation, and strategic hormone support if needed.
If this sounds like you, I created my 1:1 program Mineral Alchemy for women just like you. It includes 1x HTMA test, a 90 min Initial consult + nutritional therapy protocol, and a 45 min Follow up consult to keep you on track.
Comment ALCHEMY and I’ll send you the details!
You have the power to heal ⚡️🧬
