03/07/2025
🧠 How Stress Impacts Your Hormones, Metabolism & Inflammation — And What You Can Do About It
Chronic stress does more than wear you down emotionally — it activates a cascade of hormonal and metabolic changes that affect your entire body.
When stress is ongoing, your hormone regulating system is constantly stimulated, leading to elevated cortisol levels. Over time, this disrupts key metabolic functions and leads to systemic low-grade inflammation — the root of many chronic diseases.
🔬 What exactly happens under chronic stress?
• Cortisol remains elevated, impairing insulin sensitivity and increasing abdominal fat storage.
• Blood glucose levels rise, as your body prepares for a “fight or flight” scenario that never comes.
• Thyroid function may decline, slowing your metabolic rate.
• S*x hormones like oestrogen, progesterone, and testosterone can become imbalanced, affecting mood, fertility, and energy.
• Inflammatory markers can increase, raising the risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and autoimmune conditions.
• Sleep and recovery are disrupted, further exacerbating hormone imbalance.
Could this be you?
At my Lifestyle Medicine Clinic, I offer an in-depth health and wellbeing assessment to evaluate how stress and other factors may be affecting your body.
Your appointment includes:
✅ Full physical assessment including blood tests if needed.
✅ Comprehensive lifestyle review (nutrition, sleep, stress, physical activity, social connections and harmful substances)
✅ Individualised, evidence based lifestyle plan to improve your overall health and prevent the onset of long term conditions.
📅 Book your appointment today to begin your journey toward hormonal balance, metabolic health, and optimal wellbeing.
📍 Hexagon Health
Clinics held at:
Treat Norwich, 2-4 Lawson Road, NR3 4LF
and Bannatyne Health Club and Spa, Northside Business Park.
For more information go to;
🔗 Hexagon Health
or e mail hmccall@hexagon.health
Direct booking:
https://www.hexagon.health/appointments-hm
