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Dr Marike de Klerk - Homeopath Integrative Practitioner using Homeopathy, Herbals and Nutraceuticals

Relaxation reduces cortisol : reduces high blood insulin Cortisol is the main driver in our stress response. It is secr...
07/02/2024

Relaxation reduces cortisol : reduces high blood insulin

Cortisol is the main driver in our stress response. It is secreted in response to any actual or perceived stress situation. Stress is a common occurrence in our daily lives. It definitely does not have to be major stresses like death in a family or divorce, it could be an accumulation of small stresses like traffic, relationships and financial worries. High cortisol is one of the drivers for insulin resistance as an elevation in this hormone signals to the body that fight and flight might be necessary. For this rapid action, utilization of sugars are necessary to fuel the heart, brain and muscles to function. This will contribute to unstabilize your blood insulin.

How do we decrease cortisol?

We have to employ habits to put our bodies in a state of rest and digest and not fight and flight. You can engage in many activities, but generally the more enjoyable and calming they are, the better. Reading a good book that makes you feel good and entertains you is one such a way. Do not read anything upsetting as this will stimulate the areas in your brain that will increase your stress response.





31/01/2024

3 dietary hacks to improve insulin resistance.

Sleep yourself thinIf it was just that easy? But it could be. And like I always say, it doesn't need to be rocket scien...
17/01/2024

Sleep yourself thin

If it was just that easy? But it could be. And like I always say, it doesn't need to be rocket science.

This is how it works.

Cortisol is your stress hormone that is produced by your adrenal glands in response to a stressful situation, along with other stress hormones like adrenalin. Cortisol has the very important job to keep you alive. It mobilizes the body to increase bloodflow, energy usage, available sugar in the blood for you to get yourself out of a potentially life threatening situation.

We are all aware of the fact that we live in a state of perpetual perceived stress and this causes an epidemic of people living either in a high cortisol crisis or adrenal fatigue and burnout.

How does high cortisol affect your blood sugar and how can it be a contributing factor to cause insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes.

When cortisol rises in response to stress, your body gets ready to flee. It mobilizes simple sugars into the bloodstream for energy for muscles to act, brain power to act decisively and lungs and heart to be ready for running away. This happens inappropriately when you are stressed and since blood sugar circulating in the blood in a too high concentration is the mechanism for insulin resistance, you will then understand how stress can be a factor to increase and aggravate insulin resistance.

This abundance of sugars in the blood needs to be mitigated as high levels of blood glucose can be life threatening. So what does the body do? It mobilizes and stores these sugars in fat cells where they cannot cause serious harm.

Unfortunately this process will result in increased body weight, a common symptoms of insulin resistance.

Sleep is the body's natural way of shutting down and slowing down. The body performs many functions while in a sleep state, one of which would be to reset from stress and recuperate adrenal glands.

7 to 8 hours sleep is prescribed for the body to be able to perform these functions. In the fight against insulin resistance, it is then essential to adress your sleep habits and also your quality of sleep. Supplementation of certain minerals, herbals and homeopathic medicines can assist you if you are giving sleeping difficulties.





The most important meal of the day is the one you break your fast with.
09/01/2024

The most important meal of the day is the one you break your fast with.

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