Using Cortisol & Adrenaline to Boost Our Energy & Immune System Function

This episode I describe the biology of two essential hormones we all make: cortisol and adrenaline (also called epinephrine). Cortisol and adrenaline powerfully regulate our levels of energy, focus and immune system function. I describe various science-supported tools and practices to increase or decrease cortisol and/or adrenaline, depending on one's specific needs and goals. I also describe the biology of nootropics, and how cortisol and adrenaline can improve or degrade learning. Finally, I review the scientific data and tools for timing the release of these hormones to improve memory, energy and immune system function.

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Links:
Intermittent Fasting u0026 Growth Hormone Mechanism: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2017.10.016
Habitual Coffee Drinking u0026 Changes In Brain Connectivity: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-021-01075-4

Timestamps:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:05:41 Energy u0026 Your Immune System, u0026 Learning Faster
00:08:34 Why u0026 How Intermittent Fasting Increases Growth Hormone
00:11:56 Why Your Stomach Growls
00:13:09 Hot Baths u0026 Hormones
00:14:35 Energy, Adrenaline (Epinephrine), u0026 Cortisol
00:15:48 Cortisol u0026 Cholesterol, Competition With Testosterone u0026 Estrogen
00:17:54 Adrenaline (Epinephrine) Is Your (Immune Systems) Best Friend
00:18:48 Cortisol Basics In Two (Actually 1) Minute/s
00:19:48 Adrenaline Basics In Two Minutes
00:21:32 Tool: Time Your Cortisol Peak To Waking Using Specific Light Intensities
00:27:20 Brief Increases In Cortisol u0026 Adrenaline Boost Energy, Focus u0026 Immunity
00:30:04 Ways To Increase Adrenaline, Epinephrine u0026 Cortisol u0026 Why That Is Good
00:35:00 Does Mindset During Stress Matter?
00:36:15 Protocols: Adrenaline Breathing Described
00:39:00 Practices To Increase Energy Without Increasing Stress
00:45:00 Using Stressors to ENHANCE Our Immune System: Science u0026 Tools
00:55:11 Timing Thyroid Release For Energy
00:57:02 Adrenaline/Stress Increase Performance u0026 Memory. IF They Are After Learning
01:02:45 An Optimal Learning Protocol
01:03:20 Coffee Changes Your Brain u0026 Increases Connectivity Of “Anxiety Circuits”
01:05:43 Nootropics: Two Kinds, u0026 How u0026 Why They Work, “Neural Energy”
01:09:00 Biology of Comfort Foods: From Negative to Positive Feedback Loops
01:14:00 Bombesin: Energy Without Eating
01:15:00 How Stress Makes Our Hair Gray, u0026 How To Prevent Stress-Induced-Graying
01:18:05 Blunting Chronic Cortisol, Including: Ashwagandha u0026 Science Of
01:25:50 Licorice Increases Cortisol u0026 Blood Pressure, u0026 Reduces Testosterone (by Glycyrrhizin)
01:28:50 Apigenin: Anti-Cortisol
01:29:53 Protocols For Optimizing Energy u0026 Immune System Function (u0026 Learning)
01:37:00 When Fasting, Exercise, Cold u0026 Intense Breathing Become Detrimental
01:39:00 Prescription Compounds
01:39:47 Tools For Accessing Alert u0026 Calm States of “Energy”: Separating The Brain u0026 Body
01:42:11 Ways To Apply Knowledge Presented Today
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