Insights on hormone optimisation
You can fix weight gain, depression, poor energy, impaired sleep and chronic diseases by optimising your hormones
Hi everyone!
In this week’s newsletter, I would like to focus on a topic that is close to my heart: biohacking.
But what the heck is that?
Well, biohacking is all about finding creative and effective ways to improve our own bodies and minds. It's like being a scientist of ourselves!
You do not need to inject any chemical or take any performance enhancing drug to achieve effective biohacking. By making small changes in our lifestyle, habits, and even our diet, we can enhance our energy, focus, and overall well-being.
Basically, the goal of biohacking is to maximise our health potential which is necessary to become the best version of ourselves.
If you are new to this, know it is a very deep rabbit hole I have been exploring for the last 7 years through reading books, listening to podcasts, watching videos, meeting-up with biohackers and applying some biohacks to myself.
Today, I am going to share with you one of the best podcast I came across on the topic of hormone optimisation.
Hormones are like messengers in our bodies, orchestrating a wide range of functions from metabolism and sleep to mood and fertility. When these messengers are out of balance, it can wreak havoc on our well-being: fatigue, mood swings, weight gain and other health issues.
Fortunately, by understanding and optimising our hormones, we can regain control of our health and achieve a state of optimal well-being.
Cheers,
Auguste
If you prefer to listen to the podcast episode via Spotify:
Some of the takeaways of the podcast:
When these key hormones are optimised, all of the other hormones follow:
Leptin: The most important
Insulin: The second most important
Growth hormone to some extent
Adrenaline to some extent
Melatonin to some extent
The more nutrients you eat, the less calorie you have to consume
How to assess levels of hormones:
Through saliva
Through blood work
Head trauma can cause damage to the pituitary gland and therefore to the entire endocrine system
Sugar is not the problem. Insulin can handle the sugar. The problem is when you have too much fat (animal fat particularly) that holds the insulin receptors so that you can't handle the sugar
If you slept 8 hours and you wake up tired, and you feel that you NEED that cup of coffee, there is a problem. NEEDING a cup of coffee is a problem, enjoying it for the sake of its taste is ok
An intense workout should not last more than 1 hour. You should aim for 45min max
Quote of the week
To keep the body in good health is a duty…otherwise we shall not be able to keep the mind strong and clear.
Buddha